While my family visited me in Barcelona, we decided to go to Montserrat. Our hotel recommended an authentic Catalan restaurant that was on the way, so we decided to try it. The restaurant was called Cim and was unlike any experience I had ever had at a restaurant. Upon arrival, we were sat outside, overlooking a beautiful view of Barcelona. The waiter took our drink orders and brought out olives and chips along with them.
We then ordered food, which was definitely a little bit difficult with the language barrier between us and the wait staff. Since we couldn’t fully understand the waiter, we were shocked with what he came out with next. Multiple waiters and waitresses came out of the kitchen with bowls of bread and trays of onions, ones like I had never seen before. They were long strands that were burnt at the bottom. We were given bibs and told to stand around a table that had 2 buckets in the middle of them. The waiter instructed us how to eat them, which was by peeling off the burnt part, dipping the onion into a red sauce and just eat the bottom part of the stem. My family thoroughly enjoyed this experience, as it was something we had never seen before. This experience truly made us feel like we were learning more about the Catalan culture and the foods eaten within this area of Spain.
Barcelona Past and Present 