I know, I know, the amount of neglect this blog endured is
extremely inexcusable. Documenting our
travels has taken, not even the backseat, but rather the trunk is the more
appropriate term to put it, as I try to juggle stuff at home at work and our
CFC Work.
We’ve travelled quite a few times in the past couple of
months and to ensure that I don’t miss any trips, I’ve decided to start with
the very first trip we had this year, which was in Barcelona.
In my mind, I could still taste the creamy Paella Negra
teeming with shrimps, mussels and other little sea treasures. I could still recall the oh-so-tender pork
dish that reminded me so much of home. I
could still remember how refreshing the pitcher of Sangria served to us.
With this charming memories, the moment we booked everything
for our Barcelona
trip, honey automatically set aside a dinner to be spent is this oasis of a
restaurant.
The evening started very well with this very pleasant Maitre
de welcoming us (he was a Filipino – very nice man!). He even gave us recommendations as to what we
should order. We decided to order the
Paella Negra (again – we just enjoyed it so much the last time) and a pork
dish. We were so excited, our eyes were
fixed on every menu being laid on our table and with such profound excitement,
it felt like our knives and forks have lives of their own and made their way,
without even being guided, to the dishes that were in front of us. However, the boiling excitement turned very
quickly into a fizzle the moment we placed the first mouthful of Paella Negra
in our mouths. Gone was the creamy and
heavenly Paella, in its place was this salty plate of black rice. Gone was the pot of divine treat teeming with
little treasures from the sea, it its place was black rice interspersed with
very little seafood. The pork dish was
forgetful, I don’t even remember how it tasted or what it looked like.
I’m a bit saddened that this little gem of a place turned
into a nondescript restaurant. I give
them plus points for the nicer staff, the maitre de even gave Baby Bee some
chocolate truffles after we had our meal but the quality and taste of the food
is not at par with what we had in the past.
I guess I will never be able to taste that heavenly treat
that we had there 5 years ago, too bad.
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