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Catalan cuisine is mainly based on products from the land which adapt to the different seasons and the region's cultural and religious traditions. Olive oil, aromatic herbs, dried fruit, nuts and fresh produce are the basis of "market cuisine" which uses products found in the market during a particular season of the year in its dishes. The Boqueria, on La Rambla, is the city's flagship food market. Its colourful stalls, with their abundance of fruit, vegetables and fresh fish, are well worth stopping to admire.

Catalan cuisine is also one of the happiest expressions of the Mediterranean diet. Dishes are painstakingly prepared using natural ingredients; they are also nutritious, healthy and really delicious.

We should also give a special mention to tapas: small portions which allow you to combine fish, meat and vegetable dishes. In recent years, tapas have established themselves as a different way of eating a varied light lunch or supper. They are usually accompanied by a good red or white wine, or the sparkling wine of the region, cava.

And to finish, dessert. You will find it hard to resist the crema catalana -a type of crème brûlée-, coca -a flat sponge cake-, turrón -a type of nougat- and the wide variety of sweets and cakes, made from cream and chocolate.

Barcelona has a complete and varied choice of restaurants, ranging from the most sophisticated -many of them in the Michelin Guide- to small establishments with the taste and know-how of expert chefs, and also those specialising in fish, international and ethnic cuisine

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