A guide to Spain's famous snack culture

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  • @DWFood
    @DWFood  Рік тому +129

    Correction: For the first tapa, Gambas al ajillo, you need parsley and not coriander. Sorry for the mistake and thanks to everyone for pointing it out in the comments 🙏

    • @oskarobit
      @oskarobit Рік тому

      And where are the tapas in the video? I mean, I've seen:
      - 1 RACIÓN de gambas al ajillo" (a portion of garlic prawns) that usually goes with parsley because the Spanish cuisine doesn't use coriander as a norm.
      - 1 PINCHO de rabo de toro. The name is 'bull tail' though is just calf, male or female, and is terrible to hear they are homaging the bloody (literally), brutal and scurfy bull fighting.
      - A traditional DISH (or, again, portion)
      All of them with a fixed price, I mean you'll pay for it, while TAPAS ARE FOR FREE. Best places for tapas are in the southern Spain. The best worldwide famous PINTXOS (tx instead of ch, the sound is just the same) are in the Basque Country.
      I'm gonna suppose that in the video for vegan dishes you won't show café con leche y churros (coffee + milk + churros)...

    • @live_long_and_prosper
      @live_long_and_prosper Рік тому +1

      Eeeeexactly. Coriander has nothing to do with Spain.

    • @live_long_and_prosper
      @live_long_and_prosper Рік тому

      @@oskarobit only male cows have tails. Female ones have udders.

    • @wolfgangamadeuscloud2676
      @wolfgangamadeuscloud2676 Рік тому +1

      You can add text to the video to let the viewer see the error, last time I remember when I made videos.

    • @Chungus581
      @Chungus581 Рік тому

      @@live_long_and_prospercows absolutely have tails

  • @gcvrsa
    @gcvrsa Рік тому +83

    Spanish cuisine is one of my favorites. It's so deceptively simple, and so delicious. And Spanish wine! Delicioso!

    • @maily8388
      @maily8388 Рік тому +2

      I love Spanish foods in entire Western Europe, then Italian, French.👍😋 I only ate Tapas but did not order beers 🍺, my bad 😞.

    • @anaibarangan4908
      @anaibarangan4908 Рік тому +1

      Depends, because may look like it but really not so simple.

  • @Pei_Bo
    @Pei_Bo Рік тому +25

    i love spain, best cuisine in the world!! greetings from serbia!! saludos

  • @mrdude88
    @mrdude88 Рік тому +25

    I love Tapas. You get a little bit of everything while you heavily drink. I don’t do tapas in America because the price of a plate cost half as much as an entree. In Spain when my buddy and I go tapa bar hopping, it was affordable. We spent more on the drinks than food even though our table is always full of food.

  • @ondrejtkadlec6807
    @ondrejtkadlec6807 Рік тому +7

    I loved my stay in Valencia. I would go to a pub, get a beer for 1.5 EUR and they would give you snack with it. Brilliant!

  • @jdg5022
    @jdg5022 Рік тому +23

    Cada vez que voy a España siempre regreso con unos kilitos de más de lo bien que se come.

  • @duskyme
    @duskyme Рік тому +13

    I never knew about tapas until I tasted it in Mallorca, they are just delicious, dates wrapped in ham and some sweet N salty pork with onions my favourite

  • @MCoelloF
    @MCoelloF 11 місяців тому +5

    Nowadays everything is considered tapas. Tapas are very small portions of food given for free in most places with the drinks (in some regions you must pay for them). Next is "pincho",which is a bigger portion of food, with several ingredients and usualy it comes on top of a toast of fresh bread (exept when it´s a pincho de toritilla which means 1/4 of a whole tortilla) It´s never free. . Next in size would be ración, usualy with just 1 or 2 ingredients and it´s a plate full of: chorizo, cheese, boquerones, pulpo, or whatever other infrediente. Never for free either (though there are some places that giveaway raciones if you buy 10 beers for intance.) So for instance, if you have 1 shrimp and a pc of bread, it´s a tapa. If it´s a whole dish of shrimps, it´s a ración. And if those shrimps, are on a fresh toast, with lettuce, mayonesa, tomatoe, garlic bla bla bla, it would be a pincho
    FYI

  • @elguanche1
    @elguanche1 Рік тому +15

    I was just in that place yesterday. The regalitos were fantastic!

    • @oskarobit
      @oskarobit Рік тому

      How much did you pay? :)

  • @radicalcenter3902
    @radicalcenter3902 Рік тому +24

    One of the best foods in the planet, great tradition.

  • @anaibarangan4908
    @anaibarangan4908 Рік тому +2

    See the tortillas under the glass at the bar? Whole before sliced into tapa portions. Tapas are a great lunch or dinner, because get to choose a variety of mini portions. There were good ones in London. Authentic Spain's food restaurants.

  • @charlesyang1292
    @charlesyang1292 Рік тому +43

    I love Spanish language, sounds elegant

    • @ermos4246
      @ermos4246 Рік тому

      Spanish is Latin but with the wrong grammar!

    • @oskarobit
      @oskarobit Рік тому +6

      @@ermos4246 had you ever step into a school...? "English is just German with the wrong grammar".
      Spanish a Romance Language or Latin Language group and is a branch of the Indo-European LanguageFamily. This means it becomes from Latin; just like French, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese... And INSIDE SPAIN: Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Leonese, Asturian, Aragonese... I become from my parents, but I'm not my father with the wrong body.
      The exception is the Basque, an isolated language, but its contact with common Latin gave some forms, pronunciation and words to the first Castillian.

    • @Torosentao
      @Torosentao Рік тому +2

      @@ermos4246 jealous

  • @abchappell01
    @abchappell01 Рік тому +3

    I absolutely love tapas 😊
    After watching this video,, I want some now :)

  • @ivetter.2443
    @ivetter.2443 Рік тому +8

    Te quiero mucho, España. ❤💛

  • @ceemartin5624
    @ceemartin5624 10 місяців тому +2

    In Spain if you go to a bar and ask for a beer or other alcoholic drink, they will serve a 'tapa' with it and they give you what they want or have on hand, could be anything from chips, some olives or a piece of bread with chorizo/ham or whatever. That is free. If you want a particular 'tapa' you have to order it and pay for it.
    BTW a 'tapa' would never be in such large portions as seen in the video as tapas are served in small plates. Normally, if you want to eat those bigger portions you have to ask for 'una ración' (a portion), which will come in a normal sized or large plate. For example, if you ask for 'una ración de croquetas'' they would bring to the table a big plate full of croquets. A tapa would just be 2 or 3 croquets. If there's two people or more the best thing is to ask for 'una ración' of 3 or 4 dishes. It's great for bar hopping too as certain bars have their own specialties.
    Huevos estrellados, the 'crashed eggs' are usually eaten for brunch or as part of a meal, and I wouldn't call the dish a 'tapa'.

  • @maily8388
    @maily8388 Рік тому +2

    Tapas in La Rambla Barcelona packed with customers. Voila delicious 😋.

  • @Robdc89
    @Robdc89 Рік тому +2

    What's everyone's favourite tapas dish? For me it's Raxo, a simple dish of panfied pork loin, garlic, bell peppers and onions, served with potatoes.

  • @donnyjay9046
    @donnyjay9046 Рік тому +2

    Washed down with great sherry, would be my favourite.

  • @asuntosvarios7456
    @asuntosvarios7456 3 місяці тому +1

    Sobre el origen de las tapas hay otra teoría, bastante lógica también.
    Se dice que en tiempos de Alfonso X (Siglo XIII) eran muy frecuentes las reyertas en las tabernas y, suponiendo que era debido a que la gente bebía vino con el estómago vacío, se impuso la obligación de poner algo de comer junto con la bebida.
    En otras palabras, se trataba de que a la gente no se le subiera el alcohol a la cabeza y así evitar las grescas que se montaban.
    También hay que decir que en aquella época, en España, las grescas estaban a la orden del día y no se necesitaba necesariamente vino para montar una. Así, podemos decir que las tapas trataron de ser el remedio de una clase específica de gresca, especialmente inútil y que no tenía razón de ser más allá del consumo de alcohol,... la "gresca tabernaria".
    Curiosamente, a partir de entonces hubo "grescas tabernarias" motivadas por la escasez de la tapa o por su dudosa calidad... pero bueno, esa es otra historia (relacionada mayormente con lo insoportable y tiquismiquis que es a veces alguna gente).
    El caso es que así nació uno de los inventos que a más gente ha hecho feliz.

  • @sethsoderman2731
    @sethsoderman2731 Рік тому +1

    I like these dishes cuz it's all simple gradients to cook with and I heard in Spain's pretty cool to go to and there's a giant metal scene over there are here too

  • @AndresLeonRangel
    @AndresLeonRangel Рік тому +2

    maravilloso. Gracias.
    Dios les bendiga

  • @matthewketelhut4966
    @matthewketelhut4966 Рік тому +9

    That garlic shrimp 🤤

  • @R.185-x7z
    @R.185-x7z Рік тому +25

    Coriander??? It's parsley (perejil)

    • @DWFood
      @DWFood  Рік тому +5

      Yes, you're absolutely right. Sorry, we made a mistake here. Thanks for the correction!

  • @elgatomal7843
    @elgatomal7843 Рік тому +2

    Sounds wonderful

  • @kellygrant3074
    @kellygrant3074 Рік тому +49

    They taste better when they're out of focus, ya know.

    • @creativemindplay
      @creativemindplay Рік тому +4

      Shade

    • @mrdude88
      @mrdude88 Рік тому +5

      It’s for your protection. If it’s focus too much, you would try to gobble up your screen.

  • @famous5693
    @famous5693 Рік тому +1

    Lovely, wonderful 👍

  • @andrealore75
    @andrealore75 Рік тому +2

    Tengo muchas ganas de venir a visitar las Espana ,éste vacación en Marbella ,puedes ayudarme endonde comer tapas y otras especialidades de Marbella??? Complimenti de Italia ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Nousinvisibles
    @Nousinvisibles 5 місяців тому

    I love Tapas, it is my favorite fast food

  • @anandazen30
    @anandazen30 Рік тому +1

    Barcelona espérame con tus tapas 😋😋😋

  • @felixmartedehircania38
    @felixmartedehircania38 4 місяці тому

    Love Tapas and Pintxos...🤤

  • @JBWRight88
    @JBWRight88 Рік тому +2

    I clearly never went to right places when I was in Madrid. I remember lots of olives and little with protein.

    • @javihernandez2755
      @javihernandez2755 Рік тому +4

      Usually in touristic & crowded places, the free customary tapa is very small and basic (olives, potato chips, a slice of bread with ham or chorizo...) while if you go slightly more off the beaten path (or better off, to not-so-touristic small cities and towns) you will find some jewels when you can have homemade tapas amounting to a whole meal "for free" by just ordering a couple drinks. Anyway, I'd say that to try most of the nice ones, you'll have to order raciones, which are not very expensive anyway and are perfect for sharing. The variant of "tapear" that most locals do is ordering 2 or 3 raciones (depending on how many people there is of course) to the center and sharing them all.

    • @JBWRight88
      @JBWRight88 Рік тому +1

      @@javihernandez2755 good to know for next time! Thanks.

  • @saulcruz4680
    @saulcruz4680 Рік тому +1

    Vamos a darle gusto al gusto ...... con unas tapas y unas cañitas.

  • @Scho-penhauer
    @Scho-penhauer Рік тому +4

    The best thing in life is to drink whenever you can 😆

  • @AndresLeonRangel
    @AndresLeonRangel Рік тому

    Debo experimentar

  • @monicabertamueller
    @monicabertamueller Рік тому +4

    Creo que el origen de las tapas no es Madrid, aunque allí les haya gustado apropiarse de esa tradición: lo habitual son las tapas, esos bocados que acompañan un vino y que el camarero te ofrece de forma gratuita y su origen hay que buscarlo en Andalucía!

    • @sergegaash
      @sergegaash Рік тому +1

      No creo que en Madrid se apropien del origen de las tapas, al menos nunca he oído tal cosa.

    • @salomon795
      @salomon795 Рік тому

      En Madrid se han comido tapas toda la vida.

    • @ManuelLopez-yd6ip
      @ManuelLopez-yd6ip Рік тому

      Madrid no se a propia de nada, las tapas es como el flamenco, surge del pueblo de toda España, en todas partes cuando se bebía había que comer algo

    • @theraxo1137
      @theraxo1137 24 дні тому

      No se el origen pero ahora en cualquier parte de España puedes comer tapas, es parte de la cultura española.

  • @smimtiaz4556
    @smimtiaz4556 11 місяців тому

    Spain is the land of delicious foods....

  • @rasmara2011
    @rasmara2011 Рік тому +1

    I just sudently feel funny on the reason the afternoon tea was invented, the Noble Lady think there is big gap between lunch and dinner time and afternoon tea is born, well for mere mortal like me the time gap is fill with working 😂

  • @somerandomguyfromtheintern480
    @somerandomguyfromtheintern480 Рік тому +1

    Lots of savory and salty flavors in Spain, but spend too much time there and it starts to get very boring and I need to pull out the TABASCO SAUCE.

  • @loawkoes
    @loawkoes Рік тому

    Nice

  • @aldrinpagunuran8688
    @aldrinpagunuran8688 Рік тому +1

    Tapa ay "pulutan" pala ..yun pala origina ng pulutan...

  • @rosaoddin4338
    @rosaoddin4338 Рік тому

    Looks good but I cannot stomach garlic. I know it’s very popular with many people but garlic is a complete turnoff for me.

  • @themintleaf1778
    @themintleaf1778 Рік тому

    some items are not typical tapas

  • @willyhwang1059
    @willyhwang1059 29 днів тому

    basically elaborate antipasti

  • @TheMariodeblas
    @TheMariodeblas Рік тому +1

    👑🥇💪🏻🇪🇦

  • @jaimegarcia9408
    @jaimegarcia9408 Рік тому +3

    The authentic tapas, the origin of tapas is Andalucía, Cádiz, the al ajillo for example is tradition of Andalucía, is andalusí food, the rabo de toro is Córdoba, Madrid unique apropiated the tradition of other Spain part.

    • @josesanchez-vs6gy
      @josesanchez-vs6gy Рік тому +2

      But what a liar you are: The oxtail may be Andalusian but the origin of the tapas is not and in the golden century they talk about tapas in Madrid. Liarro

  • @kristiankruse3964
    @kristiankruse3964 Рік тому +2

    Just go to San Sebastian, they'll take care of you

  • @kaihuang4970
    @kaihuang4970 Рік тому

    Cranberries, peppers etc come from America, so these dishes are made from introduced vegetables.

    • @mzple
      @mzple Рік тому +2

      Spain colonized the Americas. Peppers have been in many of Spain's dishes for centuries. Although, cranberries are not, they grow up north outside of where Spain colonized.

    • @kaihuang4970
      @kaihuang4970 Рік тому

      @@mzple yeah, brought from the Americas to Spain, when did Columbus 'discover' America, 5 centuries ago.

    • @mzple
      @mzple Рік тому +3

      @@kaihuang4970 Obviously, but once a ingredient has been a part of a nations dish for 5 centuries, it’s an integral part of the national cuisine. Potato’s didn’t originate in Ireland but it’s the most important staple ingredient in the country.

  • @Strelok473
    @Strelok473 6 місяців тому

    My God, I'm hungry.

  • @live_long_and_prosper
    @live_long_and_prosper Рік тому +1

    Ja, mit dem Koriander ist es nicht mehr wirklich Spanisch. So etwas sollte man rauslassen damit es alle essen können

    • @DWFood
      @DWFood  Рік тому

      Although not often, but coriander/cilantro is actually used in traditional Spanish cuisine - it depends greatly on the region and personal preferences...

    • @live_long_and_prosper
      @live_long_and_prosper Рік тому

      @@DWFood Its connected to an imported food culture. The Arabs, who attacked Spain hundreds of years ago are to blame.
      Now they even use it in Germany. Dont know why. It tastes and smells nasty. makes me vomit.
      It seems to have originated in what is now Turkey.

  • @12388696
    @12388696 Рік тому +1

    Everything went well till the colour of the frying oil...

  • @blotski
    @blotski Рік тому +4

    Why is an Irish commentator calling prawns 'shrimps'? Why does he call red peppers 'bell peppers'? Is North American English compulsory for us all now?

  • @malikbilal1843
    @malikbilal1843 4 місяці тому

    Hi

  • @jred5153
    @jred5153 Рік тому

    fy low or feel low? What say you? I say feel low.

  • @tamekahanova
    @tamekahanova Рік тому +8

    Broken eggs? I see them Unbroken and the potatoes, boiled? No idea. Rabo de toro with cranberry sauce? Must be in England. And so on...

    • @lucardozaa
      @lucardozaa Рік тому +2

      they are called broken eggs because before people eat them, they squish them and cuts them to mix them well with the other elements, if you don’t know what you’re talking about don’t comment 😂😂

  • @luismorenopalomares
    @luismorenopalomares 11 місяців тому +2

    Incredible... If you want to eat "tapas" dont go to Madrid! In Madrid "tapas" never has been traditionals, simply Madrid, being the capital of Spain takes the culture of the another sides of Spain and makes it yours. If want classic "tapas" is mandatory you travel to Sevilla, Córdoba, Granada, San Sebastian, Cádiz, Málaga, Salamanca, or any place in Galicia. Much more better than Madrid, originals, with more quality and cheaper. In Andalucía most places serve them for free.

  • @MaxVonStierlitz-wy7zb
    @MaxVonStierlitz-wy7zb 11 місяців тому

    Not a big fan of the Spanish omelette. Cold or warm.

  • @jmason61
    @jmason61 Рік тому

    Wow but they seem super fancy... what about something basic

    • @ErickTheGreat
      @ErickTheGreat Рік тому

      Would you like a glass of lemon water?

  • @willyhwang1059
    @willyhwang1059 29 днів тому

    Mediterranean dim sum

  • @a41166
    @a41166 2 місяці тому

    Y venga la guitarra una vez y otra...Ha faltado una tipa vestida de gitana de fondo, con su peineta en el pelo y un vestido de lunares rojos.....JAJAJAJAJA

  • @ChicoCabra
    @ChicoCabra Рік тому

    This is ridiculous. That these tapas might exist in Madrid at certain palces? Sure.
    That that is daily life? Nope
    75% of what's shown in this video is not real.

    • @jaimegarcia9408
      @jaimegarcia9408 Рік тому +4

      The srimp al ajillo and egg rotos is classic tapas

  • @المشعل-ق2ذ
    @المشعل-ق2ذ 4 місяці тому

    🫡

  • @Garcwyn
    @Garcwyn Рік тому

    I like pedos al ajillo

  • @susanastephens7156
    @susanastephens7156 Рік тому +1

    Since when do they use coriander in garlic prawns ?🤮

    • @lucardozaa
      @lucardozaa Рік тому

      what a stupid question, but long before you knew it existed

    • @susanastephens7156
      @susanastephens7156 Рік тому

      @@lucardozaa not in Spain

    • @lucardozaa
      @lucardozaa Рік тому

      @@susanastephens7156 ofc you would know ms. "stephens"

    • @susanastephens7156
      @susanastephens7156 Рік тому

      @@lucardozaa yes I would since my family is Spanish

    • @lucardozaa
      @lucardozaa Рік тому

      @@susanastephens7156 what does that matter if you know nothing about this particular dish 😂 i actually am spanish and live in madrid, probably one of the cities where they make it the best

  • @luishumberto2118
    @luishumberto2118 Рік тому +1

    Garlick was almost burn. That taste is very bad.

    • @RAOSUS
      @RAOSUS Рік тому +2

      No tienes ni idea. Ese ajo no se come, es para darle sabor al aceite.

  • @melkar21
    @melkar21 Рік тому

    hahahah You cannot go to Madrid for tapas, is crazy. Tapas aren't from Madrid

  • @cheftekniqakabuletteborn8127

    me amor tapaz

  • @MrKurwa-lf1oc
    @MrKurwa-lf1oc Рік тому

    Gamvas a ajilio lol

  • @tellodoroteo2543
    @tellodoroteo2543 Рік тому

    As an american who has been to spain..i must say these spanish tapas from spain are not spanish enough! 🤣
    I love watching bullfighters getting gored..its very satisfying..