Passeig de Gràcia already has new addresses to start the year as we like it: filling the stomach. Belbo Collection has opened two new restaurants and a cocktail bar in the hotel ME Barcelona by Meliá . New addresses added to those already operating in the city, such as Belbo Candela Y Belbo Two Kisses.
Located on Caspe street number 1, Belbo Fasto It is the Italian restaurant of the brand, an essential to eat well in the center of Barcelona. From the heights, in a space completely renovated by the interior design label of Dpoch Studio , Belbo Fasto bets on a classic but also urban italian cuisine.
To the rhythm of live music (the idea is that in the coming months you can count on the music of a DJ and a somewhat more relaxed atmosphere) the proposal of chef Jesús Sánchez, directed by Alejandro Loaiza as executive chef of Belbo Collection, offers a letter inspired by all of Italy -although the Neapolitan touch is very present- and in temporality.
Caramelized panettone and whipped cream.
What to ask for? Beyond Italian classics, Fasto focuses on rich antipasti like courgette flowers with truffle, oysters or a delicious swordfish carpaccio; homemade pasta, pizzas and other more sophisticated proposals of meat and fish.
There are iconic dishes, like the table of sausages of Italian origin , spaghetti carbonara served in pecorino cheese that is finished at the table, burrata white pizza with pistachio pesto and mortadella, but also a tagliata served with smoked thyme oil at the moment. Although if you allow me, you cannot leave without trying the shrimp risotto.
You will leave with a taste of Italy, having tried the Tiramisu or the panettone with bergamot cream and cinnamon explosion , elaborated in the workshop of the restaurant.
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Black rice in Belbo Terrenal.
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The ME Barcelona by Meliá hotel also adds two new options: Earthly Belbo Y Belbo Luma . The first one is also committed to a Mediterranean cuisine although, as its name indicates, its dishes are more connected to the land. Thus, we highlight the marinated cod on pumpkin cream and pickled vegetables , the Señorito's rice, all peeled and ready to eat, or the MetroZero Salad , made with seasonal products collected directly from their own garden -they have it on the terrace of that same floor-.
In Belbo Terrenal there is also room for desserts, such as Lemon pie with toasted cereals , a healthy version of a well-known dessert.
Mr Belbo.
You can try the cocktails, any time of the day, in Belbo Luma . The space has a large bougainvillea that runs through the cocktail bar from end to end, large armchairs and sofas, and natural lighting to spend hours and hours.
The letter, signed by Roberto Tapia, with more than 190 distillate references , for all audiences and with cocktails with a clear Mediterranean character, combined with Asian and Latin American notes.
Among his proposals we find kiss , made with Dewars Caribbean smooth, Campari, pineapple, ginger beer, maple syrup; the intense , with infused Mezcal, Tanqueray Seville flower, passion fruit, rosemary syrup, lime juice; either Mr Belbo , made with Campari old cask, Chambord, Padró Special Reserve, grapefruit juice, raspberries, egg white and bitter cocoa. As well as a varied menu of non-alcoholic cocktails.
The curious note: its urban garden is also present in the cocktail bar, since it uses fruits, flowers and aromatic herbs from this green lung in each of its cocktails.