Alapar-BCN (Michelin recommended)

Really fun meal at Alapar in Barcelona recently, and a really great value at €95 for the larger of two omakase options.

1. Crispy tapioca biscuit with shiso cream
2. Smoked mackerel with bottarga
3. Tuna tartar mushipan
4. Skipjack with onion and kizami
5. Squid sashimi and pork on toasted bread
6. Grilled portabello with miso black pepper sauce
7. Yellowtail handroll with shiso
8. Wagyu handroll
9. Toro
10. Turbot and pil pil
11. Chawanmushi with eel sauce, roe, and mussels
12. Squid and uni maki
13. Eel with kabayaki sauce
14. Langoustine with ponzu butter sauce
15. Monkfish suquet
16. Pork and scallop with pork broth
17. Wasabi ice cream
18. Vanilla kakigori and figs montadito
19. Chocolate-filled mochi and olive oil ice cream
20. Petit fours

Lots of standouts on this menu. I would say the mains (suquet and pork & scallops) slightly underperformed compared to everything else. Wasabi ice cream was insanely good.

Wouldn’t be surprised if they get a star next year!