Tapas in Barcelona

[Psoque]

I apologize if this topic has been covered to death previously.

 

We are spending a couple of days in Barcelona both before and after the cruise, and we are planning to go to a tapas bar or two during the visit. I know that there are a lot of recommendations from various sources on the web (including here), but what I haven't found on the web is a pictorial guide on what to order.

 

Do you know if there's a website (or a book) that describes a typical offering in a Barcelona tapas bar, with pictures? My understanding is that most tapas bars do not have printed menus. We are very much on the adventuresome side of things when it comes to food, but we would like to be a little more educated before we actually do this.

 

Also, any recommendations about tapas bars in Barcelona would be also helpful to us.

[cruisemom42]

Here is a link to some common Catalan tapas:

 

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.eatcatalunya.com/images/stories/tapas%2520menu1_0126.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.eatcatalunya.com/tapas/tapas.html&h=232&w=350&sz=51&hl=en&start=78&usg=__acGDEIpKpkwO34NUmWxBofHSaXk=&tbnid=GRdoD6iddpauEM:&tbnh=80&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtapas%26start%3D60%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN

 

Some things you will obviously recognize such as the ham (jamon) and cheese (queso). If you search Google images for "tapas", you may find more.

 

Actually, I found in Barcelona that a lot of bars did have menus for tapas.

[painfree]

Hi..

 

We chose Txpela on the Passig De Garcia for our pre-cruise Meet & Greet Tapas party because their menu was in English with pictures..The restaurant is in an excellent location and we enjoyed sidewalk dining..(this was late Sept 2007)..Hope this is helpful..

 

Carol

[lambs2]

Here is a link to some common Catalan tapas:

 

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.eatcatalunya.com/images/stories/tapas%2520menu1_0126.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.eatcatalunya.com/tapas/tapas.html&h=232&w=350&sz=51&hl=en&start=78&usg=__acGDEIpKpkwO34NUmWxBofHSaXk=&tbnid=GRdoD6iddpauEM:&tbnh=80&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtapas%26start%3D60%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN

 

Some things you will obviously recognize such as the ham (jamon) and cheese (queso). If you search Google images for "tapas", you may find more.

 

Actually, I found in Barcelona that a lot of bars did have menus for tapas.

 

 

Thanks for this link! Terrific resource that you can copy and take with you to Barcelona.

[tomko2]

Thanks for the link. I plan to print it out before our trip to Barcelona next August.

Have been trying to catch the TV show On the Road to Spain with Mario Batali but keep missing it.

Kathy:)

[texancruzer]

We also found that most of the tapas bars had not only menus in English but with pictures too. Some were posted out front near the door - talk about making it easy :D

[Psoque]

Thank you all for this information.

[swcruise]

We tried this tapas bar on when we were last in Barcelona and really enjoyed the seperiemce

 

http://www.tallerdetapas.com/

[tomko2]

We tried this tapas bar on when we were last in Barcelona and really enjoyed the seperiemce

 

http://www.tallerdetapas.com/

 

Thank you for the link. I am enjoying looking at the photos and menu.

Kathy:)

[Rala]

Thank you for the link. I am enjoying looking at the photos and menu.

Kathy:)

 

I thank you also for the link and for all the other info. I am drooling all over my keyboard...it all looks and sounds delicious. Anyone have any favorite tapas to tell us about? We will be in Barcelona for two days before our Eastern Med and Egypt cruise in March.