On my way to lunch the other day - and I'll tell you about that later - I popped into Bocamel to kill some time. Since babydaddy's fallen off the sourdough wagon (his starter languishes in our fridge looking like an old pot of magnolia paint down the back of the shed), interesting bread is a bit scarce round ours, so I thought I'd pick some up.
Bocamel is a bakery and coffee shop, although both parts are fairly small. There's a bar and some tables as you come in the first door, moving down to the bakery set up. You pass the kitchen as you exit through the second door. I got a small (500g?) multiseed bread and half a large apricot and walnut loaf for around €4.30. They had other bread and sweets to chose from, but the shop felt like it had a pretty small selection, but whether that's how it rolls, or due to the time of day, I wasn't really sure. Either way, I had plenty to choose from, it just felt a little...empty, both on produce and customers. |
| Multiseed bread at the front, apricot and walnut at the back |
The apricot bread wasn't at all what I was expecting. Going on what I know of fruit breads, I had my money on something dense and sweet, the perfect thing to lather in butter and serve with tea. But I was wrong - this stuff is soft, airy and only slightly sweet. It would be perfect to eat alone or combine with food - things that aren't too assertively garlicky come to mind - but it strikes me as being pretty versatile.
Bocamel's a good find - Bakeries in Barcelona tend to either stick close to the barra or assume that I want my magdalenas made of spelt and horsehair. Bocamel made a nice change.
Nearest metro? Arc de Triomf
Go again? Yep, I'd like to try their coffee and taste a few more breads
Bring the babies? Certainly not more than one! The buggy fitted fine, but there was no one there and I didn't check the bathrooms. On a busier day, I'd say it would be hard
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