International cuisine in the restaurants of El Raval
You only need to try a few exotic dishes and you’ve already begun your culinary adventure through Barcelona’s El Raval neighbourhood, where the streets are home to bars and restaurants of every type, ready to take you on a tour of the world’s most vibrant and exciting food and drink. A global culinary offering where the sheer variety of flavours, colours and smells are the stars of the show.
El Raval is particularly well-recommended for those who want to escape the traditional Iberian menu and enter a new world of fresh flavours and aromas. Asian, Moroccan and African cuisine can be found in abundance here, among others, where you can indulge in a tour of some of the most prized dishes from around the globe. International options nestle side-by-side with traditional bars that have seen plenty of changes in the neighbourhood over the years, all serving up authentic dishes in an atmosphere full of charm and familiarity.
El trópico
Lovers of the most tropical flavours will find their oasis at El trópico. Run by a Colombian and Brazilian pairing, they serve up only the tastiest dishes from the most tropical cuisines. Their açai – smoothies made with fresh fruits and vegetables –, arepas and fried yucca are just some of the most popular delicacies available, alongside a rainbow of authentic freshly-squeezed natural juices.
A Tu Bola
Cuisine from the Near East certainly features prominently at A Tu Bola, along with delicious foods of India, the perfect place to step into an exotic world, a small but cosy place where you can sample the most loved dishes from Israeli cuisine. Known for their retro interiors and brightly coloured vegetables, fruits and other dishes on show, they’re also famous for presenting each dish in a rounded shape in honour of falafel, hence their original name.
The Maharaje Restaurant
The Maharaje offers Indian food but with a western flair, particularly great for those who want to enjoy a whistle-stop tour of Asian flavours for the first time. The restaurant is designed simply with the feel of a traditional bar, but it’s the perfect spot for sampling some amazing world foods.
El Kiku
One type of cuisine that’s increasingly popular in the neighbourhood is Japanese, and now you can even try sushi, thanks to Kiku, a place with minimalist decoration but a highly varied menu of fish, rice, noodles, meat and, of course, traditional sushi.
Foni Restaurant and Bar
African cuisine can be tried in plenty of places in the area, where they serve up all manner of meals at very good prices. Once popular example is Foni, a small spot where juices and typical African drinks will charm even the most adventurous of tastebuds.
El Biocenter
It’s not just international food and drink that finds its home in El Raval, there are plenty of places where you can sample vegetarian, vegan and ovo-lacto cuisine of the highest order. One such pioneering outlet in the El Raval neighbourhood has to be Biocenter, offering a self-service menu of dishes suitable for all kinds of diets at affordable prices.
At HCC Hotels , we encourage all our guests to sample some of the best international cuisine El Raval has to offer, where you can experience the most multicultural neighbourhood in Barcelona in all its glory.
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