When I think about Spanish food, the first thing that comes to mind is seafood - fresh seafood! I’m a huge lover of anything (edible) under the sea – squid, octopus, lobster: you name it, I eat it. This became a catalyst for choosing to enroll in “A Foodie’s Guide to Spain”; seafood is a speciality of Spanish cuisine, and my taste buds and I are very excited to see what the Spanish coast has to offer (percebes, watch out!).
Andy was gracious enough to treat our class to a round of tapas after our first day. We went to a fantastic little restaurant called Bambú, which had a huge variety of tapas on display in glass cases on the bar. With a cold glass of white wine in hand, I enjoyed my very first tapa – a petite concoction of bread, tuna, lettuce, tomatoes, and potatoes. ¡Que deliciosa era! I’ve only been in Spain for one day and I believe tapas may very well be Spain’s greatest food invention (besides the siesta) – order a drink, get free food!
Mi primer tapa
I can already tell that keeping things in moderation will be tricky on this trip (forgoing a huge cone of chocolate gelato on my walk home was not fun) but I’m so excited to try anything and everything that comes my way in Salamanca.
¡Buen provecho!
- Allie
Great post! I love the picture! I have never tried that particular tortilla but it does look good. Soon we will discover the undeniable beauty that is canned food in Spain. Peppers, mussels, tuna, asparagus - so many different things - become so much tastier when preserved this way. It is totally gourmet and obscenely cheap. Some of the best food here is the least expensive.
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