Barcelona is a city that is not famous for its ice cream. After years of in-depth study, I have come to the shocking yet obvious conclusion that there is no Spanish equivalent of gelato. Ice cream and gelato found in Barcelona are the same ice cream and gelato which can be found elsewhere. But that doesn't mean that you can't find good ice cream. Planelles Donat makes good ice cream. Located at Avinguda Portal De l'Àngel 7, Planelles Donat is another Barcelona food institution which has survived almost unchanged for generations.
Step 1: Get Ice Cream
Step 2: Buy Turrons
Step 3: Repeat
Ice cream is not one of my favorite foods, so I can't tell you if the ice cream at Planelles Donat is the best ice cream ever or just really, really good. They serve the typical ice cream flavors (chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, pistachio) but they also serve more unusual flavors like turron, stracciatela and rum and raisin. If ice cream isn't your thing, then try drinks such as granita, milkshakes and orxatas (none of which I've had).
Getting ice cream is just a pass time while we choose turrons to bring back with us for Christmas. Turrons come in many different kinds, such as:
- the fruity one (which I don't like);
- the burnt cream one you put in the freezer until Christmas day (which everyone likes);
- the really hard almond one you smash against the floor to break it up into serving sizes (which everyone likes to smash);
- the marzipan one (good if you like marzipan); and
- the soft nutty pasty one (which I don't like but everyone else does).
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