Sundays in Barcelona is considered a family day. I witnessed this first hand. Families were together all over the city. Whether they were playing on a playground or having a picnic at the park, it was quality time spent together. It was wonderful to see.
Another big family activity was eating. Everyone seemed to be out eating because restaurants were packed. I headed back over to the Sant Antoni area of town to see if I could try another restaurant that I saw the previous night.
To my luck there was a table open at Café Saula.
They had a bar full of tapas. There were several different kinds that I had not seen at other restaurants I had visited.
While I contemplated which tapas to try, I ordered a sangria (surprise, surprise). It can be ordered either by the glass or the pitcher. Since it was still early in the day I decided to just get a glass. This one was sweet and just like the others I have enjoyed.
Like the other tapas places, they did the toothpick in the glass as a way to count how much you have eaten. I love this honors system.
I got four tapas on my first plate.
- Sausage with aioli and crunchy onion straws – The sausage flavor was great and the crunchy onions were a nice addition. The downside was that it was cold. It would have tasted better if it was hot.
- Crab Claw – Now this was breaded and fried; it looked exactly like a stuffed crab claw, however, it was not crab at all. It was some sort of seafood that had the texture of a scallop. It tasted pretty good but I was bummed that it was not crabmeat.
- Fried Shrimp – This shrimp was huge. It had a great tempura like breading on it. It was very crispy.
- Italian Tapas – I called it this because there were four Italian meats on top of a slice of bread. It had a slice of salami, capicola, prosciutto, and pepperoni. It was accented with a tomato slice and a green olive. This was basically an Italian sandwich.
I went up one more time to try three more tapas.
- Bomba – This was a meat and potato croquette. The meat was in the center and covered in potato. This was the first croquette that did not have cheese mixed in. The taste was great, just not as creamy.
- Ham & Cheese Croquette – The ham was chopped up and blended with cheese and potato. This was extremely creamy.
- Spring Roll – This was a vegetable roll that was drizzled with sweet and sour sauce. The wrapper was nice and crispy.
I was glad I got to try a different place for tapas, which offered a different variety of choices. This whole area of Sant Antoni is a fun area. I highly recommend everyone check it out.
Enjoy!
T
