Fall exhausted at the feet of Barcelona
We don't care about the procés and we don't care about that supposed antipathy towards the Catalan Republic: ** Barcelona is alive and today we eat and drink better than ever**. Live!
Barcelona I insist, it is perhaps the city in Spain where you can eat the best. AHA. The fault of this certainty? A overwhelming, heterogeneous and vibrant gastronomic offer ; an unparalleled coquinero melting pot where creative cuisine and traditional, cheap and chic recipes, natural wines and Cambodian cuisine fit. cocktails and escudella and meat d'olla.
That a certain part of this Barcelona is surrendered to the easy tourist? Of course, like in Madrid, Cádiz, Paris or Havana: the fight is the fight. But we have not come here to put on ashes but to enjoy life and gastronomy around a table, and it is that we think a bit like that universal Catalan (Josep Pla): “Elementary truths fit on the wing of a hummingbird”. But substituting the hummingbird's wing for a nigiri. Or some bravas. Or an anchovy. Or a Dry Martini. You already understand me.
From the Rías de Galicia, the best octopus...
bar a vins (for a reason Barcelona is one of the world capitals of natural wines): brutal bar , ** L'Ànima del Vi ** and Monvinic . Monvínic has no name.
a little melting : kak koy , two chopsticks Y Space Kru of the Iglesias brothers and Ever Cubillas.
Product Temples: ** Galician estuaries **, Estimate by Rafa Zafra and ** High Tide ** by Enrique Valenti.
creative cuisine and a overwhelming gastronomic proposal , universal, immense: alchemy , ** Riddle ** and Enjoy . Wow three.
Espai Kru lobster
Starless Geniuses (I don't even fucking need it) : Fracas by Rafael Pena succulent by Tony Romero and Coure by Albert Ventura.
"Third way" : that is, creative cuisine whose DNA is the territory and temporality: Hisop by Oriol Ivern , ** Two Pebrots ** by Albert Raurich and Al Kostat by Jordi Vila.
Exceptional room and classicism well understood : Via Veneto , lasarte by Paolo Casagrande and Paco Pérez wine bar at the Arts Hotel.
**Veggies where to eat well (or better, very well) ** : Celery by Xavier Pellicer (which moves its location and reopens in the middle of this January), Green Spot by Tomas Tarruella and 4 main rooms 5 Mujades .
Terraces where you can celebrate life: arola in the art, Martinez on the road to Miramar and ** Xiringuito Escribà **.
Japs: koy shunka by Hideki Matsuhisa 99 Sushi Bar Y parco .
**Eat, drink and be merry (because gastronomy is much more than gobbling up) ** : ** Tickets Bar **, ** Bellavista ** and bravo24 by Carles Abellan.
Xiringuito Escribà
the best coffees :**Nømad Every Day, Somewhere café, and La Esquina;**Fabulous brunch, too.
italians : Xemei by Stefano and Max, Can Cisa Y L'Osteria del Contadino .
**First date (yes, first date) ** : dwelling , ** Roca Bar ** in the Omm and the Alma hotel terrace , in mid afternoon. This last one is of high note.
**Bars, how we like a bar: Cañete **, ** Quimet i Quimet ** and the ** Bodega 1900 ** by Albert Adrià.
Always and like never
curry good : Tandoor by Ivan Surinder Masala 73 Y Elephant, Crocodile, Monkey . Estanis Carenzo, from airlift.
Ceviches, we love the ceviche: Yakumanka by Gaston Acurio package Y Ceviche 103 .
Chinese and exotic (or any excuse is good to fill up on dumplings): indochine , Mr Kao at the Claris hotel and Petit Bangkok .
Mexicans : ** Saint leaf **, old boy Y mextizo .
**Traditional Catalan cuisine: Petit Comitè ** by Nandu Jubany, ** Ca l'Isidre ** by La família Gironès and ** Sergi de Meià **.
Blood on the dance floor : ** Eclipse ** (I always have a great time at Eclipse…), the terrace of the ** Majestic ** (La Dolce Vitae) and Chiringuito, the terrace of ** Casa Bonay **.
Cocktail bars: **Dry Martini** by Javier de las Muelas, **Solange** by Adriana Chía and **Caribbean Club**.
Come on, eat Barcelona.
Come on, eat BARCELONA!