The paella of Xiringuito Escribà.
Okay, you can't compete with them rice from Valencia and we give up the battle, we surrender! Even so, you have to have a high self-esteem and in Barcelona, why not admit it, they also eat good paellas.
The heart pumps faster with Mediterranean views and that modern and urban atmosphere of Barcelona, which combined with a seafood paella it is pure fantasy. These are some of the best, those that when the tests are already difficult to lower the bar and continue eating rice like the rest of the mortals.
Seafaring tradition in Can Solé.
CAN SOLE (Sant Carles Street, 4)
The list of personalities who have passed through here since 1903 is endless, from celebrity singers like Sara Montiel, to journalists like the beloved Manuel Vazquez Montal , politicians like Monedero (more current, impossible), actors and actresses, like Michael J. Fox , who ordered a broth, and the list goes on and on. And because? Man, is that Can Solé is a lot Can Solé.
in this cozy Barceloneta restaurant , where the sailors of the Barcelona's port they brought the fish of the day to cook it at the moment a tradition has continued to be maintained and that is good eating. Products from the sea, fresh and cooked with love by Mari and José. “We buy the product at each site, for example the lobster comes from Sant Carles de Rapita ”, they point out.
The open kitchen allows you to see how he does "chup-chup" that rock fish stock which will then end up in your lobster broth rice , in your arroz a banda (for those who do not want to stain their hands or paella of the gentlemen ), paella or black rice, with crabs, scallops...
Can Solé is a party , and you have to join; That's why he asks about the fresh product of the day, maybe they are cockles, like crayfish (they are always giant) like some platjeta prawns. Ask for a table in advance, especially on weekends.
The average price is €40-50.
Black rice is the most popular in Elche.
ELCHE (Carrer de Vila i Vila, 71)
Arriving from ** Elche **, the family of Mrs. Carmen Vicente opened the first restaurant in 1960 where they prepared dishes of the day, rice dishes and fresh fish at any time. Yes, the Paral lel at that time was full of artists and theater performances that could well end at one in the morning. For this reason, Mrs. Carmen, who lived just above Elche, could prepare one of her paellas at one in the morning.
Now things have changed and although they have interrupted service, they close at night. But what hasn't changed is the taste of its rice dishes from Elche : seafood paella , mixed chicken and seafood paella, peeled paella, arroz a banda, black rice (the most demanded) and the stewed rice casserole with lobster.
Chef Alejandro has been in the kitchen for 20 years and boasts of having prepared paellas even for King Juan Carlos I. 3,000 people a month pass through here, which is usually about 100 paellas a day , without counting the paellas of ** Elx in Port Vell ** and Tower in Gavà , also from the Iborra restaurants.
Don't miss their starters: the mussels with marinara sauce , its tuna salad, homemade cod fritters and escalibada. Make room because your homemade Catalan cream it's a feast
The average price is €35 per person.
Sailfish in Barcelona.
SAILFISH _(Passeig del Mare Nostrum, 19) _
It is not necessary to travel to the Balearic Islands to find the atmosphere of ideal summer because you have it on the beach Barceloneta . The Pez Vela chiringuito is that place where you will want to stay for hours and hours, not only because of its modern decoration, but also because of its fresh and fun cuisine.
Under the shade of a fig tree and on the beach you can enjoy a delicious paella . For example? the of rice from the Ebro Delta with prawns and clams, or the one with prawns, squid and clams. But wait, because in the starters you will also find happiness. Take care of the suggestions of the day and enjoy with a razor, a fresh squid with vegetables at their point, or grilled fresh prawns . Top it all off with a mojito.
The Skylight Group does things but very well, that's why if you want to try a different rice you should go to Aguapara know its charcoal rice . “It is made in a clay pot and baked in a charcoal oven, which is what gives it that peculiar aroma,” says chef Evaristo Triano.
The average price in both is between €40-45 per person.
Xiringuito Escribà on Bogatell beach.
XIRINGUITO WRITE (62 Coastal Avenue)
From master pastry chef to master rice cooker, this is how Joan Escribà has been writing another parallel story to the Escribà Pastry Shop at the Xiringuito Escribà, in the bogatell beach more than twenty-five years ago.
Close and innovative, he boasts of different paellas and with a different touch. "We cook the paella in extension , with a thin layer of rice so that it cooks evenly. For this reason, our paella pans are larger in diameter, and the same is true of our stoves, which are large in diameter so that they distribute the heat evenly”, explains Traveler.es from the kitchen.
Not missing in the result good fumet . “We make it with four different kinds of seafood and four kinds of fish. And our great final touch, which is to burn a sprig of rosemary at the last moment to give the paella its characteristic smoky aroma”, they add.
The most popular are the Scribe, sea and mountain , the black rice, the soupy ones or vegetarian options such as mushroom and asparagus paella . It would be a sin not to try their desserts.
The average price is around €40.
Martinez Terrace.
MARTINEZ TERRACE _(Crta. de Miramar, 38) _
Located in a privileged area, the Martínez Terrace is the perfect place to enjoy the sea from above and on a stylish terrace. Since 2013, this mountain oasis has sought to make a traditional sea cuisine , albeit with modern touches.
Its parties are famous, but also its dry rice to the Valencian style , made with local products from the markets of Barcelona and Galicia, all as ecological as possible. “In our opinion, the rice should be cooked sucarrat and the grain at its point”, they point out to Traveler.es.
Among the most popular sounds the peeled paella the gentleman and the black rice . Spectacular in flavor red prawn from the fish market and the rice with squid and piparras.
The average price of rice is between €20 and €33 per person.
L'Estupendu on Badalona beach.
L'EXCELLENT _(Av. Eduard Maristany, 75) _
If what you want is run away from Barcelona with all the love in the world, the Maresme It has great places to eat. beachfront rice . One of them just fifteen minutes from the city is L'Estupendu in the Badalona beach.
His is the quality traditional cuisine and a close treatment, in addition to their paellas made with local products. His rice comes from Ebro Delta , the fish and shellfish from the Catalan coast, and its vegetables are “de pagés”.
Here you will find four rice dishes on the menu: the queen's rice , which is rice with vegetables and cod, the broth, made with cuttlefish and galleys, and the "fadrí" rice , which is a peeled rice with shrimp.
Besides of seafood rice that has crayfish, mussels and clams, with the latter you will be collaborating with one euro with the ASPANIN association of Badalona, which contributes to the defense of the rights of people with intellectual disabilities.
The average price of their paellas is €30-35 per person.
Bon profit!