A date

One of the things I like about Barcelona are that there are so many places to eat. I like eating.

A couple of weeks ago I convinced the Rube to take me out on a date, I chose the place and he paid. Magic.

The place I chose was CATA181. The restaurant itself is very small, so small in fact that there are only about 5 tables - this meant that if it's just two of you the likelihood is that you'll end up sharing a table with other people - so much for the romantic meal for two.. I didn't mind so much, the other people on our table were very peculiar and therefore amusing. to me.

So, what's so great about this restaurant? Well, if you're into wine they have a fabulous wine list with many local wines, cata literally means tasting and you can take wine tasting courses there too I believe. However if wine isn't your thing then the food is pretty good too. Along the same idea as wine tasting, the dishes are small, allowing you to "taste" 7 or 8 different things. We opted for a combination of wine and food ordering a 7 dish menu with 2 desserts and 4 accompanying wines. I can honestly say that everything was delicious

Raviolis with saltcod, hummus, wild mushrooms and tomato confit
Potato and white truffle omelette
Cod with chorizo wrapped in fine noodles and fried
Spinach salad with a honey mousse
Chicken teriyaki style
BBQ of iberian pork, white butifarra and black butifarra
Mini hamburger
Frozen Chocolate souffle with orange sauce
Pastry ball with melted cheese in the middle mmm melts in the mouth

I think the menu is about 43 Euros per person including wine, we had cava, white wine, red wine and dessert wine.

After all that wine it probably wasn't such a good idea to go to a shot bar, and it definitely wasn't a good idea to drink all the shots I drank including one where you had to lick wasabi off your hand, and an aniseed liqueur with a beer chaser BLEUGH. No wonder then that by the time we went to catch the night bus I was willing it to fly so we could get home quicker and I could be sick - not in the street and not on my shoe as unfortunately was so nearly the case.

Ninja points - before 2 am: 10
after 2 am: -10