Tuesday, August 30, 2011

into the crowds in Barcelona

8-30-2011 Tue. hot, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- ( at Chateau Saissac ) coffee | croissant | bread and butter | yogurt | orange juice
LATE-LUNCH
--- (at a tapas bar in Eixample Esquera, Barcelona) vegetable and potato hash | tomato and clam
soup | potato and cod with tomato sauce| croquetas de jamon | beer
DINNER
---( at ZentOnce, Le Meridien Barcelona) cava ( Spanish sparking wine )| bread , olive spread, butter | toast with anchovy cream | octopus with potato | tapas plate ( anchovy, marinated cheese, croquetas de jamon, tuna and potato salad ) | slow-cooked lamb shoulder with potatoes |tortellini with spinach and ricotta filling and creamy green sauce | espresso



all things twisted and curved


random pick tapas, very cheap and very bad


the restaurant is called 111, food is like modern cuisine 101

  • cross boarder again to Spain, Barcelona is full of tourists and tourist-traps, in a happy no-worry way. The average level of restaurant food is sub-bar, which means if you do not do your homework ahead, it is likely you will have bad food.