La cava Barcelona

I think I haven't said it before, but as you can see in my profile, this year I'm an Erasmus in Bratislava. I've been here since September, which means 9 months away from home.

I don't know if you know this, but food in Spain is amazing. Precisely, I'm from the north... where we have really high quality of meat, fish and seafood. You can't imagine how much I miss this.

I'm not saying that the food here is bad, actually halusky, pirohy and the typical garlic soup are quite good. But it's not the same. And for a Spaniard, it's really hard to have a diet without all of our essentials. It's true that we can make tortilla whenever we want, but how can we get some shrimps from the Danube?

What I'm saying is that the other day, I was walking trough the city centre with a friend and I saw the words 'Barcelona' and 'Tapas' together in a placard and since then I couldn't stop thinking about it.

So that day when I arrived to my dorm, I went running to my (also Northern) friend's room adn I told her: 'We need to go there'. And she, my partner in crime, agreed without hesitation.

We went there yesterday to have diner: white tables with blue details, candles and a nice Spanish menu made the place actually really cozy.

Once we were there, sitted and ready to order, everything was settled for a good dinner. After a hard time deciding what to eat... (so many months away from home make the choice really difficult) we went for 'patatas bravas', 'chipirones', 'croquetas' and 'pulpo a la gallega'.

I have to be honest and the 'patatas bravas' (fries with spicy tomato sauce) and the 'croquetas' were really, really good. The 'chipirones' (small squids) were good, having into account that Bratislava is quite far from the sea. And with the 'pulpo a la gallega' (which is octopus in english) I have to say that the barometre was high: my Northern friend is not only northern, but also Galician... (that's the part of Spain that gave the name to this octopus dish), so as reasonable, it didn't reach the standards.

Finally, we decided to try something sweet and we went for the Chocolate Coulant, which is always a right choice... And this was amazing!

The general opinion is good, so if you want to try Spanish food while in Bratislava or if you're, like us, a Spanish missing home (and food), you should go and try!

My only advice is that if you're a fish lover, you have to know that we're really far from it, so maybe it's better to choose the meats... And if you're not from Spain, definetely try 'croquetas', 'tortilla' and 'jamón serrano', they're really good!