A tapeo is an important cultural institution in Spain. As you might guess, it
is a tapas crawl, going from bar to bar to try the tapas. Yesterday, seven bars
in the centre of Alicante put up a vegan tapeo. Each bar, whether veggie or
not, committed to having at least two vegan tapas on the menu. Needless to say,
Monica was keen on trying it, so I took the afternoon off and we went out to
enjoy the vegan tapas.
The first place, called Farmers, had a vegan sandwich with avocado, beets,
lettuce and lots of other good things. A nice place to start:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-zgk7GWL/A
<http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-zgk7GWL/A>
The we moved on to El Baserri del Pirata, a Basque bar which turned out to be
totally awesome, both in terms of the food and the people. It is not
vegetarian, and the fish and meat dishes looked really good, but they also have
a delicious tempura-style aubergine:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-KbLTkhq/A
<http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-KbLTkhq/A>
And a nice guy keeping the bar and a good selection of stuff:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mVRnMn2/A
<http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mVRnMn2/A>
We went to four of the seven places. The last one was La Cucaracha, where we
had another aubergine dish. Monica is taking a picture to upload:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hBgCHxL/A
<http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hBgCHxL/A>
Something like this:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hphDhfk/A
<http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hphDhfk/A>
Most people outside Spain think that tapas are just olives, bread, Manchego
cheese and pieces of Iberian ham. In reality, a tapa is a small dish of food
and can be quite elaborate.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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