Do you want us to tell you a secret? There is a bistro with Middle Eastern food that very few people know about in Barcelona. It is a charming place, located at Carrer del Torrent de les Flors, 87, 08024.
And now that it’s not so secret anymore, here’s what you can expect when you walk through the door: authentic, homemade food prepared with love, by a couple from Jordan and England. His country life has influenced his “Zero Waste” and vegan Friendly philosophy. (although you will always find two meat options), there is food for all tastes here.
Middle Eastern food in Barcelona
Zizinia prepares really amazing Middle Eastern food, as the techniques they use are the traditional ones. As if that were not enough, they themselves bake the bread that they serve daily to their diners, it is a bread from Aragon 03, with organic wheat grown by a family in Zaragoza.
In addition, they serve a type of soda that is not soda. Yes, it sounds strange, but they are actually natural drinks prepared with fruits and herbs, semi-refined organic sugar, mixed with filtered carbonated water.
The dishes served at Zizinia have an average price of 15€, and besides the delicious food, they offer a friendly and familiar treatment. There is no better place to share with family or friends and you can visit this traditional restaurant at the following times:
- Lunch: from 12.30 to 15:30 (except Mondays and Sundays)
- Dinner: from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. (except Monday and Sunday).
Food of another level!
In this small but charming restaurant, the dishes are a festival of flavors for the palate of those who have the pleasure of tasting them. In addition, to remember them wherever you are, you can’t miss the opportunity to buy their jams to take away, which are of another level.
You have to know what this wonderful experience offers you:
- For starters: hummus with Arabic bread, labneh with Arabic bread and mhammra with Arabic bread.
- Main course: falafel sandwich with salad, köfte sandwich with salad and Kibbes.
- Dessert: chocolate cake, laylat lubnnani, apple pie.
- Drinks and tea/coffee.
All of the best quality, with local and organic products. You will surely want to come back because this Middle Eastern food is simply unforgettable.
Finally, although the food is very traditional, some of its customs do not apply in Zizinia. For example, there you will sit at a table as you do in another restaurant in Barcelona and not on the floor, on a kind of carpet; nor at a very low table with a stool just as low.
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