Spanish food

Spain is one of the three major tourist countries in the world, where you can not only enjoy sunshine, delicious food and warm service, but also fully experience the fun of life. Diet is undoubtedly one of the most attractive characteristic cultures in Spain, which enjoys a high reputation in the world in terms of quality and variety. Traditional Spanish cooking often uses olive oil-based vegetable oil and lard-based animal fat, and uses a wide variety of fruits and vegetables imported from Arabs and potatoes and tomatoes imported from the New World of America as ingredients.

Spaniards have more holidays

The teacher told us that westerners have at least 151 days off in class, that is, they work for 211 days a year, which means they only work for four days a week. If most companies have holidays on Thursdays, it is common for them to work for only three days a week, and the annual salary of public servants is guaranteed to be fourteen months. Interestingly, in order to meet people's habits, almost all cities have a street specially designed for use after dusk. These streets are characterized by a pedestrian-only trail in the middle of the road, with tall trees planted on both sides and squares at both ends of the road.

The most famous is Ramblas Avenue in Barcelona. Its northern end is Plaza Catalunya, which is also the starting point of sightseeing buses, and the other end is Plaza Columbus, which is close to the seaside. Granada has Avenue Ginide, and the center is also a pedestrian walkway. There are several ice cream shops on both sides. There is a flea market in its western square, and every night there are small stalls, so you can often buy good things at cheap prices.

Madrid's Castile Avenue is even more famous. It is not only the widest road in Spain, but also has two footpaths in the middle of the driveway. The restaurants around it will expand their business to the footpaths after sunset, so you can see the coffee bar and bar, which is the local lover street.

Madrid and Barcelona

Madrid is the capital of Spain. Just like Beijing, China, the cuisine in Madrid is so mixed with the cooking techniques from all over Spain that gourmets sometimes argue about whether there is Madrid-style cooking. It is also an indisputable fact that many immigrants from Andalusia, Galicia, asturias and other regions have settled in Madrid, which has enriched the cuisine in Madrid.

in Madrid and other parts of Spain, tapa (the general name for appetizers) is an ancient food tradition, and many restaurants and bars specialize in providing their guests with specialty appetizers. ir detapeo (meaning "to eat appetizers") has long been a tradition. There are hundreds of bars serving appetizers on the streets of Madrid. Ordering a side dish and sipping a small glass of wine or beer will be very enjoyable.

Catalan cuisine in Barcelona has a typical Mediterranean flavor and is considered as one of the healthiest diets in the world. These dishes skillfully combine various local natural foods, such as fish, meat, rice, fruits and vegetables, and olive oil. Supplemented by original soup, edible mushrooms, desserts and tomatoes coated with bread, they appear on the table in different cooking methods. Typical local dishes are: many kinds of delicacies made of rice as the main material or auxiliary materials, tomatoes coated with bread and various enemas. The most local features in dessert are Mimado (honey and cheese) and various creams.

whether it's a high-end restaurant mentioned in Michelin guidebook or a small restaurant on the street, whether it's the restaurant itself or the dishes provided, you can experience the Catalan characteristics.

a "dew" and a "long"

I remember someone saying: In a sense, what you eat and how you eat will determine the character of a nation. Spanish eating can be summarized as "dew" and "length".

dew is a place and a table for eating and drinking in the open air. Star hotels, restaurants, bars, snack bars, and the familiar "Haagen-Dazs" ice cream all have outdoor world. Those with better conditions have open-air balconies, and most of them camp outside the shops facing the street and on the sidewalks on the roadside. In Palma, Mallorca, Mediterranean. Some hotels are built on the top of the cliff by the sea, sitting on a high platform, facing the sea with the wind and bathing in the stars for a day; Not far away, a cruise ship covered with brilliant lights is slowly coming to the island. Eating in the open air, between heaven and earth, and blending with nature can give birth to the elegance of literati and the happiness of ordinary people.

say two words. One of these two advantages is that it takes a long time to eat and drink. Eating and drinking for a long time is not eating any running water mat, but really eating running water time. One night, I went to the small call shop outside the hotel, sat in an open-air seat and chewed a sandwich. There is a gentleman opposite with a bottle of coke that has been drunk for 1/3; After more than an hour, we got up with a full stomach, but there was still 1/3 of that gentleman's coke left. When I came back to school, someone added: I saw a man with a pizza on his plate when I entered the store. After three hours, I left the store and saw that he was still a pizza. No one said he was exaggerating, but he was very obedient to the Spanish temperament.

the second advantage is the long business hours of the store. Spaniards go to work later than ours in the morning and afternoon. Most of them eat two meals a day. The catering industry is open at noon until four o'clock in the afternoon, and dinner is from six or seven in the evening to around two in the morning the next day.

food and wine

Spanish red wine is very good, which can be called cheap and good quality; A bottle of red wine equivalent to RMB 111 should be at least 811 yuan in Hangzhou, which is said by a well-known person in the catering industry in Hangzhou. In Spain, Spanish red wine is an indispensable drink for dinner or other snacks. Moreover, if you order a glass of red wine in a Spanish bar, the waiter will naturally give you a small snack, usually ham.

Spanish people call ham "Harmon", and the best quality is the brand "Habugao" in Andalusia autonomous region, which is said to cost $111 per kilogram. The famous ham, sausage and egg potato pancake are collectively called the three major snacks in Spain. Hams are very colorful, and some are close to purple. Sliced very thin, almost transparent, you can eat the whole piece or tear it into strips. I think it tastes very similar to the bacon in China, but it is not so salty and greasy. It is understood that ham is made by taking the hind legs of first-class pigs, curing them for a long time in a special way, and then baking them. "Harmon" is deeply loved by Spanish men, women and children. It is estimated that this reason is not only delicious, but also the role of nutritional concept.

Nowadays, beer is becoming more and more popular in Spain, and all beer lovers know that beer is delicious only after it has been chilled. Let's drink beer, the wine is iced, but the temperature of the glass holding beer is as usual; This naturally affects the taste, taste and enjoyment. Originally, people had such an experience and feeling, just like they were used to pickled vegetables and soaked in rice, and had never heard of delicious Yangzhou fried rice. But in Spain, whether in Palma or Seville, as long as you drink beer, whether in bars, restaurants or hotels, the glasses are all chilled, and the taste is of course excellent. The Spaniards let us see the other side of their unrestrained flamenco and heroic bullfighting.

Although the dining time in Spain is about one and a half hours later than the average time in Europe, people can still keep their original dining habits more or less because of the different business hours of restaurants. The price list is usually posted at the door of the restaurant. In addition, visitors usually offer special or fixed-price day packages.

service charge is generally included in the list price on the menu, but it is not mandatory to pay 5~11% extra for consumption. Most restaurants have a day off every Sunday or Monday, but there are also places that are open seven days a week for guests to eat at any time. The temperature is as usual; This naturally affects the taste, taste and enjoyment. Originally, people had such an experience and feeling, just like they were used to pickled vegetables and soaked in rice, and had never heard of delicious Yangzhou fried rice. But in Spain, whether in Palma or Seville, as long as you drink beer, whether in bars, restaurants or hotels, the glasses are all chilled, and the taste is of course excellent. The Spaniards let us see the other side of their unrestrained flamenco and heroic bullfighting.

Although the dining time in Spain is about one and a half hours later than the average time in Europe, people can still keep their original dining habits more or less because of the different business hours of restaurants. The price list is usually posted at the door of the restaurant. In addition, visitors usually offer special or fixed-price day packages.

service charge is generally included in the list price on the menu, but it is not mandatory to pay 5~11% extra for consumption. Most restaurants have a day off every Sunday or Monday, but there are also places that are open seven days a week for guests to eat at any time.