Curious about food, culture and what people put in their mouth
Morro Fi is a vermuteria. They make their own vermouths to be enjoyed in their bars or at home. At some point, they must have reasoned that their vermouth needed more than a bag of potato chips. Rather than bringing in other brands, Morro Fi ...
In Sant Antoni, on a newly pedestrianised street is a restaurant with an eyeless monkey mask hanging in the window. "Asian Kitchen & Bar" says the psychedelic writing while above Last Monkey is printed on the awning. This small spot with red ...
Coffee Guide Barcelona: Specialty Coffee Coffee is everywhere in Barcelona. It’s not limited to cafes either. Every bar and restaurant serves it. Good coffee? Great coffee? That took a while to catch on but I can say with confidence that it has. Craft, artisanal, third wave, single-origin, locally roasted coffee to rival any metropolis. To…
After a few years of working out of the rent-a-kitchen of Espai Egg, Lucy chef/owner, has her own shop. Called Wild Lulita, the wild referring to Lucy’s childhood in the countryside. Lulita, a play on her name. It is an unabashedly pastel pink shop that is all about “Cake, Pleasure, and Health.” Wild Lulita is…
Forn Mistral is a bakery that has been in the same family for 5 generations and dates back to 1879. There are two shops, a short walk from one another. One serving as a takeaway bakery and another with an old fashioned cafeteria, complete with waitresses with cloth bonnets on their heads. Forn Mistral dates…
Delacrem Obrador Ice Cream has opened a second location on the leafy avenue of Passeig de Sant Joan. Early in the evening, when the sun is low enough that the city is painted a rich pink colour, locals set out of their apartment and head to Delacrem. ...
Beyond excited to announce that Eat Like a Local Barcelona is available to buy! Published by Bloomsbury. Eat Like a Local Barcelona is a great format! Pocket-sized, it's comprised of 130 pages of essential addresses. Find out where to Eat, Drink, ...
El Raval is home to an excellent Filipino market called Proxim. Barcelona is still the kind of city where migrants, their food, and their culture, is pushed off to the sides. Present but invisible except to those who are seeking it out.There ...
Hello! My name is Suzy. This blog is about discovering Barcelona through its eateries. I take it one restaurant or shop at a time and post on the blog once a week. I vary where I eat to have a have a mix of high and low end places. My goal is to find the special places, the ones worth seeking out and show and tell you all about them. Read more...
