The quickest way to reacquiant oneself with Spain

As soon as N and I got off the plane in Barcelona yesterday, we picked up our car and made tracks to Restaurant Hispania in the seaside town of Arenys de Mar, Catalonia.

In case I'd forgotten why I love Spain so much, one taste of Hispania's sweet, briny langostines (escamarlans in Catalan) and prawns (gambes)- plucked hours before we ate them out of local waters of the Mediterranean Sea, just across the road - brought it all back. I love it here!

Click the picture above to see a few more pictures of our locally raised, fantastically fresh lunch.

Food|and Drink|Spain|Catalonia|Seafood|Fish

Comments

[Cookiecrumb]

"In case I'd forgotten why I love Spain so much"

Oh, ha ha ha!!! "In case."

:D

[blister]

guess what little fish,
pirate graham trailed at Zax, how's that for a small world
xoxo
blister

[keiko]

Hope you're having a wonderful time, Brett - the langoustines look irresistible, of course... Looking forward to reading more of your posts from Spain, take care.

[Paul]

That does look delicious !

[ThirdShift]

Hi,

I will be in Barcelona in a week, and just happened on your post about Hispania Restaurant. Can you post some general direction on how to get there from Barcelona? The site is in Spanish and Catalan and I'm a bad navigator. Thanks.

[ThirdShift]

Hi there,

Just wanted to note here for all who wants to visit Hispania that it is closed Sept. 25 through Oct. 25 for remodelling. Due to a travel SNAFU we did not make our reservation, and instead took an impromptu detour on our way back to France on the 27th. The restaurant was shuttered, much to our disappointment. By the way, if you are on N-11 driving toward the restaurant and looking for the street numbers, don't be discouraged if it appears that you are leaving town and perhaps have left the restaurant behind. The shops will thin out, there will be a McDonalds on your right, keep going about 300 meters. Around the bend is a roundabout, you will see a sign for Hispania, and bear right.

Thanks Brett for all the help.

[Travel Guy]

That looks good! Spain has some amazing restaurants and I've been lucky enough to tour the country often. I do have trouble with the menus though. :- )