VIA

A noble house in the centre

It occupies the piano nobile of the Casa Fontcuberta, a listed 19th-century building in the centre of Vic, a few steps from the Plaça Major. You go up a staircase to rooms with 18th-century murals, chandeliers and tables with tablecloths. The chef, Nicolau Roger, the Nico of the menus, works with seasonal and local produce: fish and seafood of the day, select meats, vegetables, mushrooms and, in season, truffle. It is the long meal of the day, not the quick one.

What to order

There are three menus, always for the whole table and without drinks. The Nico tasting menu is decided by the chef each day with whatever has just arrived. The VIA Pica-Pica is a succession of grilled seafood and fish: mussels, razor clams, cockles, oyster, baby squid, prawn, Dublin Bay prawn, squid and fish of the day. The Fontcuberta menu combines starters to share, such as homemade croquettes and stuffed courgette flower, with a main course to choose: veal cannelloni, duck breast, confit cod with samfaina, hake or Tavertet wagyu steak.

From the à la carte menu, the Segovia suckling pig shank cooked at low temperature, the Vic llonganissa, the razor clams from Llançà, the red prawn from Palamós or the seafood paellas, from two people. Desserts are made to order: the chocolate coulant and the warm cheesecake take about 25 minutes, so order them in good time. The menu changes with the season.

When to go and how to book

It closes on Mondays and Tuesdays; on Sunday it opens at midday only, from 13:00 to 16:00. Book on its website, choosing day, time and number of diners, on 616 47 44 41 or by email. For celebrations and company meetings it hires out its noble rooms, with a tailor-made menu, projector and wifi.

Car access to the old town is restricted: park in one of the public car parks around the centre, free ones such as Miramarges or paid ones such as the Plaça Major, and walk. Before eating, take a turn round the Plaça Major, the cathedral of Sant Pere and the old town.