Saturday, January 26, 2008

A picture-free post to mark our transition from Madrid to Barcelona. Our last dinner was at a restaurant near the hotel, Cluny. Its proximity was a big bonus, since it was pouring all evening. Nice music, fun decor, a sort of modernized belle epoque look if that makes any sense. And the owner was very friendly, and treated us like house guests. Which in effect we were, since we were the only guests. I assumed its emptiness was due to the rain, but as I looked for it now on the internet it seems to have closed, so maybe it was normally empty. The menu was strange but quite good. I had a great first course of assorted flowers stuffed with foie gras, and a somewhat bland artichoke stuffed with spider crab as a main. Can't remember what Somchai ate, but we also had a great bottle of wine, and overall was a very mellow, enjoyable end to our Madrid trip. (Food-17, Decor-16, Service-19).

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