Las Corts — Restaurant in Barcelona

To describe Las Corts, you will have to delve into Catalunya and its most profound mysteries and essence. Me and my family of four had the opportunity to deep dive into it by chance and fully enjoy it!!!. After a simple visit to our favorite football team’s museum in the world “Barcelona”, we were looking for a “tradiitional” restaurant. On looking online we found this restaurant that is less than 2 blocks away from the museum. At first we thought we were looking at a simple restaurant, but, then, after our server identified himself as the owner and cook (Chef in my view) of this place. At this point, he clarified that there was NO Menu. Instead, he will recite to you the most deep-hearted and Exotic Catalonia’s plates. Next, slowly but surely. this Artist will describe why this was not just a restaurant and with an absolute mastership he started to describe each dish with complete and absolute understanding of the origins of the ingredients and reasoning behind it. As such, our Artist that happens to be disguised as a “cook” provided us with a complete gastronomic Tour of Catalonia in every dish. We ordered 6 different starter dishes that took us to the Catalonian’s shores, the forests, and farmlands. The Flavors seemed to be out of this world. Spicy, tasteful, fresh, and bold. The freshness of the ingredients resembled Catalonian’s fields and shores, to the point where you could almost taste the saltiness of ocean, the sweetness of the rivers, and the gaminess of some of the land dishes. Next, this artist offered us main dishes that again resembled a kaleidoscope of Catalonia’s land , sea, and flavors. At the end, we departed thanking Alex our host for a once-in-a-lifetime experience where the pleasure for quality meets the real passion of a unique Cheff that takes you into a journey that can only be described as Unique and...

Si no te n'han parlat, vist des del carrer, poc o res indica que aquest bar amb poques pretensions estètiques sigui un temple gastronòmic, més enllà del "solete" REPSOL (imitació rebaixada i gasista de l'estrella Michelín) i la cal·ligrafia sàviament improvisada sobre els vidres, que refereixen suggeridors plats del dia. L'interior, en la línia: estovalles i tovallons de paper, taules de fòrmica i gotelé a les parets... Els banys, d'aquells que t'has d'arrambar a la tassa per poder tancar la porta i evacuar (o fer lloc al que ha de venir) amb intimitat. L'entrada en escena del txef (ulleres de pasta, al-lopècia engominada i orgullosa parla salada) és l'avantsala del gir de guió. Veritable rapsoda gastrònom fa salivar amb un reguitzell de plats del dia, descrits amb un detall que ens fa decidir-nos per tots ells, un darrera l'altre, a mesura que els recita: univers de múrgules, ortigues de mar, calçots rebossats, carxofes de proximitat, favetes garrotxines, crema de centollo... amb uns acompanyaments que forgen indissolubles i felices unions. "Aquest! No, aquest! No, no: aquest...!" A continuació, peixos, mariscs i carns, amb la promesa de la cocció virtuosa, pausada i el punt sempre adient: turbot, bacallà, escórpora, cap-i-pota, cua de vedella, filet... maridats amb la verdura, patata, bolets i/o salsa cuinada amb un punt de misteri esotèric i eròtic, amb el que el nostre amfitrió insinua, però no mostra. Triïs el que triïs, gaudiràs de manera inusual! Més encara si et deixes entabanar pel vi, ofert en digne estirabot de sonet renaixentista, en llista oberta exposada en arbre de varietats catalanes - forasteres, mono o plurivarietals. Postre artesà i generós, cafè de qualitat i digestiu per cloure en alt un àpat memorable. El compte final subministra una bofetada d'aitals dimensions que fa que les orelles se sumin a l'aplaudiment ovacional que mereix l'eclosió hedonista de la que has gaudit. En sortir, comentari casual: "aquí venen els directius del Barça!". Dues conclusions addicionals: es nota que són gent (1) de molt bon gust i (2) de millors retribucions en forma de dieta. Des d'ara mateix, començo a estalviar per poder...

Coming here will keep your tongue singing hymns for a week!! Omg, seafood was super tasty, well everything was really, really tasty, the beans with black butifarra where unbeatable, as well as the dessert (sorry, I don't remember the name of the cake). Staff was excellent. It was an amazing surprise cause the atmosphere doesn't seem to be like a 5 star restaurant, but trust me, your stomach will thank you if you try. 40€ for a menu and two wine glasses, not for stingy pockets but definitely recommended for people who appreciate excellent food and good service! I'll...