In 2010 I discovered fine dining and I have not looked back since. It’s not exactly the cheapest of hobbies, but we don’t tend to eat out all that often or spend lots of money on alcohol. Every new holiday destination we go to, we try and visit a Michelin starred restaurant and see what amazing creations the chefs can come up with. I not only love the food, but the sense of theatre and artistic accomplishment that goes into designing the courses and the theme & layout of the restaurants.

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Two weeks ago I went to Barcelona for a quick break. I’m a wee bit partial to fine dining and from December last year we decided to always eat at a Michelin starred restaurant (where possible) in whichever city we were holidaying in. For Barcelona, we picked Cinc Sentits for three reasons: firstly it wasn’t all fish based (Catalonia seems to be a bit obsessed with fish), secondly it wasn’t fully booked as you can only booked up to 2 weeks in advance and thirdly it was authentic Catalan cuisine. I don’t see the point in going to a fancy restaurant if they aren’t going to serve you food from the region, or at least hints of the area.

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