I really enjoyed my first experience having paella. The different seafood flavors mixed really well with the seasoned rice, and the communal element of paella was very fun. 10 of my friends went out for paella, and the servings were big enough that we ordered two for the table and had more than enough.
Tortilla is the traditional Spanish dish that I eat the most often and is something that I am trying to learn how to make. One of my American friends cooked tortilla for her birthday and we put candles in it and treated it like her birthday cake. Her tortilla was delicious and she used a recipe where she substituted a bag of potato chips for the potatoes and it turned out amazing. Many cafes and restaurants prepare their tortilla themselves in the morning, then cut pieces off the big circular tortillas for customers,
Twenty percent of the coastline of Spain is in the Northwest region of Galicia. The two largest cities in the region, Vigo and A Coruña, are located along this nearly 1,000-mile coastline. Roughly 50% of the population of the region lives in coastal areas, forming a deep cultural connection between the people and the sea. This connection with the ocean is very evident in the food of Galicia, which heavily features octopus, squid, shrimp/prawns, scallops and mussels. Galicians takes pride in their seafood industry, as they provide seafood for much of the European Union. 40% of all mussels eaten throughout Europe come from Galicia.
