For lunch on our last day in Barcelona we visited the Mercat de Santa Caterina just east of the Barri Gótic. Refurbished just a few years ago, it reputedly has the best market restaurants in the city; our lunch definitely held true to that claim. Just to the right of the main entrance was a small restaurant with two-thirds taken up by a bar and the kitchen at its rear. Five spunky older women wearing red feathered hats were serving the large crowd gathered around the bar and at the few tables. We had grilled asparagus with a heavenly sauce and a fried egg dish with fried potatoes and blood sausage. The latter was phenomenal – the blood sausage had a sweet note to it , which really complimented the salty potatoes and rich egg yolk. Why don’t we have more of these markets in the US?
Craig & Ryan 