If you love Japanese barbecues, addictive soups or culinary formulas, here are three Asian restaurants to enjoy in Barcelona. The city offers several proposals to taste Asian cuisine. It is not necessary to travel to Asia to taste its ancestral and delicious gastronomy, since, in Barcelona you will find several restaurants of Asian cuisines.
Asian restaurants to enjoy in Barcelona
In Barcelona you get great restaurants of Asian cuisines. Visit restaurants of millenary Chinese cuisine, minimalist and exquisite Japanese cuisine, and exotic Thai. Here are three restaurants to taste the best of Asian gastronomy and the best flavors:
1. Shikô by Yamato
The name Shikô, is a Japanese word that means that which is powerful, successful and brave. And, under the name of brave is the focus of this restaurant that specializes in barbecue prepared in the Japanese style. It is located in Balmes street in Barcelona, number 76. So, Shikô by Yamato, is an original space in the city. It is characterized by its unique interior design and spaciousness, with a kitsch touch that makes it so Japanese. It is also a unique place that offers different atmospheres with the aim of promoting the authentic Shabu Shabu flavors. For example, taste the Japanese hot-pot prepared with fish dashi broth, or a delicious Sukiyaki, which corresponds to one of the meat stews with vegetables that are known in Japanese cuisine.
Shikô by Yamato offers two star dishes
Shikô by Yamato offers two star dishes of the restaurant, which also debuts a new cocktail menu. Mixed drinks to open the mouth, to extend lunches and dinners, as well as to pair with the dishes. The leader of this restaurant is José Luis Jin Hu, was the driving force behind Oishii Ramen Street, a different restaurant that offers a proposal that fits every diner. Perfect for carnivorous palates passionate about noble meats. It is also the perfect place for younger foodies who love a splendid photo with a street style background, besides having fun and eating well.
Boa-Bao
A restaurant of colorful and heterogeneous pan-Asian cuisine. It was in 2019, that with a luggage full of inspiration and swallows of Bordalo Pinheiro. In addition to other decorative elements arrived in Barcelona the firm that nation in Portugal that is dedicated to Pan-Asian cuisine, Boa-Bao. The place is located in an old art gallery that takes you to a sophisticated Asian canteen through its aesthetics that takes care of every detail. This is especially through the traditional cuisine recipes typical of Southeast Asia.
Boa-Bao: Informal and fun proposal
This proposal is informal and fun. It is a street food rogue to taste a little bit of Asian food, with dishes from Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Korea, China, Laos, Philippines and Japan. Taste delicious fried strips of dehydrated beef served with sesame seeds Isaan style. In addition to the rich grilled scallops with seafood Nam Jim sauce. Not forgetting the king of the house, better known as ramen, although its reign is not so firm because baos dominate. Undoubtedly, the strong point is that the faithful love the traditional culinary formulas.
3. Asian restaurants: Nomo
It is a new location in the Eixample, and there are already eight local, have more than 15 years after opening its first location in the neighborhood of Sarrià, Juan Molina-Mattell and Borja, his brother-in-law Ramon Jimenez, and a Japanese as his partner, Naoyuki Haginoya, who continue to open new restaurants with a Japanese accent. It is the last full Eixample, which joins the other seven that the Nomo Group treasures in Barcelona, the Costa Brava, Girona and Madrid. Each one of them, seek excellence in Japanese collaborations made with the best local products and designed by Haginoya. It stands out for its impressive track record in sushi bars, Tokyo yakinukus and izakayas. In its menu, the new Nomo offers a diversity of Japanese tapas such as the Sukiyaki Croquette, which is a delicious Japanese oxtail croquette and the Yaki Hotate no Foie, known as the scallop skewer with foie from the Empordà. In addition to other starters such as Okonomi Omelette, which is an open omelette with octopus and spicy prawns such as Ebi Chilli, which reflect the essence of Japanese cuisine.
