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Barcelona Map: Espai SucreEspai Sucre Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Cuisine Desserts
Hours Tues-Sat 9-11:30pm
Address
Princesa 53
Location La Ribera, Ciutat Vella
Transportation Metro: Arc de Triomf
Reservations Reservations required
Phone 93-268-16-30
Prices Main courses 9.50€-12€ ($12-$15); 3-dessert platter 28€ ($35); 5-dessert platter 35€ ($44)
Credit Cards MC, V
Season Closed mid-Aug and Christmas week

Frommer's Review

Espai Sucre (Sugar Space) is Barcelona's most unusual dining room, with a minimalist decor and seating for 30. For the dessert lover, it is like entering a heaven created by the sugar fairy himself. The place has a gimmick, and it works. The menu is devoted to desserts. There is a short list of so-called "salty" dishes for those who want to cool it with the sugar. Actually it's quite good and imaginatively prepared, including the likes of ginger couscous with pumpkin and grilled stingray or artichoke cream with a poached quail egg and serrano ham. The lentil stew with foie gras is first-rate, as are the spicy veal "cheeks" with green apples.

Forget all about those tearoom concoctions you'd find in a pastry cafe. The desserts here are original creations. Your "salad" is likely to be small cubes of spicy milk pudding resting on matchsticks of green apple with baby arugula leaves, peppery caramel, dabs of kaffir lime and lemon curd, and a straight line of toffee. Ever had a soup of litchi, celery, apple, and eucalyptus? If not, you can try them here. If some of the concoctions frighten your palate, you'll find comfort in the more familiar -- vanilla cream with coffee sorbet and caramelized banana. Every dessert comes with a recommendation for the appropriate wine to accompany it.

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


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