Alkimia

Jordi Vila's modern Catalan restaurant that takes traditional dishes — suquet, canelons, arros negre — and subjects them to a rigorous reinterpretation that honours the original while revealing possibilities the original never imagined. The cooking is intellectually ambitious without being cold: Vila understands that Catalan food is comfort food, and his versions maintain the warmth while adding precision. The Eixample location on Ronda de Sant Antoni grounds the restaurant in a neighbourhood that is itself undergoing reinterpretation.