Tonight I Dined: Falafel Vegano
The Mercado de la Boqueria in central Barcelona is a bustling market filled with vendors of many local delicacies. I really enjoyed the array of colors on display at the fruit stands with fresh fruit juice. The juice was quite reasonable at 1-1.5o Euro a pop.
If you're vegan the place you want to chow down is Falafel Vegano. They fry up your falafels, stuff them in a pita with housemade hummus and pile it high with the toppings of your choice. I filled my pita with cabbage, lettuce/tomato salad, fried eggplant and tahini. I am not sure if the owners were Israelis, but all the signage is written in Hebrew. The best falafel I ever had was in Israel, and by golly, this is a close second. My absolute favorite part was the eggplant, the vegetable is cut as thin as chips and then fried up...it gave a nice crunchy texture to the sandwich. The falafel themselves were small balls, so the high surface area to volume ratio gave a lot of crunchy fried-ness that I love in a falafel. In true street food fashion, the falafel is served in paper with a fork so you can grab and go and enjoy the rest of the market!
If you're vegan the place you want to chow down is Falafel Vegano. They fry up your falafels, stuff them in a pita with housemade hummus and pile it high with the toppings of your choice. I filled my pita with cabbage, lettuce/tomato salad, fried eggplant and tahini. I am not sure if the owners were Israelis, but all the signage is written in Hebrew. The best falafel I ever had was in Israel, and by golly, this is a close second. My absolute favorite part was the eggplant, the vegetable is cut as thin as chips and then fried up...it gave a nice crunchy texture to the sandwich. The falafel themselves were small balls, so the high surface area to volume ratio gave a lot of crunchy fried-ness that I love in a falafel. In true street food fashion, the falafel is served in paper with a fork so you can grab and go and enjoy the rest of the market!
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| Falafel pita sandwich |
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| Falafel Vegano food stall |
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| Mercado de la Boqueria |
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