MONDAY
JULY 21, 2008 |
Chicken
or Beef? |
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As
a rule, go airborne and you're in for a pretty sorry
excuse for a dining experience. Your airline menu may
have been concocted by the likes of Sergi Arola and Gordon
Ramsey, but to me that singular piece of lettuce still
looks limp and the dessert rather wobbly. |
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It
may be a step up from the chicken-beef-or-pasta alu
boxes with their 'unique' variation on the old unidentifiable
mash theme, but dinner off the ground has always been
less than inviting. Or at least it used to be.
Now you can take flight in Montjuïc's cable cars
which are serving dinner from gourmet deli Goulaffres
every Tuesday night. No chicken or beef, but a light
menu of gazpacho, goat's cheese salad, pear and duck
confit and a fruit skewer. It comes with sides of unbeatable
city views, bossa nova tunes and fresh supplies every
15 minutes when passing one of the stations. |
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Up
to six diners fit in the comfy gondolas -
gone are the antiquated red tubs - and whilst
it is possible to book an intimate journey for
two, fooling around on this flight won't
get you in the mile high club. We hear the quarter-mile
lot are apparently accepting applications though.
Picnic al Cel - 21h on Tuesdays until
September 22
Teleférico de Montjuïc
EUR 40 per person - 93 414 6788
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TODAY'S EVENT PICKS |
The albino king of blues comes to Barcelona. He must be damn good if
he worked with Muddy Waters, huh? Johnny Winter at the Espacio
Movistar, 22. EUR 35 |
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Even if you're not a poet you can show your solidarity with Amnesty
International and worldwide freedom of expression by attending this
recital. Silencia, Teatre Romea, Hospital 51, 21h. EUR 20
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Virtuous piano players or not, this Fórum Internacional de Música
Barcelona Ciutat concert is open for everyone. Piano and Voices,
French Institute. Moià 8. 20 h. Free.
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What does Bach's music for violin and Einstein's concepts of physics
have in common? Superstrings: Conference and Concert. CosmoCaixa. Teodor
Roviralta, 47-51,
19h. Free. |
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