Caramel Rings, Exploding cakes, super duper ultra cool website, great history, cool shop at La Rambla……in a nutshell, one of the pastelerias that I was MOST looking forward to visiting. So, was it worth the hype and wait?
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Museo de la Xocolata – Chocolate Museum Barcelona
Only 2 days in Barcelona, so many places to go, so little time and yet another chocolate museum beckoned. There are many chocolate museums in Spain, and I previously visited Chocolates Perez, an operational chocolate factory with mini-museum in Villajoyosa.
Chocomad visitors to Spain will be delighted to know that there are 4 other chocolate museums in Spain.
- Museo del Chocolate in Sueca, Valenca,
- Chocolates y Museo Clavileno, Villajoyosa (The Villajoyosa Tourism Office says this one opens at will, so make sure you habla Espanyol and call beforehand)
- Planete Musee du Chocolat, Biarritz
- Museo de la Xocolata, Barcelona
Ok, so I lied about the third one as it is in Biarritz, France, but it is just a short hop away from El Pais Vasco in Spain (Basque Country). Museums are usually cluttered with dusty, antiquated exhibits and yawning children, but this being Barcelona, would they really live up to their reputation for inventiveness and innovation?
Spanish Bullfighting – Corrida de Toros
Cue Mariachi music……… Its bullfighting season in Spain, and though it cost us 30 Euros, its a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience Spain through the Corrida de Toros. Continue reading
Oriol Balaguer, Barcelona – Chocolate Overdose Part 1
Oriol Balaguer, Spain’s rising star pastry chef? I’m not sure about that, as Spain is one tough market to lead, but he sure does make good chocolates! One can only imagine the sleepless nights he and his team have trying to figure out how to decorate the damn mold for his many different flavours!
You see, he only uses 1 mold, the cocoa bean shape, and trust me, trying to come up with different decorations to make each one unique is a pain in the butt. This was my first time tasting his stuff in Barcelona, having only had his chocolates in Japan. At Calle Morales in Barca lies his kitchen and though he was on holiday, his chef prepared the following for me:
- Custom Selection of the most interesting chocolates
- 18 piece collection
- Paradigma de Chocolate – 8 Textures of Chocolate Cake
