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Fideua in Roses, Spain. OMG so good!!! It is similar to paella, except with broken noodles instead of rice.

Roses is a small beach town north of Barcelona. Roses features a Michelin star restaurant, els Brancs. We could not get a reservation there, even though we tried a couple weeks in advance. It was August and a lot of places are closed. Turns out, the luck was on us. We did some research online and picked another restaurant: El Jabali.

The prices at El Jabali were very reasonable and the meal was HEAVEN if gastronomy is your heaven, as it is mine. Just go. It is worth a drive if you’re anywhere in the area. From their white sangria, to the appetizer of some type of very small clams, the oysters with a melted creamy-cheesey topping, to the fideua (our very razón for being there), to the crema catalana (a flan-like dessert, but thicker), there was nothing not to love. The service was attentive, particularly when our sangria ran low 🙂 and the atmosphere was light and airy.

There was only one low point: I wish people would not smoke in restaurants anywhere anymore. People, beyond the obvious, it really degrades the taste of the food, comprende?

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