When friend M. Barcelona proposed for our food trip this year, I was initially skeptical. The city has been small compared to London or Paris and in recent years more notorious because of its tourist masses; The Disfrutar, the best-known restaurant of the city and the current number one of the dubious “Worlds 50 Best” list, looks pretty terrible in my opinion; And the Albert-Adria shops that I all liked to do have locked almost all of them in recent years1. Fortunately, I was persuaded anyway. We ate surprisingly well.