Alright, guys—just being honest here as an American: this is 100% a real perspective. I’ll start by saying I don’t eat seafood, and I get that automatically puts me at a disadvantage when it comes to judging Spanish cuisine, since seafood is such a huge part of it. But even when it comes to the non-seafood staples like jamón, tortilla, and paella… they just don’t really hit for me.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a good tortilla—especially fresh and warm—but when my mother-in-law serves it every third day, it starts to feel more routine than special. I think that’s part of the cultural difference: in the U.S., there’s a real emphasis on variety. One night it’s Thai takeout, the next night tacos, then maybe Italian or Korean BBQ. There’s this constant rotation that’s baked into our idea of a satisfying food experience.
Even when I lived in spain (Alicante), most arroces where completely different than paella outside spain.
Es normal si tienes que hacharle mayonesa hasta a las ensaladas
I’m from America, have never had traditional Spanish cuisine, please give me some foods/recipes to make at home so that I can get an understanding for what Spanish cuisine is.
Soy fan de la dry ass tortilla🥀
Portuguese food > Spanish food. But this is a whole discussion you are not ready for. Spain probably wins in bocadillos. Other than that, master race gastronomy prize to Portugal.
I lived in Spain for 18 months. I loved Spanish food BUT I never had a paella I liked. Tried 3 or 4 different times in different cities but it was always pretty meh to me
NGL, it’s fucking hard to find good jalapeños.
Spain has some of the best food in the world, but your supermarkets really suck to be honest.
Is this saying the food actually does suck in Valencia? Or the paella is just bad there? I went to Alicante once and was surprised at how mediocre the food was. Yes I’m American and I like spicy food so this meme is nailing it with me.
ive lived all over spain, I wish the food had a bit more variety to it… especially the local restaurants.
There´s some great food, but the overall day to say standard isn´t great and I think that´s well known.
In Valencia atm and its got a great variety of cuisine and international restaurants too.
LMAO – “Thinks tapas is a dish”
En mis 20s, de camarero, con turistas preguntándome dónde había un bar de tapas. “Le traigo la carta?”
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so they came to Valencia and they had that “paella”? xd
Haha you did not ❌️ Ceuta and Melilla 😆
Option B for the flag: 🇬🇧
Also, they might be like [this fine specimen here](https://travelweekly.com.au/woman-complains-because-spanish-hotel-has-too-many-spanish-people-in-it/)
Spain has some awesome vegan food, don’t kick it.
i had some great vegan food in bilbao — not sure why that’s being mocked!
https://preview.redd.it/cgzf5poki6ze1.png?width=562&format=png&auto=webp&s=d0b529e365b5107b87477faec0c6d7723b8199a2
Alright, guys—just being honest here as an American: this is 100% a real perspective. I’ll start by saying I don’t eat seafood, and I get that automatically puts me at a disadvantage when it comes to judging Spanish cuisine, since seafood is such a huge part of it. But even when it comes to the non-seafood staples like jamón, tortilla, and paella… they just don’t really hit for me.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a good tortilla—especially fresh and warm—but when my mother-in-law serves it every third day, it starts to feel more routine than special. I think that’s part of the cultural difference: in the U.S., there’s a real emphasis on variety. One night it’s Thai takeout, the next night tacos, then maybe Italian or Korean BBQ. There’s this constant rotation that’s baked into our idea of a satisfying food experience.
Even when I lived in spain (Alicante), most arroces where completely different than paella outside spain.
Es normal si tienes que hacharle mayonesa hasta a las ensaladas
I’m from America, have never had traditional Spanish cuisine, please give me some foods/recipes to make at home so that I can get an understanding for what Spanish cuisine is.
Soy fan de la dry ass tortilla🥀
Portuguese food > Spanish food. But this is a whole discussion you are not ready for. Spain probably wins in bocadillos. Other than that, master race gastronomy prize to Portugal.
I lived in Spain for 18 months. I loved Spanish food BUT I never had a paella I liked. Tried 3 or 4 different times in different cities but it was always pretty meh to me
NGL, it’s fucking hard to find good jalapeños.
Spain has some of the best food in the world, but your supermarkets really suck to be honest.
Is this saying the food actually does suck in Valencia? Or the paella is just bad there? I went to Alicante once and was surprised at how mediocre the food was. Yes I’m American and I like spicy food so this meme is nailing it with me.
ive lived all over spain, I wish the food had a bit more variety to it… especially the local restaurants.
There´s some great food, but the overall day to say standard isn´t great and I think that´s well known.
In Valencia atm and its got a great variety of cuisine and international restaurants too.
LMAO – “Thinks tapas is a dish”
En mis 20s, de camarero, con turistas preguntándome dónde había un bar de tapas. “Le traigo la carta?”
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