A guide to Spain's famous snack culture

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Spain without tapas? Simply inconceivable! These little appetizers are found in seemingly endless varieties across Spain. But what do you need to know about Spanish tapas? Let’s find out.
CREDITS
Report: Diana Piñeros
Camera: Jochen Bartelt
Edit: Nora Rehn
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:23 Tapa 1: Gambas al ajillo
00:58 Tapas bars
01:28 Origins of tapas
01:47 Tapa 2: Regalito de torito
03:06 What to drink
03:37 Tapa 3: Huevos Rotos
04:42 Outro
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  • @DWFood
    @DWFood Жыл бұрын

    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

    11 ай бұрын

    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

    11 ай бұрын

    Eeeeexactly. Coriander has nothing to do with Spain.

  • @live_long_and_prosper

    @live_long_and_prosper

    11 ай бұрын

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

  • @wolfgangamadeuscloud2676

    @wolfgangamadeuscloud2676

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @Chungus581

    @Chungus581

    3 ай бұрын

    @@live_long_and_prospercows absolutely have tails

  • @Pei_Bo
    @Pei_Bo6 ай бұрын

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

  • @gcvrsa
    @gcvrsa Жыл бұрын

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

  • @maily8388

    @maily8388

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @anaibarangan4908

    @anaibarangan4908

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @mrdude88
    @mrdude88 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jdg5022
    @jdg5022 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ondrejtkadlec6807
    @ondrejtkadlec680711 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @duskyme
    @duskyme Жыл бұрын

    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
    @MCoelloF2 ай бұрын

    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

  • @radicalcenter3902
    @radicalcenter3902 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Torosentao

    @Torosentao

    11 ай бұрын

    thank you brother!

  • @charlesyang1292
    @charlesyang1292 Жыл бұрын

    I love Spanish language, sounds elegant

  • @ermos4246

    @ermos4246

    Жыл бұрын

    Spanish is Latin but with the wrong grammar!

  • @oskarobit

    @oskarobit

    11 ай бұрын

    @@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

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ermos4246 jealous

  • @elguanche1
    @elguanche1 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @oskarobit

    @oskarobit

    11 ай бұрын

    How much did you pay? :)

  • @anaibarangan4908
    @anaibarangan490810 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @abchappell01
    @abchappell01 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @samanthaboomer0
    @samanthaboomer0 Жыл бұрын

    Love Spanish food & snacks, really good.

  • @elgatomal7843
    @elgatomal7843 Жыл бұрын

    Sounds wonderful

  • @sethsoderman2731
    @sethsoderman2731 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @user-tb8sz6xr2b
    @user-tb8sz6xr2b Жыл бұрын

    Coriander??? It's parsley (perejil)

  • @DWFood

    @DWFood

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @donnyjay9046
    @donnyjay9046 Жыл бұрын

    Washed down with great sherry, would be my favourite.

  • @AndresLeonRangel
    @AndresLeonRangel11 ай бұрын

    maravilloso. Gracias. Dios les bendiga

  • @ivetter.2443
    @ivetter.2443 Жыл бұрын

    Te quiero mucho, España. ❤💛

  • @Robdc89
    @Robdc8911 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @matthewketelhut4966
    @matthewketelhut4966 Жыл бұрын

    That garlic shrimp 🤤

  • @famous5693
    @famous5693 Жыл бұрын

    Lovely, wonderful 👍

  • @kellygrant3074
    @kellygrant3074 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @creativemindplay

    @creativemindplay

    Жыл бұрын

    Shade

  • @mrdude88

    @mrdude88

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @maily8388
    @maily8388 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ceemartin5624
    @ceemartin56242 ай бұрын

    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'.

  • @AndresLeonRangel
    @AndresLeonRangel Жыл бұрын

    Debo experimentar

  • @andrealore75
    @andrealore75 Жыл бұрын

    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 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @anandazen30
    @anandazen3011 ай бұрын

    Barcelona espérame con tus tapas 😋😋😋

  • @saulcruz4680
    @saulcruz46809 ай бұрын

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

  • @loawkoes
    @loawkoes Жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @Scho-penhauer
    @Scho-penhauer Жыл бұрын

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

  • @nickmiller76

    @nickmiller76

    11 ай бұрын

    Top man.

  • @JBWRight88
    @JBWRight88 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @javihernandez2755

    @javihernandez2755

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @somerandomguyfromtheintern480
    @somerandomguyfromtheintern4809 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @pedroviriato9356

    @pedroviriato9356

    7 ай бұрын

    Nosotros usamos salsa brava ,que está bien,pero no es Tabasco claro

  • @somerandomguyfromtheintern480

    @somerandomguyfromtheintern480

    7 ай бұрын

    @@pedroviriato9356 especially on the tortillas

  • @rasmara907
    @rasmara907 Жыл бұрын

    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 😂

  • @Turkish__Model
    @Turkish__Model8 ай бұрын

    🇹🇷🇹🇷❤️🇹🇷🇹🇷

  • @monicabertamueller
    @monicabertamueller Жыл бұрын

    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

    11 ай бұрын

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

  • @salomon795

    @salomon795

    5 ай бұрын

    En Madrid se han comido tapas toda la vida.

  • @ManuelLopez-yd6ip

    @ManuelLopez-yd6ip

    4 ай бұрын

    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

  • @aldrinpagunuran8688
    @aldrinpagunuran8688 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @tamekahanova
    @tamekahanova Жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @lucacardoza2533

    @lucacardoza2533

    5 ай бұрын

    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 😂😂

  • @smimtiaz4556
    @smimtiaz45563 ай бұрын

    Spain is the land of delicious foods....

  • @TheMariodeblas
    @TheMariodeblas Жыл бұрын

    👑🥇💪🏻🇪🇦

  • @kristiankruse3964
    @kristiankruse3964 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @jaimegarcia9408
    @jaimegarcia9408 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @themintleaf1778
    @themintleaf1778 Жыл бұрын

    some items are not typical tapas

  • @rosaoddin4338
    @rosaoddin43389 ай бұрын

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

  • @jred5153
    @jred5153 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @live_long_and_prosper
    @live_long_and_prosper11 ай бұрын

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

  • @DWFood

    @DWFood

    11 ай бұрын

    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

    11 ай бұрын

    @@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.

  • @kaihuang4970
    @kaihuang4970 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @mzple

    @mzple

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @mzple

    @mzple

    11 ай бұрын

    @@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.

  • @12388696
    @12388696 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @blotski
    @blotski10 ай бұрын

    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?

  • @Garcwyn
    @Garcwyn Жыл бұрын

    I like pedos al ajillo

  • @jmason61
    @jmason61 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ErickTheGreat

    @ErickTheGreat

    Жыл бұрын

    Would you like a glass of lemon water?

  • @MaxVonStierlitz-wy7zb
    @MaxVonStierlitz-wy7zb3 ай бұрын

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

  • @luishumberto2118
    @luishumberto211811 ай бұрын

    Garlick was almost burn. That taste is very bad.

  • @RAOSUS

    @RAOSUS

    7 ай бұрын

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

  • @ChicoCabra
    @ChicoCabra Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    The srimp al ajillo and egg rotos is classic tapas

  • @luismorenopalomares
    @luismorenopalomares3 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @susanastephens7156
    @susanastephens71569 ай бұрын

    Since when do they use coriander in garlic prawns ?🤮

  • @lucacardoza2533

    @lucacardoza2533

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @susanastephens7156

    @susanastephens7156

    5 ай бұрын

    @@lucacardoza2533 not in Spain

  • @lucacardoza2533

    @lucacardoza2533

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @susanastephens7156

    @susanastephens7156

    4 ай бұрын

    @@lucacardoza2533 yes I would since my family is Spanish

  • @lucacardoza2533

    @lucacardoza2533

    4 ай бұрын

    @@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

  • @melkar21
    @melkar21 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @cheftekniqakabuletteborn8127
    @cheftekniqakabuletteborn812711 ай бұрын

    me amor tapaz

  • @MrKurwa-lf1oc
    @MrKurwa-lf1oc10 ай бұрын

    Gamvas a ajilio lol

  • @tellodoroteo2543
    @tellodoroteo2543 Жыл бұрын

    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..

  • @RAOSUS

    @RAOSUS

    7 ай бұрын

    Are you ok? Tapas are from Spain.

  • @tellodoroteo2543

    @tellodoroteo2543

    7 ай бұрын

    I thought they were chinese..thank you.

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