Bar Victoria (revisitado)

bar victoria

August 15th, 2013

I got up early and set off for Barcelona with friends for a weekend of eating and drinking and a strong desire to revisit La Festa de Gràcia, a spectacular street festival that I haven’t seen in 21 years.

c/ de la portaferrissa

We got in at 13.45 and I was starving, so having dropped off our bags, a menu del dia seemed like the perfect option. However, the fixed price, 3 course menu del dia is generally only served on regular working days and today’s a bank holiday, fortunately Bar Victoria is different and provides 3 courses with wine, all the time, for about 11€, even at night!

gazpacho

I was delighted to find Gazpacho on the list of first courses. I really wanted typical Spanish food and since it was about 29º C with 75% humidity, cold vegetable soup was perfect.

croquetas de bacalao

Even more exciting, was my second course choice, Croquetas de Bacalao – these are very popular salt cod croquettes, deep fried to perfection. Served here with fries, grilled red pepper and allioli.

rosado

To keep ourselves cool we drank a couple of bottles of rosado (Spanish rosé).

crema catalana

For pudding I had my favourite, Crema Catalana – the Catalan equivalent of crème brulée, which generally contains more citrus and cinnamon than the English and French equivalents.

carajillo

To set me up or finish me off, I ordered a Carajillo de Cognac, an espresso topped up with  brandy – named by Spanish troops fighting in Cuba who drank coffee with rum for courage (coraje).

We left the Victoria at about 17.30, giving us an hour for siesta before marching up the hill to Gràcia…

Restaurante Victoria is at: Carrer dels Angels, 8, 08001, Barcelona

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