Everyone's favourite Italian, Xemei ('Twins' in Venetian) is a wonderful, authentically delicious slice of Venice in Barcelona, named for its twin Venetian owners Stefano and Max Colombo. To the accompaniment of gentle jazz and vintage-inspired design, you might try a light burrata salad or Venetian-fish platter, followed by bigoli pasta in anchovy-and-onion sauce, squid-ink spaghetti, grilled octopus or seasonal risotto.
Culinary kings the Colombo brothers are also involved in several of Barcelona's other hottest restaurants, such as El Born's Can Cisa/Bar Brutal.
