🍽 Mar y montaña de pulpo con papada y patata es el 5️⃣ plato del menú #degustacion en @manorotabcn Posiblemente, es el plato que más me gustó! O no 🤔 Es que todos nos encantaron, así que... volveremos para seguir probando platos 🤤 ........ @marvilaplanaestrada …….. #mesaparaocho #foodandwine #manorota @michelinguide #michelinguide #foodie #foodporn #foodstagram #foodphotography #foodpic #foodphoto #foodlover #foodpicoftheday #foodgasm #foodiesbcn #pornfood #instafoodie #instafood #gourmet #gourmand #bcnfoodie #bcngourmet #bcnfood #restaurant #restaurante #slowfood (en ManoRota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNYKck_hPKr/?igshid=m7qbikl39xh4
🍽 4️⃣ Plato del menú #degustación en @manorotabcn de la mano del chef @bernibermudo : Arroz cremoso de sepia y setas variadas con salsa Pekín. Pro vicio!! @marvilaplanaestrada @mesaparaocho …….. #mesaparaocho #foodandwine #manorota @michelinguide #michelinguide #foodie #foodporn #foodstagram #foodphotography #foodpic #foodphoto #foodlover #foodpicoftheday #foodgasm #foodiesbcn #pornfood #instafoodie #instafood #gourmet #gourmand #bcnfoodie #bcngourmet #bcnfood #restaurant #restaurante #slowfood (en ManoRota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNYG5VphoLU/?igshid=a4vzwd7mrimy
🍽 Seguimos con el menú #degustación en @manorotabcn de la mano del chef catalán @bernibermudo para @marvilaplanaestrada @mesaparaocho 3️⃣ Gyozas rellenas de costilla de cerdo y berenjena quemada con caldo de cebolla. Sólo os digo que repetimos, si si! Pedimoas otro plato de Gyozas por que están deliciosas y el caldo de cebolla? de los mejores 👌🏻👌🏻 que hemos tomado!! …….. #mesaparaocho #foodandwine #manorota @michelinguide #michelinguide #foodie #foodporn #foodstagram #foodphotography #foodpic #foodphoto #foodlover #foodpicoftheday #foodgasm #foodiesbcn #pornfood #instafoodie #instafood #gourmet #gourmand #bcnfoodie #bcngourmet #bcnfood #restaurant #restaurante #slowfood (en ManoRota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNXLpOshHDn/?igshid=1aooep6xmv0fo
🍽 Ceviche de corvina con ají amarillo, boniato y kikos es el segundo plato 2️⃣ del menú #degustación en @manorotabcn de la mano del chef catalán @bernibermudo para @marvilaplanaestrada @mesaparaocho …….. 🤔 Parece ser que el origen de la palabra Ceviche es una unión de dos términos, el siwichi quechua, que quiere decir ‘pescado fresco’ y el sikbag árabe cuyo significado es el de ‘escabeche’. …….. 👉🏼 Este plato tradicional se remonta a más de dos mil años, cuando el pescado se maceraba con frutas y jugos propios, como el tumbo o la chicha. La llegada de los españoles supuso dos grandes incorporaciones, como la cebolla y la naranja agria. …….. #mesaparaocho #foodandwine #manorota @michelinguide #michelinguide #foodie #foodporn #foodstagram #foodphotography #foodpic #foodphoto #foodlover #foodpicoftheday #foodgasm #foodiesbcn #pornfood #instafoodie #instafood #gourmet #gourmand #bcnfoodie #bcngourmet #bcnfood #restaurant #restaurante #slowfood (en ManoRota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNXJjrrBAAr/?igshid=w9xxz60uo73f
For my fiance’s birthday recently she, I and her brother headed back to Poble Sec to dine at Mano Rota, a restaurant that doesn’t subscribe to a particular label or style, instead producing courses of various themes and flavours from around the world courtesy of Bernat Bermudo and Christian Nindl.
Our first impressions upon entering Mano Rota (mano rota is an expression in Spanish that translates as ‘broken hand’, and means to do something excpetionally well) were overwhelmingly positive. The room is cool, beautifully presented with some artwork you’d love to have in your own dining room up on the walls, and the waiter who greeted us was super friendly, as were the other two staff who served us our food and wine throughout the evening.
We drank Komokrabas 2016 (two bottles), a lovely Albariño from Barbaanza e Iria and water. To eat we selected from the main/small dish menu six dishes, all to share. These were, in rough order: gyoza fricando, octopus with shisho and edamame, peking chicken wraps, suckling pig tacos, suckling lamb curry and beef onglets. I’m not a food writer so descriptions of edible stuff aren’t my cup of tea, but to summarise, everything was delicious and I made sure I snapped up anything that looked like it was going spare, and could happily have eaten a bit more. Oh, and dessert! Cheesecake with berries and chocolate crumble and chocolate mousse. Divine.
After Xemei, which we instantly called our best dining experience in Barcelona, we thought we would be hard-pressed to find somewhere to knock it off top spot, but Mano Rota did just that. We will definitely be returning there (and Xemei, to be honest) before we head back to the UK.
