Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Sunday, May 27, 2007

lunch by the Mediterrean Sea



as told by our spanish friends, people in Barcelona are expected to have lunch at a later time till...dinner time. so in order to get a table, it's a good idea to get yourself into the restaurant before the crowd started to gather, mostly after two in the afternoon.

paella is still by far one of the best dishes we had, and we had the chance to try out the seafood soup as well, which tasted exceedingly fresh.


though some people might have a preconception that the locals tend to attend matters in a laid back, relaxed manners, during our brief stay at this restaurant, all the waiters were extremely attentive, and were fast in bringing out the dishes. while it's obvious that the quicker a table of guests finished their meals, the more business they could make each day, but you can tell thru their expressions, laughters, interaction with the customers, and well welcoming gestures, that they are truly enjoying their jobs.
isn't it what a job ought to be about?
will try to dig out the name of this restaurant some later time...

Saturday, March 24, 2007

tapas, tapas, and more tapas, gracias!


cerveseria catalana, the place.
tapas, the food.
have never seen so much variety of tapas to choose from (er...probably that's because it's the first time we went to Spain, but in our later journey, we still couldn't find one that can compare to this!), and have never been so mouthwatering while waiting.
our first day in town, and our Spanish friends had so kindly taken us out to pretty much the centre of the most important sites for some of Gaudi's works.
there were cold tapas as well as hot tapas, calamari rings, melted cheese, air cured Iberian ham, tomatoe sauce bread (specialty in Barcelona!)...need to dig out my volcabuary book to list out the names again...
Felipe, Mariona, we need your introduction to the food, again!