One of my favorite ways to learn about a new city or country is by their food. Barcelona has such a wide variety of fresh markets, local grocery stands, cafés & restaurants. Michelle & I had fun exploring the week we were visiting.
Would you guess that our first meal in Barcelona was quiche? And not just any ordinary quiche. The Pan’s Club was voted the World’s Best Quiche in 2022!
We tried two varieties of quiche & roasted vegetables. After our comforting meal, we ended it with delicious coffee.
All along our walks in the city, we were tempted by lots of bakery windows, but we were well behaved… most of the time.
One of the local dishes on every menu was Pimientos de Padrón, roasted Spanish Padron peppers. We ate them as a tapas and with our meal. They were full of flavor and not too spicy. Here they are roasted & sprinkled with sea salt.
At the end of one of our sightseeing days, we ended up down by the water & had to try some fresh seafood.
One of my favorite meals was a lunch at one of the restaurants within walking distance of our hotel. This restaurant offered a small menu for lunch. It felt like fine dining, but my meal was less than $20.
The first course was a bowl of roasted vegetable soup with some bacon & a drizzle of herbed oil. The entree was roasted fish on a velvety bed of vegetable puree. Absolutely divine.
As for our last dinner in Barcelona, we went Italian. We had one of the best salads of our trip, authentic wood oven pizza with fresh mozzarella & basil, and, of course, more Sangria! We wanted to get our daily servings of fruit.
Last but not least, we stopped for gelato. Michelle made me do it. I swear!
If you’re ever in need of traveling buddies who are foodies, get in touch. I can’t wait for our next adventure, Michelle!
Camping with Christi 
Glad to see Michele and you had a delishhhhh of a time!! OMG did that food look sooooo ever good!
So good to see you ended it with some Gelato, my favorite, Yummmm !!! You Both did enjoy this trip
for sure. my mouth was watering at all the oh, so good meals you two were eating!!!!
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Hi Christi
Looks and sounds like you are really enjoying your travels. Good for you!
We miss u at the Library .
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Thanks so much. I miss everyone there & hope to come home soon to visit!
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Thank you. I’m heading to Barcelona in August and I love quiche. I will try to find it. Again, thanks!
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You will love it. It’s in a great area near the Moco Museum. Lots of great shops, too.
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