Spain
Definitely a place you can visit, but not a must – and on the expensive side: Restaurant El Portal – Krug Ambassade (14. April 2024)
The El Portal is a bit of a different experience since it is a bit more ‘fashionable’ than the regular Spanish taberna – and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it is definitely something you need to get used to at first. As it is actually not as pretentious as it looks like. Once […]
Another great foodie experience a bit outside of the city centre in Alicante: Restaurant Piripi (13. April 2024)
The Piripi is a restaurant with two floors. On the lower floor, there is a bar where you can eat at, and where it is rather noisy and busy, while the upper floor is a proper and lovely fine dining restaurant. However, once seated, I saw “pea pods” which were brought, and I had to […]
A great place to try the local speciality “arroz a banda”: Restaurant La Taberna del Gourmet (13. April 2024)
The La Taberna del Gourmet is located in a side street, and you would not necessarily end up in that side street, but it’s worth going there as the place is actually quite worth visiting. Once seated and attended by a friendly and very efficient waitress, I had ordered the “fried potatoes with aioli and […]
An absolutely mouth-watering experience with an outstanding sommelier: Restaurant Distrikt 41 (12. April 2024)
Sometimes you walk into a place where you would not necessarily expect to have such a great experience – and you end up having a blast. In regard to pretty much everything! I went for the “spring menu” (EUR 74.00) with the “wine pairing” (EUR 38.00), which started with some tasty “tartlets of tomato, hummus, […]
The perfect location to get your Spanish food experience started: Restaurant El Bocaito (12. April 2024)
The El Bocaito is the perfect place to start your Spain experience – it opens (contrary to the information on Google) at 1pm (and not at noon), so I was actually lucky to arrive exactly there and then to get my experience as ‘the first customer in’. I went for the “boquerones a la andaluza” […]
An absolutely delicious find – and even open on Sundays: Restaurant Gresca (24. March 2024)
The last meal in Barcelona for this time was a great find. Not necessarily a place you would just walk into, but definitely a place you should walk into. The place is basically an U-shape, which makes it a bit special in terms of seating, but – and I was lucky – if you manage […]
The perfect bar after you’ve dined at Teatro: Backstage Bar (23. March 2024)
When you’ve dined at the Teatro, and decided to go for another drink, you’re brought to the ‘Backstage Bar’, which makes sense since it’s in line with the concept of the ‘theatre’ and the backstage area. The interior is quite nice and appealing … … and the bar area is lovely too. I was too […]
A themed restaurant, which turned out to be a delicious surprise: Restaurant Teatro Kitchen & Bar (23. March 2024)
I had picked the Teatro Kitchen & Bar because I figured it had good ratings. That being said, I was a bit surprised when I entered the Teatro because it looked rather like a very ‘hip event space’ than a restaurant serving good food. Well, first impressions can be wrong. But that only changed once […]
