Curious about food, culture and what people put in their mouth
One imagines that the beaches around Barcelona are full of Xiringuitos like Miramar. This one imagined it at least it. Not so. Places like Miramar are rare. That's not to say that there aren't beach front restaurants, there are. But they are usually ...
Driving down this end of Diagonal is pure folly. The urban planner on the project appears to have reasoned that drivers would only want to drive straight on and any right or left turns to be superfluous. Nine times out of ten, I get stuck in slow ...
Three Marks Coffee. So-called because the place is owned by three men, all of whom are named Mark. There is local Mark, from Barcelona; Northern Italian Mark & Southern Italian Mark. I meet two, both have their trouser legs rolled up. One sports a red wolly hat which nicely plays off the small red trays…
I like the lightening bolt logo. The superhero implication it carries. As if a coffee from Syra will equip me via transference with a super power. It’s not far from the truth. Caffeine is a legal zing said to combat everything from diabetes to cirrhosis to stupidity. Syra has new digs. A side street off…
As another year of eating in Barcelona draws to an end, I wanted to share with you my highlights of the year. A theme that I picked up on was the gastro restaurant. A category that I often found to be missing. The original (0pened in 2017), featured on the Sheila Dillon BBC Food program…
Bread is bought daily in Barcelona, practically every block has its own bakery. The bread is "fresh" meaning it has come out of the oven on the day but with the feats of modern food production, that hardly seems like a laudable point. A lot is ...
Unlike cured meats, cheese is constantly evolving. From young and bland, it goes on to develop mature flavours until it reaches its apex. A fixed moment in time when it's at its best before beginning its descent. A well-made cheese is a metaphor of ...
I'm in here a couple of times a month. It's the large supermarket on Paseo de Sant Juan close to the Arc de Triomf. Yellow sign. I can never for the life of me remember the name. And if I look on google maps, it doesn't exist. Xin Yang Kuang is the ...
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...
