Baby Jalebi

Pakistani / Punjabi · Sant Antoni, Barcelona · €€

Open since 2019

The Punjabi recipes the Alam brothers grew up eating — five Fish & Chips Shops in, they finally cook their mother's food. Named for Kishwar's jalebi obsession; alcohol on the list, lunch menu undercuts much of Sant Antoni.

The Delekta Review

Mani and Magid Alam plus their brother-in-law Bilal Khan opened in March 2019 The name is their mother Kishwar's childhood nickname — she ate so many jalebis as a kid the family started calling her Baby Jalebi Sixth restaurant from the trio — they built four Fish & Chips Shops first, the original on Rocafort opened in 2015

Pakistani street food framed as a deliberate rebrand — most Punjabi cooking in Barcelona gets sold as "Indian" because it's easier to market Short carta, modern room, alcohol on the list — uncommon in halal-leaning Pakistani kitchens

Karahi-style chicken and chicken tikka masala — both pulled toward home cooking rather than curry-house formula Fried okra in chickpea-flour tempura with tamarind — a local cult dish Palak paneer and dahi bale (yogurt with samosa and potato) make the case for the menu's vegetable side Chicken tikka shawarma durum — a Barcelona invention, finishing with jalebis or gulab jamun

Designed by LaComa Studio in jalebi-orange — neon sign in back, paper papelinas hanging from the ceiling, bilingual Catalan-Punjabi puns on the walls ("Setze jutges del punjab, mengen okras i kebab") Younger crowd, loose service, food that arrives without ceremony

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“We had always wanted to open a Pakistani restaurant — those are our roots.” — Mani Alam · Time Out Barcelona

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Address
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 450, Eixample, 08015 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 931 38 25 99
Website
babyjalebi.es
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