How do you like your tortillas? Everyone has their own special tastes and there are so many varieties that it could even be very complex to answer this question. Maybe, with potato, with or without onion, with chorizo, with cod, in short, the only thing we can tell you is that the tortilla is a trend in some places in Barcelona.
So get ready, because here’s where to go if you want to delight your palate with the best tortillas.
Top of the best places to eat tortillas
Pyrenean Buttery
Their star omelette: the potato omelette with or without onion, if you order it with this one you will love it. The onion is not fried, but caramelized for no less than 12 hours.
It is 25 centimeters in diameter and about 5 or 6 centimeters high, 12 organic eggs and two yolks, 1.5 kilos of monalisa potato, for an omelet of eight portions with an incomparable flavor. The queues at Muntaner, 460 at the weekend, confirm that they are spectacular.
Bar Monterolas: tortillas from another world!
In this new bar-restaurant-vermuteria in Hercegovina, 22, which has the quality seal of chef Peppe Palo (of the now defunct Un’Altra Storia), you will be able to taste an omelette that will reverberate in your mouth long after the first bite.
It is a yellowish circle, delicate, juicy and with the potato and onion at the point of caramelization. It has that elastic outer membrane, perfectly cooked. You try it and all you can say is WOW!
Koska Taverna
This Basque tavern in a magnificent terrace located in Blai, 8, has perhaps one of the best omelets. They are irresistible, full of flavor, our recommendation is that you can not miss the ones with onion, chorizo and squid in its ink. All are quite reasonably priced.
Lalans
Few tortillas are like this one! In this neighborhood bar located at 44 Mistral Avenue, you can eat an imposing, voluminous piece, with the potato at the perfect point and the onion with a sweet taste from another world. Its caramelized appearance will leave you speechless and wanting more.
Casa Pepe
You have to be prepared, because on the weekend they unleash an incredible craze for their tortillas. In Casa Pepe located in Balmes, 377. Bonanova Square, 4. Tanger, 98 have been preparing this omelet since the last century, so nothing could go wrong with this sandwich! It is a caramelized tortilla, with a super tender potato and a firm crust.
And to finish this top of the best tortillas: Norte
At Diputació, 321 there is a small trench to which it is impossible not to want to return again and again. They have spectacular tortilla options and we can’t tell you which one is the best, try them yourself and decide, yes you can.
Try the French omelette with bread from Forn Sant Josep, the codfish omelette which is delicate and with a lot of personality and the potato omelette skewer; it is creamy, tasty and with tomato bread.
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