Arume
Where? Arume (Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Spain) Map
When? Saturday May 20, 2017
Who? Me
Food Style? Spanish
After a long day walking all around Montjuic, I've taken the funicular down and a few minutes walk away is Arume. The only place available is at the bar, which I'm sharing with three Singaporean girls who are also keen on trying the duck paella. "I wonder if it'll be like Peking duck" one says. I chuckle as one of her friends scolds her. I've ordered some baby scallops too, because seafood here is great.
As our starters arrive, my Singaporean friends apologise for taking pictures of their food.
I laugh.
Entree
Baby scallops with sweet corn sauce, kimchi and paprika bread
My plate of scallops looks amazing, and we happily exchange our starters. They have beef tartare and iberico ham carpaccio, and both are excellent, but I didn't feel like taking pictures of their food. Full of flavour, salty, savoury, beautiful smooth textures. My scallops are rich and creamy with a delicious sauce, perfectly cooked - a slight crisp on the outside and soft on the inside.
How did I not fix that one scallop on this photograph? It's really annoying me now.
Mains
Duck paella with Padron peppers
A massive hot plate of duck paella arrives. The smell is intoxicatingly delicious and I taste a bit. It tastes like duck and a hint of mushrooms, which is okay given how delicious the rest of it is. It's like a richer, meatier risotto. The smoked peppers are a great addition.
Britney's Hit Me Baby One More Time comes up on shuffle and the whole bar erupts into song. I love it.
The girls got seafood paella and fortunately for me, they can't finish it so they offer the rest to me. It's very good as well, but not as rich as the duck one. It's got all that natural saltiness from the mussels, squid and prawns in the stock, and the freshness shows.
Dessert
Afternoons with Marta - cocoa black beer sponge cake with chai tea, pineapple and ginger
I can't refuse the offer of dessert. The cake is gorgeously rich and moist, the beer and ginger evident. The rum pineapple is also really good, and coupled with the ginger ice cream, this is a well-balanced, well-made dessert to finish my time in Barcelona.
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