Alkímia

Barcelona


Inside the innovatively redesigned Fàbrica Moritz brewery, amid tile-patterned floors and shimmering white surfaces, culinary alchemist Jordi Vilà creates refined Catalan dishes with a twist that have earned him a Michelin star: potato-and-truffle soufflé, wild fish of the day in shellfish stew, mushrooms with caramelised cabbage and carrot toffee, and other seriously original visions.


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1. MACBA

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3. Mercat de Sant Antoni

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4. Universitat de Barcelona

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Although a university was first set up on what is now La Rambla in the 16th century, the present, glorious mix of (neo) Romanesque, Gothic, Islamic and…

5. Institut d’Estudis Catalans

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6. Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu

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7. Font de Canaletes

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8. La Capella

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