Hola from spain! I'm currently in my hotel room and I really need to blog about the day so I won't forget what I did in detail!
It will also be a great guide for you young adults out there who wants to travel free and easy around spain!
So the trip didn't start out perfect because the luggages for half of the flight got delayed! I was waiting in the Barcelona airport for about an hour after landing... After getting mu luggage, what I did was to first go to the information center in the airport and ask for a free Barcelona plus double check where to take the airport bus to the city center (plaza Catalunya). This is where majority of the hotels and the major shopping belt are.
You have to go down one floor using the escalator where you will get out of the airport and you will be greeted with this scene!
Now you will have to cross the zebra crossing, turn to your left and walk straight where you will find the aerobus stand! To get to the city center, take bus A1. It costs 5.90 euros per person and you buy the ticket directly from the driver.
After getting down from the bus at the city center we managed to successfully find our hotel and we rested for a while before going out to explore the streets close to our hotel.
The first stop was to go get food and when you come to spain... TAPAS is definitely what you need to eat! I've read amazing reviews about this tapas restaurant called Cervecería Catalana so I was really excited to try it, plus I was starving!
Address: Carrer de Mallorca, 236
08008 Barcelona
Spain
The menu
I didn't order it straight from the menu because I wasn't familiar with the Spanish tapas food so instead I went to the bar counter and ordered it straight from there! I think it's easier this way because you get to see the real food and you can ask questions about what it is, how does it taste like etc!
The first dish that I want to introduce is called the seasonal salad and it was hands down the best seafood salad I have ever eaten! It comes with plentiful of shredded crab meat with some super fresh cold shrimps and mixed with corn! It was satisfying till the very last bite!
Next, from the bottom left is a very nice and fresh cod fish dish! It's freshness makes you feel like you ate the fish right out from the sea but without any fishy taste to it!
The one in the center was a little disappointing. To me, it tasted like custard croissant filled with jarmon ( Spanish ham). It gives both savory and sweet taste in a bite but it wasn't that awesome...
On the right is definitely one amazing dish! It's called the grilled shrimps if I am not wrong! I was told by the waiter that this is one of the dish you have to eat to claim that you have eaten in their restaurant! The freshness and how well the shrimps was grilled was perfecto mucho!
Another dish that is a must try is the veal entrecôte! However, this was a little disappointing because it honestly tasted like normal good meat that I could find in nice meat restaurant in Israel so it wasn't that special to me!
Lastly, this assorted mixed mushrooms, asparagus, calamari and jarmon was a really nice and refreshing dish but it was a tad too oily.
Since the serving for tapas food is small because it suppose to be like snacks to go with alcohol, my stomach still had space for dessert! I tried the homemade cake which was really filling and good! It was sort of a butter fruit cake but with custard and caramelized ( the top part tasted something like a creme brûlée but the bottom was more of a softer and airy cake!
My review of this tapas restaurant is that it is definitely a must visit when you come to Barcelona because the food here will practically leave you wanting more!
The second stop I planned was to go to passeig de gracia, which is house to most of the luxury and international brands from around the world! Had to check out some of my favourite brands!
On the way there, I made a small detour to this famous pastry stall called Mauri. When you step into the shop, you will be greeted with a strong cocoa aroma and there are many amazing chocolate displays in the the stall, especially huge Easter eggs since Easter is coming soon!
I couldn't leave the shop without trying any pastry so I bought a praline pastry to try! The design was nice and it tasted as nice as it looks! The only turn off about mauri is that because it is so famous, the people working there are not friendly at all and I had to wait for a good 10 minutes before someone attended to me. But just for an experience and to satisfy my sweet craving... it was worth the money and the time :)
Buena noches everyone,
Kay
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