Lil' Eats

I had some time today to wander around and check out a bunch of little places I found on the interwebs and basically noshed my way around town.

Chök - Their beautiful display of gourmet doughnuts caught my eye as I walked by. It's around the corner for La Bocqueria and boy oh boy was I bummed out that Adam wasn't in Barcelona with us. Surely, Adam would have organized an extensive tasting of doughnuts had he been here. Instead, I admired the treats and bought a chocolate covered churro.

Lots of doughnuts

Wait, there's even more doughnuts

Chocolate "salami" or chocolate ganache mixed with crushed cookie, shaped like a salami and dusted with powdered sugar

More doughnuts, this time displayed on dowels

Lis Bakery - This gardenista review of the La Bocqueria Market referenced xuxus or xuixo, a custard filled flakey pastry, which led me to Lis Bakery about 10 minutes from my hotel. 

Cute little storefront 

Some xuixos in the window

 

Whole

Yummy custard filling with crisp flakey crust

Horchateria SIRVENT - Croissanteria, Focacciaria, Horchateria...don't mind if I do. I had to turn on my iPhone to make sure I was heading the right direction and it was worth the data I used to find it. It's a little dessert and drink cafe that serves horchata...hence the name horchateria. I enjoyed a cold glass in the cafe and bought a takeaway cup for Adam's mom to try.

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Butifarring - This was another one I found on Culinary Backstreets. Homemade sausages served in crusty baguettes. I ordered the Classico Catalan style sausage with onions and cheese and an itty bitty mini one euro beer. They also recommended the aioli and spicy braves sauce as toppings.  I would have inhaled the entire thing, but I didn't want to fill up an hour before dinner.

Char grilled homemade sausage with mini beer

Cafe Granja Viader - I walked by this churro and chocolate place at least three times today to triple check their hours and make sure I didn't miss out. I insisted we go after a very filling tapas dinner and it was a tasty little treat. The dark hot chocolate was not too sweet, not too dark and the viscosity was just right for dipping my hot churros.

Cafe Granja Viader

Dark Hot Chocolate and Churros