Spanish snacks are the essence of Spanish cuisine. Snacks can be found in almost big restaurants and small restaurants. The side dishes taste a little yogurt, and most of them taste good. Tapas is said to have originated from the fact that tourists have no time to have a formal meal, so they solve a meal at the entrance of a restaurant or beside a carriage, often a dish and a piece of bread, which is suitable for busy modern people.
There are many legends about the origin of Tappas. Legend has it that a long time ago, the king of Spain was ill and could not eat a big meal. He just wants to eat something light. So the chef made several special snacks, which the king liked very much, so he ordered the bar to serve such snacks during happy hours (usually from 6 pm to 8 pm) for the whole people to share. This is the origin of Spanish snacks. But Tapas was not meant to be a snack, but was built on the glass by the waiter in the bar when he brought the wine.
Tapas means "cover" in Spanish. The king named these light snacks Tapas, which means to follow the wine. Since then, the king found that since the invention of Tapas, the number of drunken people in the whole country has decreased, so this method was imitated by Mediterranean countries. Because Tapas is casual, it is inconclusive what Tapas must contain.
What's in the kitchen, what the chef wants to do, the chef's technical characteristics and so on can make the products of each bar very different, which gives rise to the concept of "private kitchen". In addition, because the Romans brought olives to Spain from the east and Arabs brought potatoes, peppers and vegetables from the south, the Spanish dishes dominated by seafood at that time became rich and the tastes of Tapas became more diverse. ?
In today's Spain, the popularity of a bar usually means whether the snacks they make are good or bad. Spanish people who love to play often string together four bars between two or three hours after work and formal dinner. Each bar has a glass of wine and a pre-dinner snack. "If you string it down for half a night and don't eat much, you may be full."