October 15, 2008
Every Day Living, Personal Restaurant Guide
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Despite tapas being more usually associated with southern Spain, Barcelona does have an excellent variety of tapas bars. Here is a brief selection of some of the best:
Bar Celta (c/Merce 16, Metro: Drassanes)
This no-frills tapas bar specialises in Galician cuisine. Popular choices include octopus, razor clams, calamari and other regional seafood.
Cerveceria Catalana (c/de Mallorca, Metro: Passeig de Gracia)
A popular bar in the Eixample district which is almost always busy. There’s a large choice of tapas available, and the bottles of beer lining the walls help to give the place its special character.
Euskal Etxea (Pl. de Montcada 1-3, Metro: Jaume I)
Popular with both tourists and residents, this Basque tapas bar is renowned for its tasty portions of tempura chicken, crab and tuna. There is also an adjoining restaurant offering more Basque cuisine.
Els Quatro Gats (c/Montsio 3, Metro: Catalunya)
This tapas bar used to be a gathering place for the city’s Modernista artists, and it also hosted Pablo Picasso’s first ever public exhibition in 1901. The food may not be particularly remarkable, but the setting certainly is.
El Vaso de Oro (c/Balboa 6, Metro: Barceloneta)
An extremely popular tapas bar which brews its own beer. There is a huge choice of tapas available, including fried sausage, spicy tuna, cubed steak and squid.
Popularity: 24% [?]
May 13, 2008
Every Day Living, Holiday Ideas in Barcelona, Personal Restaurant Guide
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Photo by Tony Anagor
This month sees the 1 year anniversary of Barcelona´s only authentic Fish and Chips shop. Run by two gorgeous lasses Julie and Julia, it boasts a mouth watering menu of cod and chips, chicken and mushroom pie and chips, steak and kidney pie and chips, mushy peas… all of the creature comforts that you might be used to if you are from the UK. If you are not, once you have tried this typically British delicacy, you will be hooked for life.
Situated on Rambla Raval, which is fast becoming one of the most trendy areas of Barcelona, they have space for 20 people seated and quaint terrace slap bang on the Rambla Raval concourse. What is interesting to note is that a lot of the regulars to the local chippy are Spanish and Catalan, is it the food, the ambiance or the lovely lasses behind the counter… I have eaten there many times and I can tell you its all three.
If you happen to get a copy of May´s Easyjet magazine, there was a 4 page write up on them!!!
Check them out at Rambla Raval 26
Popularity: 19% [?]
April 29, 2008
Personal Restaurant Guide
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Last night I went to a great Restaurant in the Barcelona’s Villa Olimpca area. There were three of us and I was very pleased with our choice of restaurant. We found it quite by accident as we intended going to the Icaria Cinema (which is one of the only cinemas in Barcelona that show English movies in the original undubbed version.) Read the rest…
Popularity: 14% [?]
February 7, 2008
Personal Restaurant Guide
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Last night my friend flew into town, he is a pilot so he pops in once a month or so for a night en route to somewhere else. We met at the corner of Rambla Catalunya with Gran Via. Read the rest…
Popularity: 19% [?]
January 11, 2008
Personal Restaurant Guide
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Hello, this category is going to focus on cool restaurants in and around Barcelona. But it is going to be a guide with a difference. All the restaurants that we feature in this category will be ones that we will be visiting personally.
We will be giving you our direct experiences with the food, the ambiance, the pricing, the service and the locations. Look at us as your personal local restaurant reviewers. If there are any particular restaurants you like us to checkout just leave us a post and we will try and feature your choice in our guide… tough job eh!!! Read the rest…
Popularity: 17% [?]
January 7, 2008
Personal Restaurant Guide
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Hello, this category is going to focus on cool restaurants in and around Barcelona. But it is going to be a guide with a difference. All the restaurants that we feature in this category will be ones that we will be visiting personally.
We will be giving you our direct experiences with the food, the ambiance, the pricing, the service and the locations. Look at us as your personal local restaurant reviewers. If there are any particular restaurants you like us to checkout just leave us a post and we will try and feature your choice in our guide… tough job eh!!!
Popularity: 9% [?]
