Barcelona Bites: What I ate in Barcelona, Spain.

In all honesty, I did a pretty pathetic job of eating in Barcelona. But I ended up making a lot of salads in the kitchen of my AirBnB because, after two months of almost exclusively eating out while on the road, it was just nice to have some nice crisp light vegetables. (That kitchen was also a nice place to learn to make Tortilla de Patatas from my hosts.) And I stopped into the close, and familiar, McDonald’s one too many times. And I was just tired of trying to figure out where to eat and try to get a place for one. Don’t get me wrong, though, what I ate in Barcelona was delicious. When I ate it.

What I ate in Barcelona, Spain:

I did a lot of eating in markets in Barcelona. Mercat de Sant Josep de La Boqueria in the center of town was a life saver for a quick bite to eat and some fresh juice. I ate there for lunch all the time.

Fresh Fruit Juice

Croquettes

Fried Seafood

Fresh Fruit Juice

Fried Shrimp

Croquettes

Sandwich

Chinese Food

Watermelon

Fried Squid

Fresh Fruit Juice

Chinese Food

Calamare

 

And sometimes I’d stop into Mercat de Santa Caterina for something small to take away.

Fruit Salad

Pasta Salad and Fruit

Meatballs

 

Sometimes, in Barcelona, I just wanted something cheap and easy. Like chicken from a place on the beach.

 

Or beef/pineapple/teriyaki concoction from a create your own stir fry place, Wok to Walk.

 

Or pizza found by googling ‘deep dish pizza in Barcelona.’ That was not deep dish. But still tasty.

 

Or a greasy chicken sandwich and fries from Pans & Company, a local fast food chain.

 

I went out for pintxos a couple of times while in Barcelona, simply because it was easiest to pick something from a display.

 

And I did treat myself to a few nice meals. One night I went back to Bubo, the place Ian and I went for dinner, and got a hibiscus cava, octopus and potatoes, and mushroom croquettes. And maybe another chocolate cake.

 

And I went to Cal Pep, a busy tapas bar. For the first time possibly ever being a solo diner paid off and I didn’t have to wait in the long line of people because there was a single stool free.

 

And, on my last night in Barcelona, I sat at a bar and ordered sangria and tapas and talked with a wonderful couple from Canada about our travels.

 

And that’s what I ate in Barcelona, Spain. Delicious Barcelona bites…just not nearly enough of them.