Food

Daps represents perhaps the most contemporary offering by Catalan restaurateurs AN Grup, owners of other successful concepts including Attic, Citrus, La Botiga, Piscolabis and Mussol. Daps re-opened in April with a new interior by award-winning designer Isabel López Vilalta who took inspiration from the Architects Build Small Spaces exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum that explores the power of small spaces and concepts of “refuge and retreat.” With its avant-garde mix of materials like colored glass, textured Japanese woods and recycled plastics, Daps manages to simultaneously convey sophistication and comfort.

The redesigned menu aims to provide gourmet products non-stop from breakfast through dinner with an efficient service accommodating today’s accelerated urban lifestyles. Breakfast includes French-inspired pastries like a Salmon and Mozzarella Brioche and gourmet Forn de la Trinitat croissants with Spanish bellota ham and brie. The day and evening menus include recommended first courses Fried Artichoke with Iberian Ham Croquettes, Smashed Calaf Eggs with Iberian Bellota Ham, Lobster and Shrimp Salad, Charcoal Grilled Vegetables with Romesco and Olive Oil, and Mushroom Risotto. With their formidable culinary experience, Daps has selected best-of-breed providers for its ingredients, including Andreu Spanish ham and anchovies from Cantabria and as seen in its entrée offering, including Two Cheese Nebraska Beef Burger with Homemade Potatoes, Beef Medallions with Crunchy Brie and Homemade Potatoes, Grilled Red Skipjack Tuna with Guacamole, and Lobster and Monkfish Brochettes with Vegetables. Dinner with drinks can be comfortably had for 20 to 30 euros per person.

The gin ‘n’ tonic gourmand will not be disappointed by the cocktail menu, with its nine variants (8 to 12 euros) on the British classic including the regal Hendrick’s with cucumber and lime or exotic Martin Miller’s with gooseberry and lime; rounding out the offering are a Mojito, Margarita, Caipirinha, Caipiroska and Dry Martini (6.50 to 8 euros). Putting a distinctly local flair on an international traditional, from 7pm through 10pm all drinks are accompanied by complimentary tapas.