Curious about food, culture and what people put in their mouth
Increasingly, if you want to go the independent route with food, you are probably looking at the Sants neighbourhood. The reason? Cost.The restaurant business is ruthless. With 12% margins the best-case scenario. High start-up costs, people heavy ...
You could eat at a different Mexican restaurant in Barcelona every day for six months and not have to eat at the same place twice. That's how many Mexican restaurants there are in Barcelona. A lot. There are vegan ones. There are hyper fancy ones ...
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…
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…
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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...
