
Temps de calçots: My favorite catalan tradition. Can you blame me? Romesco sauce seems to be made by gods.
Aplegar-se per menjar calçots amb una saborosa variant de la salsa romesco és un dels costums que més identifica la gastronomia catalana. Busqueu un pitet, perquè aquest any no us quedareu sense calçotada!
Calçotades populars
Igualada
The calçotada Valls is an institution, and therefore difficult to find other popular meals of the same style in the field of Tarragona. However, are increasingly common in areas where Catalonia is not grown onions. In Carr, the club has good vibes become a tradition since 1996. Calçotades is one of the last of the season and the appointment is in the Athenaeum.
March 11 www.bonrotllo.cat
Restaurants
Cal Ganxo
This restaurant is located in an old house are so convinced of how good the sauce of onions to prepare that even on sale. The dining rooms occupy old buildings such as dormitories or cellar, which preserves the old press and other tools of the eighteenth century. The menu offers typical calçotada including lamb sausage accompanied with beans and artichokes, desserts, bread, wine and champagne, and coffee.
Church, 13 (Masmolets) calçotada Menu: 36 € + VAT www.calganxo.com
Masia Bou
Are presented as the “house of calçotada”, because the 40 family of Can Ox invited travelers to taste this dish to your hostel. Since then they have helped to popularize the onions around. Have put a bib around political coat, famous artists like Salvador Dali and the TV.
Ctra. Lleida, 21.5 km (Valleys) calçotada menu: 36,54 € masiabou.com
Can Portell
Price weakness to Holy Cross Olorda, the enclave in the mountains of Barcelona Collserola already plays in Molins de Rei. Only 200 meters from the church that dominates the place is the restaurant Can Portell, located in a farmhouse completely renovated to accommodate weddings, conventions and, of course, calçotades. Everything in nature and only once the car downtown.
Ctra. Molins de Rei to Vallvidrera km 6 (Molins de Rei) calçotada menu: 37,45 € www.lamasiacanportell.com
Masia Can Cortès
Another classic. Just before the ruins of the old Casino Arrabassada hides this sixteenth century farmhouse that can lunch with splendid views to hills. Here, the ‘Menu calçotada’ offers a choice of fish instead of the usual grilled meat. Very suitable for families as children’s entertainment service is included in price.
Ctra. of Arrabassada, 6.5 km. Av. Can Cortes, 3 (Sant Cugat) calçotada Menu: 37,5 € www.cancortes.com
Calçotades urbanes (Urban Calçotadas)
It is not uncommon to find popular calçotades the heart of Barcelona. At Pueblo dry-as prepared the sixth edition of the popular calçotada A table! With day tower of towers by the district. And the Youth Assembly of the Eixample Nord organizes the seventh consecutive year a popular calçotada the first Saturday in March in front of the Sagrada Familia, which is enlivened the evening with the second installment of the EixampleSONA, a concert with bands cooler neighborhood.
Calçotada popular Poble Sec
February 26 Price: € 5.50 (drink, sausage, potatoes, bread and romesco) www.bcn.cat / elsortidor
Calçotada popular L’Eixample
March 3 www.joveseixample.com