{"id":41395,"date":"2017-04-13T18:33:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/?p=41395"},"modified":"2024-07-28T12:27:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T12:27:33","slug":"casacalvet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/en\/2017\/04\/casacalvet\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant \"Casa Calvet\" - Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">CLOSED<\/h2>\n<p>As a fan of the unrivaled genius <strong>Antoni Gaud\u00ed<\/strong>, I have to say that going to dinner at \"<strong>Casa Calvet<\/strong>\" made me especially excited.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, my \"affair\" with this restaurant began one day when I was being a tourist in my own city. With the guide book (you can laugh... I'm one of those who still carry books) in one hand and the camera in the other, I was walking when I realized that the house I was looking for was a restaurant!<\/p>\n<p>In 1898, the widow of a textile industrialist commissioned <strong>Gaud\u00ed<\/strong> to build a residential house on Calle Casp. The place was not particularly pretty, but let's not forget that it is in the middle of Eixample, the seat of the upper bourgeoisie of <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> and <strong>Catalonia<\/strong> at that time. The building is quite discreet; In fact, if you are distracted on the street it does not attract attention. Looking closely at the fa\u00e7ade, there are some symbols that stand out: the \"C\" of the owner's last name, a cypress (which is a symbol of hospitality), the mushrooms that reflect the passion that Gaud\u00ed had for them, and three saints at the top.<\/p>\n<p>The industrialist decided to put his office on the ground floor of the building. It was designed by <strong>Gaud\u00ed<\/strong> himself and has been impeccably transformed into the restaurant it is today. Accounting offices, management and boardrooms have been converted into semi-private dining rooms. Elegance and history make all of us who have had the opportunity to enjoy a meal there feel privileged.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who go, I recommend that you spend some time contemplating the stained glass windows, the carpentry, the benches, everything... Don't be in a hurry to eat because once you are at the table you will concentrate on the food that is up to par with the facilities. Prepare the visit in two phases: contemplation of the wonderful place and tasting the food.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Type<\/strong>: Mediterranean signature cuisine with many nuances. Chef <strong>Miquel Alija<\/strong> has been behind this project since the day the doors opened.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sea bass fritters - Very fine and tasty mini sea bass croquettes.<\/li>\n<li>Stewed lentils with beef ball - Delicious. Small sample of stew in which the ball, for me, plays the leading role.<\/li>\n<li>Artichokes stuffed with mushrooms and pumpkin - Great contrast of tastes. The pumpkin gives it a sensational sweet touch. The artichoke and the mushroom are products that fascinate me... imagine if they gave them to me together!<\/li>\n<li>Prawn cannelloni with fresh cheese and vegetables - Dish for dipping bread. Very elegant and tasty. Fine. One of my star dishes.<\/li>\n<li>Zamburi\u00f1as with mango and vegetables - What a tremendous surprise I got. The scallops in salad and hand in hand with mango! Very risky dish that I fell in love with. Another of the star dishes.<\/li>\n<li>Foamed egg with puff pastry and idiaz\u00e1bal sauce - Third star dish. Sensational texture of the egg and the mixture with the idiaz\u00e1bal!<\/li>\n<li>Monkfish in nori seaweed with clams - It looks like a work of art.<\/li>\n<li>Curried lamb loin and dried apricots - Very tasty.<\/li>\n<li>5 year old beef fillet - With duck liver: both products are brutal. The steak melts in your mouth.<\/li>\n<li>Mango and banana tatin with spiced yogurt ice cream - Great staging!<\/li>\n<li>Apple on almond and coconut sabl\u00e9 and fresh cheese sorbet - Less spectacular dessert but with a great contrast of tastes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They have a very extensive wine list.<\/p>\n<p>It is a unique and exclusive place that I cannot forgive myself for not having known before.<\/p>\n<p>If you go, take the opportunity to visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/en\/2022\/11\/casabatllo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Casa Batll\u00f3<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/es\/2015\/10\/escapada-barcelona-desde-el-aire-con-cathelicopters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see everything from another perspective<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLOSED As a fan of the unrivaled genius Antoni Gaud\u00ed, I have to say that going to dinner at \"Casa Calvet\" made me especially excited. In fact, my \"affair\" with this restaurant began one day when I was being a tourist in my own city. With the guide book (you can laugh... I'm one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[364,136],"tags":[282],"class_list":["post-41395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europa","category-restaurants-en","tag-barcelona-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kmatest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}