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TOP SPANISH DISHES

COCHINILLO ASADO (ROAST SUCKLING PIG)

The cochinillo asado is cooked and served all over Spain, but is very famous in Segovia. It is a roast baby pig. Its fatty outside is crisp and perfect for those who like pork rind, while its meat is tender and juicy.

PULPO A LA GALLEGA (GALICIAN OCTOPUS)

Pulpo a la gallega is Galician's signature dish. The octopus is boiled and the garnished with paprika, rock salt and olive oil. Sometimes it is also served with boiled potatoes.

PAELLA (SPANISH RICE DISH)

Paella is a saffron rice dish combined with seafish and meat or vegetables. You can eat Paella in Valencia, particularly in the village of El Palmar, where it is said that paella was invented.

TORTILLA ESPAÑOLA (SPANISH OMELET)

It is a typical Spanish dish consisting of a thick egg omelette made with potatoes fried in olive oil and usually onions. There are also many variations. The tortilla may be eaten hot or cold; it is commonly served as a tapa or picnic dish throughout Spain.

GAZPACHO (COLD TOMATO SOUP)

"Gazpacho" is cool, refreshing and flavorful start to a meal on a hot summer day. It is made from tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, onions, olive oil and salt. This soup is eaten often in the southern part of Spain called Andalusia, the region from which is originates. Eat gazpacho from a soup bowl, or drink it from a glass.

HORNAZO

Hornazo is a meat pie or bread made with flour and yeast and stuffed with pork loin, spicy chorizo sausage and hard-biled eggs. In Salamanca, it is traditionally eaten in the countryside during the "Lunes de Aguas" festival.

1. Acidic

2. Baked

3. Beat

4. Beverages

5. Bland - soso

6. Boiled

7. Broil - asar

8. Buffet/ self-serve

9. Chef

10. Chop

11. Creamy

12. Cuisine

13. Culinary

14. Dairy

15. Decaffeinated

16. Dessert

17. Dish

18. Edible - comestible

19. Famine - hambre

20. Famished - hambrientp

21. Fast - ayuno

22. Fatty - graso

23. Feast - banquete

24. Flavour - sabor

25. Fresh

26. Fried

27. Frozen

28. Fruity

29. Gluttony - gula

30. Grains

31. Grilled

32. Healthy

33. Home-made

34. Low-fat

35. Main course

36. Malnourished - malnutrido

37. Meal

38. Mix

39. Nutty – sabor a nueces

40. Oily

41. Organic

42. Raw - crudo

43. Roast - asar

44. Salty

45. Savour

46. Savoury – salado, sabroso

47. Slice

48. Snack

49. Snacking - picotear

50. Sour

51. Spicy

52. Starches - almidón

53. Starter

54. Starving

55. Steamed

56. Stew

57. Stir

58. Sweet tooth - goloso

59. Take away

60. Tender - tierna

61. Tip

62. Tough - duro

63. Waiter/waitress

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