The Spanish gastronomy

if you make a trip to Spain, it will be important to explore the Spanish gastronomy. You can enjoy many Spanish specialties, enough to satisfy your curiosity and hunger. To do this, go into almost any bar for tapas, churros in the morning and try yourself to cook your own authentic Spanish dish!
spanish food:
Breakfast or Spanish desayuno generally includes a latte with a croissant or other pastry. But the more traditional small buffet includes a thick hot chocolate with churros still warm.
Spaniards eat breakfast between 14h and 16h. Generally more consistent than dinner or cena, lunch includes several dishes. The first dish is often a salad or soup depending on the season and the second is meat or fish. The dessert can be a single fruit or a typical egg custard or a piece of pie.

Dinner meanwhile is lighter salad, sandwich or tapas. Spaniards dine late (especially weekends and summer): Around 23h-21h.

tapas:

The Spanish used to go for tapas called el tapas, is actually originally a small plate ... empty! This is in Seville all started when responsible bars placed a small plate on the glass of wine to protected flies. Very quickly, these plates were filled with a slice of ham making it a free appetizer for consumers. Seeing that this attracted customers, bar owners began to vary the tapas and the phenomenon spread to the whole country!

Traditions tapas

"Ir de tapas" is one of the few dining experiences possible not to have to dress well and spend a lot! To enjoy the tapas, you must eat tapas standing in a bar with friends and share different plates of tapas and a glass of wine or beer. After the first bar, go to another to repeat the same process and so on! Now you understand why ir of tapas can easily replace a full meal!

The most common Tapas

Do not hesitate to ask advice when applying tapas bar as each to his specialty which is generally typical of the region or city. Depending on where you are in Spain, you will discover different tapas. In Madrid, for example, you will not find the same as in Galicia. However, regardless of the city you will find tapas among the "classics".

Spain is located on the Iberian Peninsula and therefore is surrounded largely of water, seafood and fish often represent the most common tapas ingredients. Among the must are the calamares (squid), fritters cod, prawns pil-pil (shrimp with garlic) and boquerones (anchovies). Apart from fish and seafood, there are also tapas chorizo, paella, various stews and callos (tripe with chickpeas), jamón serrano (cured ham), of Albóndigas (meatballs) and not to mention the famous tortilla española (omelette with potatoes).

Sobremesa

Literally "on the table", this word refers to the art of conversation after the meal. The Spaniards in effect used to stay at the table and enjoy each other's presence. If good conversation topics surfaced, be prepared to stay at the table for several hours!

siesta

No, it's not a legend. The famous siesta really exist. It all started when farm workers, after eating a good meal, decided to rest a while to digest before resuming work. Even if the break does not necessarily include a sleep time, shops and businesses usually close two hours and workers are accustomed to go eat with the family.
Spanish cuisine: wine

In a restaurant or at home with family, it is very common to drink wine at the table in Spain: Most restaurants also offer menus with wine included in the price.

coffee

The coffee is a must in Spain. Spaniards drink several cups of coffee a day: in the morning and especially during a meal, after dessert. To feel even a moment really Spanish, order a café con leche (coffee with milk), a solo coffee (black coffee / espresso) or a cortado (coffee with a touch of milk).

tip

Although the gesture is completely voluntary, customers usually leave between 5-10% tip.