Mog is a new restaurant on Muntaner. Its wine-coloured interior accents and the exposed red brick wall at the back nod to its serious love affair with natural wine.The chalkboard menu is so succinct my lunch date assumes they are the ...
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Mantis Restaurant, Fusion, Eixample
The thick velvet green curtains at the entrance of Mantis are reminiscent of Gresca. When I mention it to the blond chef he says "I don't think it looks like Gresca but the interior designer is the same." ("Oh.") We are seated at the bar in front ...
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Mantequerías Pirenaicas, Tortilla de Patatas, Eixample
Mantequerías Pirenaicas on the slopping part of Muntaner Street specializes in tortilla de patatas. It has become a monthly habit. There are a few tables outside, pitched at an angle but I like to sit inside. Most mornings there is a football match playing on the shiny wall-mounted flat-screen TV. It’s flanked on one side by…
Best Bakeries Barcelona
Best Bakeries Barcelona (the focus in this post is on loaves, usually pan de payès but any iteration of a large round family loaf that will last a good 5 days.) Favourites sport a (∗) at the end. When it comes to bread in Barcelona, the tendency is to focus on what goes on the…
Manuela’s Best Pastry Shops in Barcelona
Best Pastry Shops in Barcelona Continuing with the Best of Barcelona series curated by experts in their fields. This week we feature the pastry chef Manuela Rodríguez Viseras. I first met Manuela in Natas, a pink-walled ice cream shop in 2019. Manuela’s flavours were stealth genius. Like the salt ratio in her mint chocolate ice…
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Alice’s Best Chinese Supermarkets in Barcelona
Best Chinese Supermarkets in Barcelona This week we interviewed Alice de Jong for a special post on the Best Chinese supermarkets in Barcelona. Alice is a Dutch sinologist and a fluent Mandarin speaker. Alice was fascinated by Chinese characters ...
Best Korean Restaurants Barcelona
***Best Korean Restaurants Barcelona by Mi Mi Chloe Park*** Mi Mi grew up in New York where she worked in PR for the Lifestyle, Travel + Hospitality sectors working with brands such as Chateau Marmont and The Standard Hotels. She moved to Barcelona ...
5 Penedes Wine Experiences
"Nothing Catalan please." is my refrain as I ask for wine recommendations in London, Paris and Bordeaux this summer. "But this is a Xarel-lo!" they exclaim "Pronounced Sharelloo." they will delightedly insist. I know Xarel-lo and its distinctive ...