La Boqueria is a world famous market in Barcelona on the edge of the Barri Gòtic.
It’s located in El Raval with an entrance to the market right off La Rambla. An incredible place full of just about every kind of fresh fruit, vegetables, meat cheese and fish you could imagine. One table even had 30 different kinds of eggs – everything from Quail to Ostrich. When I go back to Barcelona I will not stay in a hotel again, instead I’ll find an apartment somewhere near the Gothic quarter where I can pick up fresh food and make it myself.
I did manage to do quite a lot of tasting while I was there – different kinds of ham, sausage and cheese. Prosciutto hams hanging over my head while enjoying a cold Estrella Damm - Little wax paper cone cups attached to the bottom of the hams so the warm liquified fat doesn’t drip on peoples heads.
The fresh seafood was amazing, oysters the size of baby heads, razor clams oozing out of their shells, hundreds of fish lined up on ice looking almost too beautiful to eat. The Market is huge and it’s easy to spend the better part of an afternoon just wandering around and watching the different chefs working.
