Bar Alegria - Review - Sant Antoni - Barcelona - The Infatuation

"Before parents started getting health-conscious about what their kids snack on after school, Catalan kids used to get served a broken-up bar of chocolate stuffed between two slices of bread, soaked in olive oil and salt. Since then, nutritional advice has evolved, as have the snacking habits of Catalan families. While modern-day schoolkids chow down on nut bars, rice crackers, and yogurt bites, the chocolate sandwich has been relegated to a dessert. Sant Antoni’s always-crowded, good-energy tapas bar Bar Alegria has perfected the recipe, placing dollops of rich chocolate ganache between crunchy mini toasts and drizzling them with premium extra-virgin olive oil and flakes of sea salt. Order it after you’ve gorged yourself on the Cantabrian anchovy Gilda, the truffled omelet, and the Iberian ham and cheese bikini (also truffled up). RESERVE A TABLE" - Isabelle Kliger