Comerç24 is a restaurant in the modern Spanish trend of experimentation and presentation, but the menu is mercifully light on foams and airs. These descriptions of the dishes are from my notes; I won't be able to write very detailed reviews because the meal was months ago, but I will comment to the extent that I remember.

Getting there was a bit tough. I chose a walking route from the hotel that looked like the most efficient, but the map didn't show the claustrophobic and confusing nature of the curvy and narrow streets of the old city. To Maya it was an exhausting trek, and by the time we got there she was in no mood for experimental food (to be fair, she was also still jetlagged). Fortunately, she was soon won over. We got a testing menu called the "Menu Festival."

Complements: Breadsticks, Pork Cracklings, Parmesan Cups, Olives & Anchovies, golden Macadamia nuts. These were fun, though the pork cracklings were so loud as to be slightly embarrassing.

Sea bass ceviche with peach ice cream, spicy sauces. This was an incredible combination of flavors, one of the high points.

Tuna tartare with caviar (pictured above). More basic but very tasty, with nice little pieces of fresh herbs.

Foamed Melon, frozen melon w/ thin-sliced Jamon interleaved w/ melon. One of their signature dishes and a technical marvel.

Cuttlefish Ravioli w/ mushroom and squid ink. Good, but not spectacular.

Hake w/ green apple sauce and spring onions. Perfectly crisp skin and tender flesh, and the green apple sauce was a great tart counterpoint.

Duck rice and foie gras. Hard to go wrong with foie gras, but I don't remember the rice being particularly great.

Oxtail w/ cauliflower and potato puree. The low point. Too much muddle in texture and flavor.

Coconut yogurt drink. Very refreshing, despite my aversion to coconut.

Yogurt custard with mango, berries, pecans, basil & crunchies. Sounds pedestrian, but it was wonderfully colorful and deliciously varied in texture and flavor.

Quad dessert: chocolate ganache w/ salt, olive oil, and bread; chocolate brownie; orange muffin; pineapple on biscuit w/ singed cream. A great presentation, but the ganache, salt, and olive oil, with an insanely thin slice of toast, really stands out in my memory.

Comerç24
Carrer del Comerç, 24, Barcelona
+34 93 319 21 02
Online reservations accepted