Curious about food, culture and what people put in their mouth
Bacaro is a small Italian restaurant on one of the side streets leading into the Boqueria. A narrow double-breasted door with a moss green awning overhead. The graffiti on either side more attention-grabbing. Inside it’s all rickety. Worn wooden ...
Barcelona's Best Mexican Restaurants Barcelona has great Mexican restaurants. It came as a total surprise to me though it shouldn't have. Mexican food is just what you need when you are hankering for a break from Catalan brown. The Mexican one-two ...
Hayden is behind The Cake Man Bakery. Australian and having spent time in England, Hayden learned how to bake from his mother and grandmother. He started baking cakes for Barcelona’s cafes 5 years ago. Without his own kitchen, he bounced around other people’s from Cloudstreet to Honey Bee. And after one and a half year…
To me, Orval sounds like it might be the name of a troll with hair on the tops of its feet. Or a cantankerous Swedish retiree. Oh no, that’s Ove. Banish that image from your mind. Orval Coffee Barcelona is a stark juxtaposition to both of those. Orval is a coffee shop one block shy…
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…
Christmas in Barcelona is delightful. There are plenty of quirky traditions to get to know. Shops and homes fill up with Caganer's a squatting defecating figurine. The Caganer is a symbol of fertility (More at BBC). Not so strange if you consider ...
Two years ago, Matt opened the first Fermentation Superstore in Barcelona. Olives, wine, bread and cured sausage are the limits of fermented foods here. So there was a lot of aquainting necessary between Ferment 9 and Barcelona. And because ...
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 ...
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...
