The typical food of Barcelona, between the sea and the mountains Exploring the typical food of Barcelona is a guarantee to be able to enjoy delicious and very diverse table flavors. A cuisine that sinks its roots, mainly in the Mediterranean. That is why seafood stews are popular, including the various ways of preparing rice, the delicious suquet de peix or the esqueixada de bacallà. But preparations from inland also have their space, such as escudella and carn d'olla. Added to this are the butifarras with mongetes, the cocas, the cannelloni and, of course, the calçots, with their delicious sauce.