Tips for Top Tapas

I am not lying when I say that I before coming to Sevilla, I had not tried eating tapas before. This was something that was foreign to me, and honestly thought that it was the name of a dish, not a way to eat a meal. During the class we talked a lot about cultural differences and the reasons why there are these cultural differences, and tapas for me is one that is big difference between Spanish and American meals. These meals are more meant to be shared than in America were everyone gets their owe plate for their own meal. Some of the history of tapas comes from the word “tapar” which was meant to be eaten between meal usually with some sort of alcohol beverage. Throughout history as well there was law and decrees made my kings that for example they would “tapar” or cap off drinks with a small portion of food to avoid drunkenness for soldiers or sailors. As for my experience in Seville and around Spain, there have been many instances that I have been able to share with my friend over tapas, were conversations would be had, that other wise would be much shorter over a larger meal that was meant as a sit down meal. The culture of tapas in Spain is something that I have learned to appreciate and will miss when I am gone, because a lot my socializing comes around eating and drinking, which is a great way to appreciate not only the company of others, but also the culture and food. Some of my favorite things to do with tapas is to try new foods as many times in restaurants they have the tapa portion of a meal, this was a great way for everyone at the table to also get what they wanted or had a craving for. Now I just want to see if deserts can also come in tapas portion!