Loving Tapas!

Being in Spain, its kind of impossible not to enjoy an eating style they call tapas. Tapas is basically smaller plates of a dish maybe 3-4 pcs. Its more like a communal eating style, so everyone gets to try everything! Its wonderful and I love it. In fact a lot of smaller bars/restaurants will off a free tapa with the purchase of an alcoholic beverage, larger or more popular bars/restaurants will offer the same thing just during an allotted time...say after 9pm or during happy hour, something to that affect!

While we were in Sevilla Spain we had the opportunity to check out quite a few tapas style places, some were good and some were well...not so good, and some were AWESOME!

There is a lot of fried fish bites, olives, mushrooms, sardines and anchovies, cheese and meats,  Spanish style omelette's and much more!

Here is a snap reel of all the yummies we got to gobble down in Sevilla!!!

A little History on Tapas (Tapas from the Spanish verb Tapar = To Cover)

The original tapas is said to be the slices of bread and meat that the Andalusian people used to protect their sweet sherry from fruit flies in between sips! The style of service was created to encourage conversation, so that people weren't so focused on finishing a gigantic meal set in front of them. Also in many Spanish countries it is custom to stand up and move about the room during dinner, this custom is much easier with a tiny plate over a huge dinner plate! Now a days tapas has turned into a wide variety of hot and cold appetizers that can go from simple bread, olives and chorizo to sophisticated tomato and eggplant salad with goat cheese and a sugarcane reduction sauce!

My opinion on tapas is...awesome! It prevents you from over eating, and creates a social communal atmosphere that cant be beat! The food is (most of the time) incredible and allows you to sample everything!!!

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