Read ‘Mog Restaurant, Modern Goan, Eixample’ on the Foodie in Barcelona website. 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 specials—eleven mains and starters combined with two sides and one dessert. The edited... Read More » The post ‘Mog Restaurant, Modern Goan, Eixample’ is from Foodie in Barcelona ..read more

Read ‘Mantis, Fusion, Eixample’ on the Foodie in Barcelona website. 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 of the kitchen. There is a built-in wok... Read More » The post ‘Mantis, Fusion, Eixample’ is from Foodie in Barcelona ..read more

Read ‘Katya’s Cosmopolitan Guide to Barcelona’s Best Restaurants’ on the Foodie in Barcelona website. When Katya* (@propertyshopper) is not in Barcelona consulting for Urbane International Realtors or on the set of House Hunters International. She is in New York, London or Paris. Likely somewhere high up with a view and a martini glass in the shot. Hard work means she wants and knows how to celebrate and has an... Read More » The post ‘Katya’s Cosmopolitan Guide to Barcelona’s Best Restaurants’ is from Foodie in Barcelona ..read more

Read ‘Best Wine Bars Barcelona’ on the Foodie in Barcelona website. Best Wine Bars Barcelona Gabby is a true wine enthusiast with roots deep in the vineyards of South Africa with its incredible hospitality and world-renowned wines, it was the ideal place for her journey to begin. After work or on weekends, the vineyards were easily accessible, creating a deep connection to the land and its... Read More » The post ‘Best Wine Bars Barcelona’ is from Foodie in Barcelona ..read more

Read ‘Coya Barcelona, Peruvian, Barceloneta’ on the Foodie in Barcelona website. Coya Barcelona On the 1st floor of the W Hotel in Barcelona, the luxury Peruvian eatery Coya has opened up. They’ve made the glass-fronted panoramic space feel cosy and intimate through the clever deployment of partitions, warm low lighting and piles of pillows. Currently only open for dinner, there are a set of gatekeepers first... Read More » The post ‘Coya Barcelona, Peruvian, Barceloneta’ is from Foodie in Barcelona ..read more

Read ‘Best Bakeries Barcelona’ on the Foodie in Barcelona website. 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... Read More » The post ‘Best Bakeries Barcelona’ is from Foodie in Barcelona ..read more

Read ‘Colmado Wilmot, Catalan, Turo Park’ on the Foodie in Barcelona website. Colmado Wilmot You would think a 14:30 reservation on a Thursday in Turo Park would be playing it safe. Alas no, wedged up between the door and fridge we watch as servers bustle up and down in front of us. Some of them seemingly on the same quest, to get bread, to fetch a cheque.... Read More » The post ‘Colmado Wilmot, Catalan, Turo Park’ is from Foodie in Barcelona ..read more

Read ‘Sucursal Aceitera, Catalan, Sant Antoni’ on the Foodie in Barcelona website. Sant Antoni kicked off the pedestrian transformation years ago before the city became perpetually choked in dust and noise. In Sant Antoni, it culminated in traffic-free squares in dappled sunshine with yellow geometric shapes painted on the pavement. A saturated yellow hue that reminds me of those ‘danger wet floor’ signs. (I can’t help picturing... Read More » The post ‘Sucursal Aceitera, Catalan, Sant Antoni’ is from Foodie in Barcelona ..read more

Read ‘Bar Roma, Bar and Restaurant, Sants’ on the Foodie in Barcelona website. Bar Roma is a bar restaurant on a nondescript stretch of road close to Sants station. If you squint at it, it looks like an old-timer local haunt. Somewhere that only people who live on the block go to, to have a beer and something fried or a coffee over a folded newspaper. Stop squinting... Read More » The post ‘Bar Roma, Bar and Restaurant, Sants’ is from Foodie in Barcelona ..read more

Read ‘Soluna, Japanese Fusion, Eixample’ on the Foodie in Barcelona website. I recently had an incredible lunch at 1 Michelin-starred Yam’Tcha in Paris—160€ for the menu and 50€ for the tea pairing. A Maitre D in a three-piece suit was on hand to hinge over the table to explain and charm.  Shortly after that, I had lunch at Soluna in Barcelona. The Soluna menu is priced... Read More » The post ‘Soluna, Japanese Fusion, Eixample’ is from Foodie in Barcelona ..read more