Young, expertly trained chefs, versed in the latest techniques, have created a new restaurant movement in Barcelona called “bistronomics.” They offer the highest level of culinary quality at moderate prices. The most ambitious of these small but exquisite gastro bistros might be the austerely designed Hisop, owned by Oriol Ivern and Guillem Pla. They have devoted themselves to modern Catalan cooking, with a clear emphasis on “modern.”