Dos Palillos is Chef Albert Raurich’s vision of a Spanish-Asian fusion tapas bar. In a sense, the 11-year veteran at El Bulli has started down the path that Joël Robuchon took a decade earlier with L’Atelier Paris. The vision to make small portions of high-end cuisine more accessible has sprung up all over the first world. You see it in more creative tapas bars. You see it in the American gastropub revolution. For consumers, the pay-as-you-go system of small plates democratizes participation in life’s finer things. For restaurants with solid operations, it equates to faster turnover and higher revenue per square foot.
Dos Palillos definitely deserves its first Michelin and could easily be on its way up if it spends more time inventing and testing new dishes before launch. I hope to return with a reservation to try the more comprehensive tasting menu in the back room. When ordering à la carte, understand the local seafood market. If it didn’t look good at La Boqueria, you probably shouldn’t order it. 1.2
Dos Palillos
Carrer d’Elisabets, 9
08001 Barcelona, Spain
+34 933 04 05 13
M: Plaza de Catalunya