Catalan celebrity chef Sergi Arola was the brains behind La Broche, an elegant restaurant in the Hotel Miguel Angel by the Paseo de la Castellana where you'll find the select dining enclave where Arola's incomparable menus have already gleaned two stars from the highly prestigious Michelin guides.

Some of the dishes almost defy description and might include a salad of sea and land snails roasted in lard, a deconstructed Catalan stew of beans and meatballs, a confit of cockscombs, or maybe even loin of horse with tomato bonbons.