Curious about food, culture and what people put in their mouth
Sant Antoni kicked off the pedestrian transformation years ago before the city became perpetually choked in dust and noise. In Sant Antoni, it culminated in traffic-free squares in dappled sunshine with yellow geometric shapes painted on the ...
Bar Roma is a bar restaurant on a nondescript stretch of road close to Sants station. If you squint at it, it looks like an old-timer local haunt. Somewhere that only people who live on the block go to, to have a beer and something fried or a coffee ...
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….
Casa Taos Coffee & Sustainable Shopping I have so many choices when it comes to good coffee. I can walk a few blocks in any direction and find somewhere I love. It wasn’t always so. The uptake of craft coffee in Barcelona was slow. Several changes contributed to the growth of the craft coffee movement….
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 ...