Irati Taverna Basca
Where? Irati Taverna Basca (Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Spain) Map Menu
When? Thursday May 18, 2017
Who? Me
Food Style? Pintxos
It's time for tapas round two. I purposely had an early and smaller meal at Ramblero so I could eat again. This time I've ordered my sangria. Teehee.
Pintxos
It's hard to talk about everything individually. What I will talk about is the experience and the ambience. Tapas begs company. It's like yum cha. At Irati, it's more catered to the solo traveller; instead of ordering plates of food, you ask for a plate and then you pick what you want from the bar. At the end, the number of toothpicks is tallied and you're charged €2.10 for each. In fact, this type of tapas is called pintxo, which means skewer. Stand at the bar and eat, and watch others enjoy themselves while you type up a food blog on your iPhone.
The food here is excellent. Lots of flavour and variety, and interesting combinations. Most of them are bread based, with various meats and garnish piled on top. There's tuna, sardines, smoked salmon, cured meats, cheeses, crumbed prawns wrapped in bacon - try everything once, and try them again. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful and I felt much more at ease than last night. I had eight items in total and my drink, and that came to about €20.
Posted by Jeremy at 9:22am on Saturday June 10, 2017 :: 0 comments :: 