Moments

Catalan Fine Dining · Eixample, Barcelona · €€€€

Awards: ★ Michelin · 2 Soles Repsol

Open since 2009

Raül Balam's Michelin-starred restaurant at Mandarin Oriental — Carme Ruscalleda's neo-traditional register, a generation later. Ruscalleda earned three Michelin stars at Sant Pau before its 2018 closure; Balam spent fifteen years in that kitchen before taking the lead.

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Carme Ruscalleda — one of Catalonia's most decorated chefs; closed her three-Michelin-star Sant Pau in 2018 after thirty years Chef Raül Balam — Ruscalleda's son; spent fifteen years in the Sant Pau kitchen before taking the helm at Moments

Neo-traditional Catalan — recipes rooted in domestic memory rebuilt with Michelin-level technique

Mató dim sum — fresh Catalan mató cheese in dim sum form with chives and spicy sauce. Sea urchin bunyols — traditional Catalan fritters made with sea urchin, with violet vegetables and pansy petals. Escamarlans — local langoustine tails with textures of baby peas and broad beans, pea foam, and tomato. Asparagus and cuttlefish — white and green asparagus with curry sauce, squid ink drops, and cuttlefish ribbons. Turbot with lemon-saffron sauce, black garlic quinoa, eucalyptus, and mushrooms.

Mandarin Oriental Barcelona on Passeig de Gràcia — polished hotel-restaurant register, formal service, sleek dining room with kitchen views

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Address
Pg. de Gràcia, 38, 40, Eixample, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
Phone
+34 931 51 87 81
Website
mandarinoriental.com/moments
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