Curious about food, culture and what people put in their mouth
Colmado WilmotYou would think a 14:30 reservation on a Thursday in Turo Park would be playing it safe. Alas no, wedged up between the door and fridge we watch as servers bustle up and down in front of us. Some of them seemingly on the same quest, ...
There are 10 bar seats at Hermos Peix (Seafood Gracia). Tall wooden stools with hard-plaited seats are pulled up under a shallow lip of a bar. The front feet of the stools balance on a covered gutter of brackish sludge. The murky water drains from ...
Best Bakeries Barcelona (the focus in this post is on loaves, usually pan de payès but any iteration of a large round family loaf that will last a good 5 days.) Favourites sport a (∗) at the end. When it comes to bread in Barcelona, the tendency is to focus on what goes on the…
Best Pastry Shops in Barcelona Continuing with the Best of Barcelona series curated by experts in their fields. This week we feature the pastry chef Manuela Rodríguez Viseras. I first met Manuela in Natas, a pink-walled ice cream shop in 2019. Manuela’s flavours were stealth genius. Like the salt ratio in her mint chocolate ice…
Brunch in Barcelona has never been better than it is right now. The last year has seen a flurry of new Brunch Places in Barcelona. And while the city had its fair share of brunch joints previously, these new brunch places set themselves apart through well-designed interiors, all day kitchens and well-curated and executed dishes….
Best Chinese Supermarkets in Barcelona This week we interviewed Alice de Jong for a special post on the Best Chinese supermarkets in Barcelona. Alice is a Dutch sinologist and a fluent Mandarin speaker. Alice was fascinated by Chinese characters ...
***Best Korean Restaurants Barcelona by Mi Mi Chloe Park*** Mi Mi grew up in New York where she worked in PR for the Lifestyle, Travel + Hospitality sectors working with brands such as Chateau Marmont and The Standard Hotels. She moved to Barcelona ...
"Nothing Catalan please." is my refrain as I ask for wine recommendations in London, Paris and Bordeaux this summer. "But this is a Xarel-lo!" they exclaim "Pronounced Sharelloo." they will delightedly insist. I know Xarel-lo and its distinctive ...