Great! Maybe Spanish food will stop being all potatoes and pork finally.
Nothing but love for Spain, together with Greece my favorite country in the world, but Spanish food sucks lol. I know very subjective and all, but I just don’t get how you can be surrounded by France and Morocco and then still not use any spices and stuff :D
Have you ever been to Spain? I can’t remember the last time I had pork and potatoes
Yes! North and south, east and west, love Spain. But seriously, even if you order something veggie like croquettes they’ll just put bacon on top of that lol. Or like you have dinner and they just casually bring you a tapa that has tuna in it without even asking if you’re eating fish. Like, the concept of not eating certain stuff seems alien to many places there.
I have no idea what people cook at home but your typical Spanish restaurant e.g. in Madrid or the south is tortilla de patatas, patatas bravas, croquettes (ideally with ham), lots of ham in general, some other potato stuff. Some seafood. I’m vegetarian and I just suffer there :D
I see your main concern is that you order food without asking what it is or telling you’re vegetarian, and then complain they didn’t know.
Yeah definitely my fault that the mushroom croquettes come with surprise bacon on top or that a starter I had no idea I would be getting had tuna in it /s
Not my country so I am mostly laughing about it, but if I’d be Spanish and vegetarian I’d start riots lol
Croquettes are not “something veggie”. You can make them as breaded bechamel, but often they’re filled with pork ham or chicken bits. You may find more fancy varieties with seafood or mushrooms, but overall I wouldn’t consider them “something veggie”.
Is Spain primarily meat-eating? Yes. If that’s your concern, be upfront about it but don’t generalise saying that Spain cuisine sucks.
Well a meat-centric cuisine sucks. As a german, I LOVE food from india, arab countries, southern asia and where else they have real vegan meals that are TASTY
A vegan without tofu or curry? Never.
