Barcelona - Spain

I went to Barcelona, Spain on few weeks ago. It was a good trip. I would recommend my friend to go there instead of London. However, language is a problem. It is because most of them do not speak English at all although it is a famous tourism spot unless you speak Spanish. Still I love that city. I love the idea of having a coffee after meal, I love the atmosphere of the restaurant, the waiter, the chocolate drink, the food, the Gothic design souvenir, so many things that I enjoy myself there.

colorful souvenir

Their restaurant atmosphere is very different with the France fine dining or US style restaurant like Chillis or TGI. They are something in between for me. Not as noisy as US restaurants at the same time, not as quiet as France restaurant. I love the 'in between'. A restaurant that full of the chitchat of customers, the sound of the plate 'cling' on the table when it is served, the noise of coffee machines, the waiter is talking with his own volume...

The chocolate drink is one of the best I have ever drink before. I drank cappuccino chocolate; basically you do not taste coffee at all but chocolate. The little taste of coffee with super rich taste of chocolate, it melts me…Seriously, from the first sip, the scent of the drink, the just-nice sweetness of the drink…The other night, I drank chocolate extra rich. Wow…the drink texture is so thick until the drink is like mix with tapioca flour. Surprisingly, it is not sweet at all. Although it is very very thick and rich but it is not sweet nor bitter.

Cappuccino which looks like chocolate drink.

Talk about drink, of course I will not forget Sangria. Still remember I drank Sangria at Bangsar, when Bong (my secondary school’s friend) ordered it for me. Over here, Sangria is everywhere. It is like ice lemon tea at Malaysia. And, most of it taste not bad. =) Of course, there are places where make better Sangria, some are not. Generally, I just love Sangria. I drank every time I got a chance there. Frankly speaking, I am new with wine, not really know how to appreciate it. So, Sangria is the best for me.

The tasty sangria...

Paella…I had 2 meals with Paella on my 4 days trip there, isn’t that good enough to explain how much I like it? I don’t know why I enjoyed it so much. It is not as nice as Bukit Mertajam’s Yam Rice. But when you are away from home, rice will have some special chemical when it goes in your mouth. I like the rice with the rich taste of the seafood soup.

seafood paella with prawn, clam, squid

Before this, I am someone who like colourful tiles design. I have cup, earring, mirror, ring with the similar design pattern but I don't know that actually this design are came from Gaudi. Too bad all their souvenir are really too expensive for me. I couldn't afford to have too much of it. Besides, I also do not have my own house to put all this decoration. If not, I will really carry all of it back to KL.

The ceiling design at Park Guell

ps: I can tell long story about my trip, however, I keep it short for the ease of reading it.