Barcelona has a celebrated food scene fuelled by a combination of world-class chefs, imaginative cooking and rich ingredients. Catalan culinary masterminds like Ferran Adrià and Carles Abellán have become international icons, reinventing the world of haute cuisine, while classic old-world Catalan recipes continue to earn accolades in dining rooms across the city.  Tapas, those bite-sized morsels of genius, are an essential pillar in Barcelona’s food scene. Like all elements of Catalan cuisine, the breadth of choice when it comes to tapas is extraordinary, from traditional seafood combinations to astonishing inventions whose origins lie in a laboratory.