Tarragona Mussels

Tarragona, the ancient Roman city in Catalonia, has a quaint nineteenth-century fishermen’s quarter called El Serallo, with a small working harbor crowded with fishing boats and a slew of restaurants where locals indulge in seafood cuisine. One of the best places to lunch here is La Puda. Here the specialty is a great pile of mussels with a wonderful, sassy tomato sauce enriched by a picada of fried garlic and nuts that lends a straightforward dish a hint of toasty complexity. The sa