As a Spaniard, I think it's annoying,boring and sad to see yet another bastardized version of a dish. Neither Tabasco is Spanish (it is Mexican), nor a Spanish omelet is ever made in an oven. Leeks and garlic are not standard ingredients, and olive oil is used over here. It's a strong comment on cultural imperialism to see this happening once again (and I've seen it done to recipes from all over the world).
La Seu, is actually on carrer Dagueria, near Plaça de Sant Jaume. For good Galician seafood, t(though not particularly cheap), try Rías de Galicia. If you want to buy ham, aside from the mercat de la Boqueria, there's always Jamonísimo. But don't stop at ham, please: Buy some Vic fuet (dried pork sausage) or butifarres (there's the "white" and the "black·" one, the latest of which being black as in "black pudding").
What to take home? Don't forget to buy some Catalan olive oil (D.O. Garrigues or D.O. Ciurana), Priorat wines (or the no so prohibitive Costers del Segre or Terra Alta)!
I'm a NYer living in Barcelona- I was this afternoon doing my regular grocery shopping at the Boqueria and guess who was there filming his new PBS TV special: Mario Batali (oh, yeh- Michael Stipe from REM and a famous Spanish actress were also in tow) Being a huge Mario fan, it was great to see him enjoying Barcelona- we chatted a bit about eating in the city.....
Jean Luc Figueras has closed. Wouldn't trust the replacement quite yet.
I just got back from Barcelona a couple of days ago, would've loved a thread like this before I left ;)
I also want to add on the Santa Caterina Market to the list.
Eat breakfast (xurros, tortillas, etc) at the bar of Cuines Santa Caterina and come back for tapas in the afternoon. It's most excelente. Gorgeous new building too.
And the neighborhood (Barri Gotica / El Born) is awesome to walk around.
Here's a reefer to links I offered up earlier:
http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2007/09/spain-restaurants.html
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