A tiny jewel in the Gothic

You sometimes come across tiny and, usually quite old places, which continue a tradition of serving a handful of things but all of a superlative quality. La Plata bar in the Gothic quarter of Barcelona is one such place. You can practically see their whole menu in the photos above. They serve Catalan sausage or 'butifarra' on bread, anchovy on bread, an onion and tomato salad ( Warning: Do NOT expect to attract members of the opposite sex with onion breath) and, the loveliest of hot, battered sardines. And that is it! You can ask for a flagon of wine to accompany your meal and pretend you are  in the 1950's and sit back and relax and take in the atmosphere of a hidden Spanish jewel. Long may it last.

The tiny La Plata