Coloured Paper: Barcelona food diary

Any vacation is incomplete if you don't have good food. Let it be pricey, affordable, or cheap, good food is good food and there's no questioning that. When you ask anyone who has been to Spain, they will all tell you, "churros", "tapas", "paella". Google will tell you to eat them. Even my parents wanted me to try them.

When we arrived in Barcelona, the weather was unfavourable and it definitely affected us. We couldn't find our way to our hostel and ended up having to walk for almost an hour in the rain just to get there. When we reached the hostel, we couldn't check in either as it was not time. Talk about a way to start a vacation, huh?

Shortly after we arrived at the hostel, the sun came up and it stopped raining. We decided to leave our bags at the luggage locker and head out on an adventure around Barcelona to look for the Punt TMB information centre to collect our online-purchased travel cards. I must say, these travel cards were really worth the money if you intend to explore Barcelona on your own.

After a long and unrewarding goose hunt (we couldn't find the information centre), we decided to walk into a random restaurant to satisfy our pack of hungry wolves.

Pura Brasa @ Rambla Catalunya, 13, 08007 Barcelona

Grilled fish

Patatas bravas (potato) - I had this on the last day of my stay too because it's amazing and if you are going there, you HAVE to try it.

Pork skewer - juiciest skewer I have ever eaten

Catalonian creme dessert with glazed sugar

We thought we were lucky to have a lovely churros shop near our hostel so we didn't have to go all mad goose hunt looking for one. That luck slowly turned into a guilty pleasure as we bought churros everyday from there. It was our breakfast, snack and supper for the whole length of our stay. We even bought a bag before our departure.

Churrería J. Balcells @ Carrer de Córsega, 341, 08003 Barcelona Catalonia

This was another little restaurant/cafe/mini bar that we found while wondering the streets of Catalonia. It is located somewhere behind the Barcelona Cathedral.

Potato tapas

Beef skewers with potatoes

Turmeric chicken with potatoes

Next on our list: paella. After much googling, we found this place just close by to La Pedrera (which was our next location after lunch). We honestly thought that it wasn't THAT special but found that we were craving for it after. Also, it was really filling and we only felt like sleeping after.

Artapas @ Calle Provenca 269, 08008 Barcelona
(Top) meat paella, (bottom) seafood paella

This was eaten the night of the football match. Most of the restaurants were packed to the brim so we just randomly walked into one. I think it took us almost an hour just for food. That's a piece of football night for you!