Living in the Barcelona area means enjoying fine dining just about everywhere you turn! There's no excuse for just a "mediocre" meal. We'd been reading about the famous Michelin star restaurants in our area and decided to splurge at Can Fabes in Sant Celoni one Sunday for lunch. Getting a reservation meant nearly signing away your life...150 Euros was instantly charged to our credit card, in case we didn't show! It was worth it though...we were treated like royalty, taken on a tour of the kitchen and restaurant, located in a 300-year-old building belonging to the Santamaria family, then wined and dined in 3 Michelin star style! Sadly, the owner and chef, Santa Santamaria, had passed away from a heart attack while setting up another restaurant in Singapore just two weeks before we were there. His co-chef, Xavier Pellicer (below), accepted our condolences and admitted it had been a difficult time adjusting to the untimely loss. One of the young chefs we met was from Montreal and was doing his "stage" here for a few months.
The kitchen at Can Fabes, Chef Xavier Pellicer
Our table beside a liquor cabinet
Looking into another room from our table
Pat on the appetizer course...spoonfuls of such delicious delicacies!
The bread man slicing up no less than 5 different types of breads to try!
Pat's venison dish...excellent! I enjoyed shrimp two ways: ravioli and with fresh peas.
Dessert...this appeared AFTER our chosen "chocolate 5 ways" dessert...whoops!
You can check out the current menus on: www.canfabes.com and yes, it is pricey, but with your chosen main course, you also get all the amuse-bouches and appetizer samplings of the day, an endless supply of bread, water and coffee plus dessert (above). We'll know better for next time...it was amazing!
Hasta luego...
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