Category Archives: Barcelona Gastronomy

Topics related to the food and drink culture of Barcelona

Barcelona Restaurant Week 2013

Posted on March 14, 2013 by admin

ShareBarcelona and Catalunya are famed for their gastronomy, restaurants such as Ferran Adria’s Ell Bulli or the brothers Roca’s El Celler de Can Roca in Girona have held places one and two respectively in the prestigious San Pellegrino Top 10 … Continue reading →

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Calçots!! The best places to eat them in and near Barcelona

Posted on March 29, 2012 by admin

ShareVisitors to Barcelona this month are treated with a Catalan gastronomic treat, the Calçotada. A calçot is a large green vegetable belonging to the onion family, though it looks more like a leek with a green stem and white edible … Continue reading →

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Villa Más – and why wine is cheaper in Spanish restaurants than anywhere else in the world

Posted on September 16, 2011 by admin

ShareThe Financial Times’ food critic Nicholas Lander clearly has a penchant for Catalan gastronomy, to which his column is dedicated with increasing frequency. Last weekend Lander reviewed the Villa Más restaurant in the Costa Brava bay of Sant Feliu de … Continue reading →

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El Celler de Can Roca celebrates its 25th birthday

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin

ShareThis month the world’s second best restaurant, El Celler de Can Roca, celebrates its 25th birthday. No longer second fiddle to El Bulli, which closed its doors this July, El Celler de Can Roca is now hot on the heels … Continue reading →

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A walk to remember: Montjuic, Miró, the MNAC & Mies van der Rohe

Posted on August 12, 2011 by admin

ShareThis walk takes in the sights of Montjuic Mountain – a quintessential Barcelona landmark, The Miró Museum, the MNAC (National Museum of Art of Catalunya), the Barcelona Pavilion by Mies Van de Rohe. We recommend you start early, this is … Continue reading →

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A Taste of Spain in London’s Regent Street

Posted on June 7, 2011 by admin

ShareLondon. A Taste of Spain arrives in London’s regent street for the sixth year running. On the back of Barcelona’s Uefa victory over Manchester United it should interest a number of tourists in visiting Spain and especially Barcelona. For the … Continue reading →

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Las Arenas opens in the former Plaça Espanya bullring

Posted on May 20, 2011 by admin

ShareAfter many years of planning and construction, the conversion of Barcelona’s 19th century bullring in Plaça Espanya has been completed, featuring commercial, gastronomic and leisure premises, with the original façade completely intact. The new mall ‘Las Arenas de Barcelona’ opens … Continue reading →

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The Financial Times’ Nicolas Lander’s choice of best new Barcelona eateries

Posted on May 19, 2011 by admin

ShareLast weekend Nicholas Lander, the FT’s food writer and a famous restauranteur, wrote a review of 5 tapas bars and restaurants in Barcelona. His trip through Barcelona focused on new and cutting edge places that have just recently opened, emphasising … Continue reading →

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A Michelin starred charity dinner at the Hotel Arts

Posted on May 5, 2011 by admin

ShareHotels Arts’ chef Paco Pérez offers a tasting menu paired with a selection of fine international wines at the Enoteca restaurant. Barcelona skyline views with a glass of champagne in hand accompanying a morel cream with foie gras ice cream … Continue reading →

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Experience the gastronomy of Girona in the Sagrada Familia Market

Posted on May 5, 2011 by admin

ShareBetween the 6th and 7th of May the gastronomy of Girona can be sampled in the Sagrada Familia Market in Barcelona. Tastings and produce from the region will be offered as well as information on touristic, cultural and sporting activities … Continue reading →

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