La Flor de Gracia

Almost forgot!

Today I was going to go to Montjuic, a hill/park located in Barcelona but just as I was about to go, I received a call from Manel, my flatmate Toni's friend about going out for lunch with them. Looking for an excuse to skip out on Montjuic, I gladly accepted. We walked a couple of blocks down and ended up at this super super cute restaurant called La Flor de Gracia which means The Flower of Gracia. Gracia is the Bohemian district in Barcelona. It was super chulo (cute). When it came to choosing the dishes, the waiter recommended the most typical Spanish dishes to me. I mean hey, I'm in Barcelona right, I gotta get my Spanish eatin' on. We did the menu for 8.75. Good deal eh?

Excuse the quality of the pictures, I only brought my point and shoot:



This dish was ham over potatoes and topped off with some kinda red pepper. I want to say its paprika but it had more of a tangy flavor. I should have asked. The dish was lots of fun and I enjoyed the ham. Nothing beats Spanish ham. The spice, whatever it was, tied the potatoes and the ham really nicely together.

I really enjoyed the bread as well. I'm a big bread person so if the bread sucks, the restaurant sucks. For my bebida, I chose Red Wine of course while Manel and Toni chose water (wussies). The wine I got was over-chilled and it was tempranillo. I HATE temps. The wine sucked and tasted like juice but I guess I couldn't expect too much for the price.

My name dish was Butifarra with white beans.



I am completely obsessed with butifarra. This one was really good. It was really juicy and crisp when you bit into it. The beans were a nice palette calmer and helped control the seasoned taste of the sausage.

For dessert I had to deliberate between the cheese cake and tiramisu. After getting his confirmation that the cheese cake was made in-house and not store-bought, I decided to go with the cheese cake. Bad decision.



The cheese cake lacked the essential tang of the cream cheese. It was also really dry for a cheese cake. I kind of wish they had bought it from a store instead :/ .

All in all, it was a cute restaurant that I would like to return to for the ambience but not so much the food. Probably won't return then.

Here's their contact information if you're interested:
La Flor de Gracia
Trav. de Gracia, 281
08025 BCN
932136994

It's a good place to take someone on a lunch date if you don't want to spend a lot of money.

Keepin' it real,
Vina