41 Grados...

Images from Ferran Adria's 41 Grados in Barcelona...at least I can say I have eaten at an Adria restaurant now! The highlight of the meal? Most definitely the last dessert, some sort of almond cakes with a warm oozing centre, served with raspberry sorbet. I also liked the take on pan con tomate; the CRUNCH delivered when you took a bit was off the Richter! I can't say it was the best meal I've had, or even in the top five, which I am slightly disappointed about, given all the hype. However I did love the interiors, the presentation of the menus (which were available...

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Viva Barcelona

November is an unusual time to visit Barcelona. For the locals, it's dead in the middle of winter (cue puff jackets, woolly hats and gloves), though for this Brit, it was a welcome, warm surprise; though any climate, bar that of the Arctic Circle could be considered so, by a UK resident!! With only a day and a half in the city (we arrived Friday afternoon and left Sunday morning), the race was on to do as much as possible... Afternoon tapas? Check! (from top to bottom: fried aubergine with honey dressing, anchovies, pan con tomato, fried calamari, classic tortilla, deep-fried whitebait,...

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