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This Spanish Snack Called Tapas

30 August 2018 By: Marlenecomment

I have seen some tapas during those times we were in Barcelona but it never occurred to me that it’s something I should try. I did not even know what it’s called then and only when I asked hubby that I learned it’s tapas. The name only becomes interesting to  me when I learned from my Spanish course that “tapear” or to have some tapas before dinner is common in Spain. I realized why tapas was an important local cuisine when hubby and I caught up in some restaurants where the kitchen was closed. Instead we were offered some tapas with our drinks. Mostly, dinner starts at 8:00 or 9:00 P.M. and it’s probably why having tapas is normal. Below are some tapas we tried on our recent road trip through Spain:

Battered and fried baby squid

This battered and fried baby squid (chopitos) was delicious but too big a portion to be called tapas I couldn’t eat it up. I had this when we stopped by for lunch in Cartagena. I wasn’t so hungry so I chose this in the menu thinking it was just a small portion.

Some kind of bruschettas

This reminded me of Italian bruschetta. We liked it very much and ordered another portion of it. But I preferred the ones topped with anchovies. We had this in Vera while having some really cold beer on a hot summer’s day.

Mini hamburger tapas

The hotel we stayed in Bilbao does not have a restaurant. Instead, the hotel’s bar offers a variety of tapas. Can you believe a mini hamburger as tapas? Leif had two of this but I tried the one below.

Olives and small fish tapas

First, I tried the one with anchovies, then this one with a different fish. I liked the salty taste of anchovies though.

Tapas can serve as an appetizer too. But appetizer or snack it’s something one should not miss when visiting Spain.

About Marlene

Marlene works as a teacher but she blogs in her spare time. She started blogging in 2007 and since then it has become one of her hobbies. She writes for Lemback.com which she and her husband has built and managed but later moved to Wordpress to join other WP bloggers. Connect Marlene on Twitter

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