Showing posts with label brunch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brunch. Show all posts

Monday, May 2, 2011

Holy mushrooms, breakfast at Kiosko Universal, La Boqueria Barcelona

Holy mushrooms, this lone platter of giant mushrooms on the counter at Kiosko Universal made our decision of breakfast on this morning an easy one.

Barcelona

We'll have those, sautéed, with a few eggs. Oh sure, throw some fried potatoes in there too!

Barcelona

All we need is a few slices of pan con tomate which are sitting on the counter and we are good to go.

Barcelona

Not a bad choice at all for a quick breakfast before taking to the streets, it's on the top end of the boqueria a few blocks over from Pinotxo bar.

Barcelona

Mercat Sant Josep, PUESTO 691
08002 Barcelona, Spain
933 178 286


View Big Food Big World in a larger map

Hearty brunch at Pinotxo Bar, Barcelona

It was hard to say goodbye to Barcelona on our last trip ... especially when the La Boqueria and it's range of brunch offers was so close to where we were staying. Our final farewell to our Boqueria brunches was an epic feast at Pinotxo bar. Of course, a beer and a glass of cava along with a plate of their incredible garbanzo. The chickpeas are braised with pieces of sausage, other meats, onion & herbs and have a mist of balsamic sprayed over them before being handed to us over the counter.

Barcelona

The braised pig cheek was exceptional on this visit. The unctuous chunks of fatty meat, glistening in a rich red sauce with a chunk of bread for mopping up all the juices.

Barcelona

Butifarra was one amazing breakfast sausage. Pork, herbs and spice in a hefty sized home-made sausage, with a few green leaves on the side misted with the balsamic.

Barcelona

We also indulge in a few little jamón croquettes.

Barcelona

Juanito then tells us that the caramel flan has just set, and that it would be a perfect end to our decadant brunch ... Well, how cold you disagree with that??

Barcelona

Pinotxo bar, how we miss you!

Barcelona

La Boqueria
La Rambla, 91
Barcelona, Spain 08001
Ciutat Vella
T: +34 93 317 17 31
6am-4pm Monday to Saturday


View Big Food Big World in a larger map

Monday, August 16, 2010

bidebide and Brunch Tapa's

We were up early one morning ... we would have been happy with a coffee & a pastry, but stumble across bidebide. It's bustling inside, the crowd enjoying everything from coffee to cava and everything in between.

San Sebastian

2 x coffee & 2 x orange juice are ordered as we settle in at the bar. It's then we notice with amazement that the counter is lined with an array of different tapas. All themed around the morning brunch, most of them including eggs in some form. A potato tortilla sandwich between a crunchy little bread roll certainly whets the appetite.

San Sebastian

A thinner omelet is next, two slices are sandwiching roasted peppers and crispy bacon and is sitting upon a grilled slice of bread.

San Sebastian

The last breakfast tapas we enjoy is a very creative tomato-on-toast idea. Slices of ripe tomato, goats cheese, toasted walnuts and a drizzle of thick sherry vinegar sit on toasted white bread.

San Sebastian

We enjoyed brunch so much that we do return later in the week for a quick lunch .... also very good, our lunch included a tapa of champignon mushrooms & foie

San Sebastian

and grilled beef with roast peppers and potatoes.

San Sebastian

Kim then chooses a boccadillo with Lomo, bacon, cheese, tomato, lettuce & aioli. 2 pork on 1 sandwich is already so much win !! The aioli packs a garlic punch and has specks of fresh herbs that lightens it up.

San Sebastian

I can't resist another meat double-up, beef sirloin & crispy bacon with roasted peppers.

San Sebastian

Open daily from 8am-1:30am, bidebide is perfect anytime of day whether for a coffee & breakfast tapas, a hearty lunch or a late night tipple ....

bidebide
Usabal Auzoa, 25 - 20400 Tolosa
Guipúzcoa, San Sebastian, Spain
T: 943577573