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La Mundana Sants, Contemporary

29th June 2017 4 Comments

Patatas Bravas are the synopsis of what to expect of a restaurant. At La Mundana Sants, the bravas are two rectangular logs with droplets of spicy aioli, alternating colours of slate and creamy white (€6.5). With their sharp corners, look like a couple of Minecraft caterpillars.

One of my favourite dishes La Mundana SantsAs a table of 4, we can sample quite a bit of the menu. We order 11 dishes. The bread comes with house smoked butter (€3.8). We order the smoked sardines (€9.5), they come on a shiny undulating plate, morsels of fish, topped with slivers of manzanilla olives, shards & discs of bread and confit tomatoes that steal the show.

Then come a troup of soft textured dishes: steamed buns with pork (€4.3), tender leeks with rosettes of  leathery cecina (€9.5), oysters (€3.9), crab milhojas (€10.5), a ‘surprise egg’ a runny egg, in mashed potatoes with truffles (€8.5). Dessert also falls into this category, a chocolate mousse with a mound of yuzu at the bottom and a scattering of chocolate grit on top.

A lot of consideration is going into the plating with many elements making up the final product. Micro and unusual leaves feature quite prominently. There are dabbles and daubs

One of us wants to try the venison fillet. It’s a défilé of baby root vegetables interrupted by pink fillet on a sweet jus. Bright green dots set off the brown and ochre ingredients as do the tendrils of baby leaves on top. It’s a very pretty plate of food.

Anchovies La Mundana Sants
The food eats well but there is no question that it is a restaurant that aims to seduce its customers through visuals first and foremost. The plates are a picture to look at. They make you stop and consider how to begin dismantling it. I guess it depends on what kind of person you are? Do you rip into the wrapping paper or carefully tease away at the cello tape?

Our favourite plate of the evening are the house made boquerones with green olives and a green sauce. 3 perfect things on a plate. We use hunks of crusty bread to sweep up the salty dregs. The terrarium of smoked sardines comes in second.

The name ‘La Mundana’ refers to the world from which the restaurant is influenced. Although our favourite dishes that afternoon are the Spanish influenced ones.

La Mundana Sants
Carrer Del Vallespir, 93
08014 Sants
lamundana.cat
facebook.com/lamundanabcn

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  1. Dominique Claeskens says

    29th June 2017 at 10:05am

    I have eaten there 2 times already when I am being in Barcelona, and I(=we) found it a lovely experience! Taste and presentation, and also the setting, it’s not really for a romantic evening, is fantastic, also the service!

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    • Suzy says

      22nd July 2017 at 7:23pm

      Hi Dominique – that’s great to read. Barcelona is a great city!

      Reply
  2. Sara says

    7th August 2017 at 11:11pm

    My favourites were the huevo supresa, cap i pota rice with aioli and teriyaki sauce and for dessert the chocolate mousse with yuzu, YUM!

    Reply
  3. Dwi says

    27th August 2017 at 6:04pm

    Awesome and look so delicious

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