The Best Thing I Ate in 2015 Was...

JAM113
Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:52:26 +0000

Paella at a little side street restaurant in Barcelona. Maybe 10 tables in the whole place. We didn’t even really want to go to Barcelona, but were leaving from a cruise there. We slept through night one due to jet lag, so really only had one night. I really wanted to try paella, but it was only for two. My husband was kind enough to split it with me, even though he really would have preferred something else. The waiter very proudly told us that they made theirs fresh and since it was not frozen, it would take a bit of time. I asked what kind of meat and was told beef, chicken, rabbit and pork. I blanched at the rabbit, but we had a bit of a language barrier. I thought I’d be adventurous, but by the time he went back to the kitchen, I was having second thoughts. My husband assured me it would be just one of the meats, but since neither of us specified, I was pretty sure it was all of them, and realized I could probably request it without the rabbit. Our waiter finally came back out and when we caught his attention, asked if we could have it without rabbit. He literally ran off to try and stop the kitchen before it was too late! When he came back out, he gave us the thumbs up! It was the best thing I’ve had in several years. It just killed us that we couldn’t finish it all and couldn’t take it with us since it was so late and we were leaving in the morning. DH agreed that I had made a great choice.Hope to make it back someday. There was so much that we didn’t see, and I’d love to try that paella again!