http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/index.rss Keep up-to-date with the best restaurants, cheap eats and all the foodie news in Barcelona from our experts Tara Stevens and Nadia Feddo. Features include Catalan and Spanish wines at under €10 a bottle, Barcelona restaurants where you can eat for no more than €25 and shops where you find all manner of gourmet delights. en-en 2009 Creative Media Group SL. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:13:55 GMT http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/le-cucine-mandarosso/index.html http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/le-cucine-mandarosso/index.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:13:55 GMT mones (Catalan chocolate Easter figures traditionally bought by godparents for their godchildren). Someone who never disappoints is Oriol Balaguer—although being fearsomely hip, he tends to go for clean sculptural lines rather than Hansel and Gretel houses or giant models of Tweetie Pie. ]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/hot-chocolate/index.html http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/hot-chocolate/index.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:25:22 GMT berenar (tea-time treat) but if the kids (or you) want to break out and have something unapologetically sugar-drenched, then try these places: ]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/two-for-tea/index.html http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/two-for-tea/index.html Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:56:09 GMT pad thai, then Dong Fang, otherwise known as Extremo Oriente, otherwise known as 'the Chinese supermarket' should be your first stop. Located right behind the Triangle shopping centre in Plaça Catalunya, it opened in the Eighties and is Barcelona’s oldest and largest Asian speciality shop. ]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/dong-fang-extremo/index.html http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/dong-fang-extremo/index.html Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:44:09 GMT Metropolitan, I couldn’t help noticing that this Sagrada Família city block, particularly around the intersection of C/ Còrsega and C/ Sardenya, has a few other treats worth taking a look at. ]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/chock-a-block/index.html http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/chock-a-block/index.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:21:34 GMT Time Out Barcelona magazine for a Russian-Ukrainian restaurant, I knew I had to go and try it straight away. Borsch! Blinis! Pirozhki! The reviewer raved, he talked of old Russian cooking, Siberian ravioli, giant Ukranian meatballs, exquisite dishes, hearty welcomes... I could already practically smell the steam coming off the dumplings. After all, what could be better on a sub-zero February night than a hefty plate of piping hot Dostoyevskian rassolnik? Maybe we would even get a sable rug thrown over our knees and be served by a man with high shiny boots and a brush moustache! ]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/the-slav-trade/index.html http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/the-slav-trade/index.html Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:38:26 GMT albariño and a none-too-inspiring red Sinols from the Empordà cooperative, it was back to my trusted local bodega and into something familiar. ]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/marte-2007warmth-in-a-glass-from-don-quixotes-la-mancha/index.html http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/marte-2007warmth-in-a-glass-from-don-quixotes-la-mancha/index.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:34:43 GMT http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/bread-winners/index.html http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/bread-winners/index.html Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:28:57 GMT brioche from the little vineyard of Jacquesson (www.champagnejacquesson.com). I thank them humbly, for it is not every day that you get to drink such fine vintages. My question is—and I confess it’s a question I ask myself several times a year—can cava really be as good as champagne? ]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/vintage-valentines/index.html http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/vintage-valentines/index.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:39:04 GMT lutefisk or pickled herring in Barcelona, you’d have a serious challenge on your hands. ]]> http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/finding-true-north/index.html http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/blogs/food-and-drink-blog/finding-true-north/index.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:31:25 GMT