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What Liberty Ate in Barcelona III

Posted on August 30th, 2010

During our stay in Barcelona, we wished to eat like Spanish people, nothing fancy nor with 3 Michelin starts on the front door. We wished to eat like the indigenous people, not like a high-hat tourist. That’s why we started our morning with an delicious shrimp scrambled eggs, aside with toasted bread – alike bread like we used to eat when we were kids when the toaster was not yet invented. To be honest, the most, I enjoyed the taste of the oily toasted bread, because the last time when I ate something similar was 8 years ago. The shrimps were fresh, the eggs were medium done, just enough to feel better the taste, in perfect balance with the oily toasted bread. If you…

What Liberty Ate in Barcelona II

Posted on August 28th, 2010

Around 10:00 a.m. we left to visit Camp Nou, desirous to discover the famous spanish stadium. After we cooled down a little bit underground with the metro, we drank our coffee near the stadium. It was the famous already café Cortado, with a chocolate muffin aside. After hundreds of photos taken to all Barcelona cups, and after a long tour of the stadium, after ups and downs to and from the arena and after visiting the souvenir shop, we were incredibility famished. So, we stopped near Sagrada Familia, to eat at some small family restaurant. We tried again gazpacho, but this time it was not so good as the first, probably the recipe or the chief’s execution was not so good. The main dish…

What Liberty Ate in Barcelona I

Posted on August 27th, 2010

I just came back from Barcelona today and I was very impressed with this amazing city. Even if it was an adventure to arrived there, we started Monday with my favorite café Cortado, and a croissant as good as in Paris. Near by Sagrada Familia we ate a delicious lunch starting with the traditional gazpacho and a cold beer. The main dish was pollo con curry, which from the first bite reminded me instantly of my grand-mother’s food, even if she never cooked using curry . The curry together with the parsley had the “home taste” which I’ll never forget. The chicken was tender, and the baked potatoes were perfectly bounding with the curry sauce. Normally, I don’t like and don’t eat curry and this…

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