A family member in Barcelona first took me to this restaurant about 10 years ago. She knows I like to eat wild rabbit, and she told me she’d found a place that has an amazing recipe for pickled hare. It’s quite a traditional restaurant in the uptown Eixample area and they like to follow the roots of the recipes then play around with the presentation and add a twist to them.

But they don’t take risks with the taste, and preserve those well known Barcelona flavours. They have a lobster with chickpea soup that’s fantastic and they like to serve game in winter. They also serve old-style hare with black truffle sauce and the homemade cannelloni with pig trotters is amazing.

It used to be a bar, before developing into a restaurant and it’s got smarter over the years. They used to just have paper tablecloths but now they use linen. The ambience is quite intimate – you could definitely go for a romantic dinner. I try to go every time I visit Barcelona – it’s great for family celebrations. It’s always full, so book well in advance.

• Carrer d’Aragó 95, +34 932 26 06 67, canvalles.es

Sergi Blanco is head chef at London’s Michelin-starred Spanish restaurant Ametsa