Artist, aesthete, and chef Carles Abellan playfully reinterprets traditional Catalan favorites at this sleek, designer dining spot. Try the deconstructed tortilla de patatas (potato omelet), or the huevo kinder (an egg with surprises inside, based on a popular children's toy). For dessert, prepare for a postmodern version of the traditional after-school snack of chocolate, olive oil, salt, and bread. Abellán's cuisine is always original and, though sometimes flirting with the border between fine dining and playing with your food, unfailingly delicious.
Reviewed by fasolt from Barcelona on 11/11/09
Food is innovative and tasty, although rather pretentious. Foam with everything. The menu is outrageously overpriced -- the cheapest set menu being 68 euros and the typical tapas dish being about 20 - 25 euros. Portions are miniature. You will end up eating more bread than anything else.
The service is disdainful and haughty. We were instructed that we should order "5 to 7 dishes" in a way that showed contempt for our budget or preference. On suggesting that our red wine was served rather cold, we were told with a sneering curled lip that 16 degrees was the perfect temperature.
If you like delicious tapas, are not very hungry, and dont mind contemptuous service, this is the place for you.
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