Tapas in this country never works we treat it as a proper sit down meal nothing like Spain when sipping on a nice Albariño or Rioja at the bar our nearest equivalent is a bag of crisps,nuts or scratchings washed down with a pint of Carling 😂
tapas was the Spanish equivalent of a bowl of peanuts on the bar to snack on when you have a drink. some were free and some you paid for depending how many toothpicks you had when you finished your drink. the tapas style you had in Benidorm was pincho or pintxo an individual small bar snack from the Basque country. what you had today was shared plate style tapas popular around the Barcelona bars and cafes. where you sit with friends and share plates of food and a drink.
Lol myself 37 and my wife 34 are 100% Phil and Janice 🤣 except we're from Kent not Wolverhampton. I've not a huge fan of fish n chips etc but like watching you devour them... lol I believe the first tapas was a peice of bread put over a glass of wine to stop flies which they ended up eating/dunking etc and it evolved but there's tapas and then there's tapas
English tapas is ham sandwiches, sausage rolls, cheese and pineapple on sticks, crisps and tepid orange cordial. The family picnic on a day trip. Those were the days.
Google says The word tapa means 'lid' and comes from the verb tapear, meaning 'to cover'. Many people say that the custom of tapas came about when bar keepers began covering their customers' drinks with a slice of bread, ham or cheese to stop flies and dust from entering.
Tapas actually refers to style of serving food, rather than specific dishes. However, this doesn’t mean that there aren’t classic dishes that you’ll find in any decent tapas bar (we’ll have more on that in a minute). First, a “tapa” is simply a small portion of food. Anything can be served tapas style! When you go for tapas, you’ll end up ordering lots of small plates and sharing. This way, you can try a selection of different dishes all at once. The most common story behind the origin of tapas is that they started out as small slices of meat or bread served in bars that patrons could use to cover their drinks to keep flies out. “Tapas” is the Spanish verb for “to cover”. Bit by bit, the small bar snack started becoming just as essential as the drinks. They also started becoming more elaborate. Today’s tapas are much more sophisticated. You’ll find tapas ranging from small dishes of olives to elaborate culinary creations. There are even tapas contests to create the very best ones!
Hi Lee. Gone off tapas recently as in our local restaurant, The Tapas Tree at Shipley, it is getting a bit over priced for what it is. As for the Castrol, I assume it was Olive Oil? You should have had Balsamic Vinegar in there as well. Makes a world of difference.
Hey Lee! Happy New Year and big hello to Angie 👋 nice to see you both together again. Blimey that intro was almost 5 minutes long . Gotta be a record. Mmmm Tapas! Like you say it’s just small dishes of what you would call buffet food. Potatas Bravas is the norm to get with any tapas meal. Nice looking chicken and I’m a bit meh on the chorizo dish. Considering you said it was nice. Can see both you and Angie weren’t blown away by them either. Watching you eat those burgers yesterday in Holmfirth - your face was a different picture. Also very pricey for some bread and the Castrol GTX - 3 main dishes and your drinks plus service charge on top. Good to hear Nick is slowly improving with time. Obviously it’s not quite there yet but it’s good news he’s had a good Christmas too Take care 😘👍🏻
5/10 at the most for me Lee. Looked a bit naff for the money & not typical authentic tapas for me at all. I cook Spanish food all the time and for me the Patatas bravas looked like roast spuds with a dip, agree with you fully on the bread oil/balsamic, the chicken looked more like a Chineses dish with sesame seeds & the chorizo dish just looked very, very lame. And don’t even get me started on the 10% *discrectionory* service charge. How on earth can they call it discretionary if it’s automatically been added to the bill?!?!? 😤 Also Lee, can I thank you so, so much for the Benidorm videos because it really changed my mind about the place. So much so I’ve convinced the wife too and we should be booking a holiday there shortly. Looked great, would definitely avoid the strip/square area at my age but there’s something there for everyone as I now see it. So … thanks! 😊👍
Lee lived in Spain for 7 years. Regions in Sp[ain have there own tapas and tapas means small plate. My favourites are Russian Salad ( ensalada rusa ) brava and crab and prawn mix. So to cap it Spanish love to eat small plates of food when drinking and usually free
The best Tapas is find a small bar, right outside a bullring, in a town where the English tourists don't go. Somewhere like Huelva would be ideal & they are also very good in San Sebastian where they are called Pintxos. In fact San Sebastian has a whole section of the city full of Pintxo bars and really is a bucket list place to visit, fabulous city.
Welcome back Angel love the wooly hat. MacMaster, the tapas looked good. I do like nice bread dip in balsamic vinegar and olive oil. On the menu, I would go for chicken bites and chorizo with bread. Nice one and sending lots of kindness to Angel and her son.👍
Here's one to try Lee. Im an ex pat geordie, living in Sheffield but travel up to Hebden Bridge to a local business 'The Bar and Tapas'. Great Tapas, great real ales and great service. They do early bird offers and specials. Definitely worth a look! (I'm a 'Janice' BTW!🤣🤣)
I found this vlog very amusing Lee & Ange - or should that be Phil & Janice! I am sat at my local bar, eating tapas. That looked nearer real tapas than that you had in Benidorm. Tapas are only, really, small tasters of Spanish dishes. Next time you're in Tenerife, get the Craicmaster to bring you over to La Palma, proper Canaries, not Las Americas! I like Anchovies and gambas al ajillo (Prawns in garlic) as seafood is popular here on the coast, though today I saw two little girls enjoying fresh strawberries & cream in the sun in January! Who needs Wimbledon?
Looked ok...chorizo & lentejas (lentils) and the patatas bravas looked very wet at the bottom of the bowl. My fave tapas are ensaladilla rusa, boquerones en vinagre, huevos rotos, serranitos, gambas pil pil, croquetas, tortilla. All washed down with a cold one of course! You should come here to Gibraltar - you can get fish & chips, full english breakfast and tapas!
More authentic than the Benidorm meal. Try salt cod and also tomato bread next time. Squid in black rice is always excellent but dont think they had any. Great vid.
Good to see you both and Angie back as she's inspirational and a good laugh. There was a small Tapas restaurant in Aberdeen now long closed and my favorite Tapas item was scallop and quartered black pudding on a clam shell and it was amazing maybe a Scottish thing but well worth trying it if you can as its a perfect combo.
Looks nice. Amazed anyone other than me remembered Kevin Turvey Investigates from A Kick up the Eighties which as we as Rick Mayall there was Robbie Coltrane and Miriam Margoyles.
Lee, it’s now illegal in the UK for places not to give service charges and tips wholly to their employees - as of last summer. Whether you agree a service charge is correct or not, saying you bet they don’t give to their employees would be slander to the place you’re reviewing. Big tapas fan. Thought that looked decent. Uncle Phil & Aunt Janice send their regards 😉
As others have said, it needs to be a bar environment with Tapas to munch on as and when you wish whilst chatting and drinking if it is to be in anyway shape or form 'authentic/ish'.
The tapas we had in palma mallorca was totally different from what you guys had in benidorm we had six different bowls etc spicey meat balls chicken pork spicey potato's sea food and lamd I think it differ depending on what part of spain you visit and it was similar tapas at the verdo lounge in Sutton Coldfield near my home enjoy guys xx
Tapas is lovely. Light healthy small dishes, you can share a few or just have one for yourself. With a refreshment be it a beer, a sherry, or glass of wine. It’s local scran. I can only say the most traditional I had was in Seville. Was in a bar and they offered for free tasters….snack food, free and filling with a drink. But such good quality. As for a Tapas Meal. More toward what you had. But is for sharing.
Hi Lee great blog with you and the Angel.The tapas are more what Phil and Janice would expect not being on bread. But the Benidorm tapas on bread was more authentic. It has evolved like you said. I would had ordered the Huevos Rotos then you would have sausage , egg and chips lol. Phil and Janice said the tapas were big and larger tapas are called raciones . We had an all you can eat tapas restaurant on the Wirral, sadly not here now. Good fun video mate.
Have always loved a bit of tapas. A Spainyard once told me that it is simply bar snacks knocked up with anything left over in the kitchen for which the chef would use a bit of creativity and imagination. Meat balls, potatoes bravos, chilli fried prawns, garlic mushrooms, it's all good.
Good afternoon Lee and Ang...enjoyed the video gave me a good laugh...loved the way you Lee made a meal of it..well try to by putting the food on your plate while Ang was being so refined :) I thought expensive for a snack would have been better getting fish n chips...Im going to have a cheese n onion pie when I come over...;)
Love your Solo videos Lee they're much more personal..Been watching you since the early days..When you knocked about with that Everton fan(I'm a Leeds fan..Leeds Leeds Leeds)to meeting the craicmaster and all the others and introducing me to the absolutely brilliant streets of Paris song in your diving video which I hunted down and saved..what a brilliant tune that is...love your stuff mate but as I said your solo stuff is the best..just my opinion..Get back to Benidorm ASAP that trip was brilliant
Hi Lee , glad you enjoyed Benidorm . I live 1 hrs drive from Benidorm ( 12 yrs living there) visited Sherries bar because of your vlog and Had the steak pie and home cooked chips . Loved it , thanks .
'Tapas' is a small portion of something tasty , nothing more, nothing less, even Paella is traditionally a peasants dish ......was good to see Spanish Callasparra Rice in the video , it's a proper Paella rice , i've been to Calasparra , it's about an hour south of Alicante airport......otherwise known as Benidorm Airport haha. Better sticking to a traditional Tapas place in Spain ,........mind you , Cafe Andaluz in Glasgow is very good, it's the only Tapas place i've been to in the UK tbh.
Glory holes is an indoor crazy golf course, perhaps you should try it out with Ang. I think that food is just sharing plates which we've had in pubs, looked tasty.
Aww hi to the lovely Ange. Always lovely to see her in the vlog with you Lee. It's a bit confusing the tapas. Sometimes it's not put down very clear on how to order it. You're too funny Lee! Couldn't stop laughing.😂 It did look tasty. 🥰🌞🥰Xxx
Tapis is anything you want it to be. It's small servings of food, a snack if you have 1 a meal if you have several. Around the world has different names for left over party food.. as long as you enjoy it, your right I also believe since tapas means lid in Spanish the bread story probably has more than a grain of truth... enjoy x
Tapas are tiny dishes given in mainland Spain with a beer.Lately it has become fashion to eat larger plates. I recommend you try chipirones ( baby squid) and calamar a la romana
Maybe Nottingham should be called Naughtingham, haha. But the meal looked okay. But I've never had Tapas and cannot give a score. Hi to Angie and hope that 2023 will show big improvement for her son.
33 quid!! The tapas we go to in Benidorm (at the very end of tapas alley) which is authentic tapas (the Spanish should know better than all the internet "experts") costs €6 for 3 Tapas and a bottle of wine!
I love British take on tapas not the same as real spain. Went to Almuñécar one year when stay with later father for Christmas while they babysitting yes result, went to bar and had bear and wine with wife and had a plate of mash potato as tapas free of charge omg fabulous. When done went to another bar on seafront had same drink amazing sausages. So not the same.
I think folk are being a bit snobbish about Tapas. It is simply a Spanish cuisine that is now done elsewhere. A lot of the dishes are fairly simple so are generally authentic and it is European so all ingredients are readily available. Compared to Thai, Indian, Vietnamese Mexican etc which are Anglified/Western versions of the original cuisines. On another note, I think your intros are great; as you know the best youtubers are the authentic ones who are likable, funny, honest, innovative and decent (as well as having decent editing and video skills) and you have all of those in spades and that is why your channel is doing well. The public has a massive choice now in channels so finding a good channel that is watchable is not easy. I live abroad now so I really enjoy the content and the humour. keep up the good work and of you are ever n Thailand let me know.
I cannot comment on the authenticity of tapas as I have only had tapas once in tapas alley. It was amazing. The tapas Ang and yourself had looked nice but isn’t tapas small pieces of bread with different things on??????? I agree with you about the service charge but on the bill it did say optional service charge. I take it this was not optional. I never tip if there is a service charge added to the bill. You say you are from Mansfield. Handsome lovely meals at ilrosso on Nottingham Rd 👍
Agree with some of the other comments....its becoming a sit down meal Brother & Sis in law live in a little village in Spain Everytime you get a couple of drinks they give you a small dish....bit of chorizo, couple of croquettes, bit of calamari etc....sometimes totally free
Jerez it's pronounced 'her reth' as in the place Sherry comes from. Which is what tapas was for to cover either fino or manzanilla Sherry which should be served chilled.
Nice to see u try something different. Food looked nice whether it’s authentic or not. Wasn’t the service charge optional on your bill? It said optional.
Lets explain. Tapas is basicly a small snack. An english tapa could be different from a spanish tapa mainly because Brits may prefer different things to a Spaniard. The real thing here is the size of the plate. Tapas is a small snack. Half a ration is half a full meal and a ration is a full size meal. What you received was a half ration. The food contents would be the same but in different amounts.
Only Tapas restaurant I ever went to was in Wigan. Quite expensive for what you got and still hungry afterwards so went into McDonald's and got a Quarter Pounder with cheese 😂
Whether it was authentic tapas or not it looked delicious. Having said that, if you Google “tapas”, it’s usually small enough that you don’t need a knife and fork, just a cocktail stick or even fingers. When I was in Almeria in Spain some years ago, tapas was usually served as a snack to accompany drinks.
Tapas is basically starters and the time you order especially when it’s in Spanish you get some weird combos lol I once ordered a plum that was soaked in alcohol sauce my mates still slag me off to this day lol
I remember about 30 years ago a little place along Deansgate in Manchester. I think it was called simply 'The Tapas Bar' - you went in and got dozens of these little tiny silver bowls, all full of genuine authentic Tapas. The bowls were small, but they just kept coming and coming, so you were always full up. It was absolutely PACKED whenever you went there. Sadly like all good things, it must have gone bust, or just moved Towns.
@@markcollinson5665 I think it was the sane one Mark. Was a lovely place, and it was almost like an all you can eat. They don't do things like that these days.
Tapas literally means small plate and can be anything from bread and cold meats right through to squid, prawns etc. The story about the bread on the wine is true I think People would drink the wine and then eat the bread afterwards.
In majority of the restaurants, service charge does not go to the servers at all; it goes to the restaurant. It's just another way for restaurants to earn money (or have you pay for the server's hourly wage). If you do want to tip, give your money directly to the server. On another note, just 1 min walk from bar iberico is Ucanteen which is the best chinese food in Nottingham in my opinion
Looked OK but those prices ! Wow ! Full portion prices for a mini tapas size light bite! That'll hurt the wallet. I'd deduct a point for the 99% oil to 1% balsamic ratio. Deduct another for the scandalous prices and a third for slapping on a service charge. 7/10 max.
Yeh, it is one theory of the 'tapa' which is a tap/top for a glass of wine/beer to stop flies, but it is VERY much debated as the origin of it. What you had in Benidorm wasn't traditional tapas, it was pinchos/pinxos. OMG the price of them!!!! WOW!!!! In Lanzarote, my local tapas place has a choice of about 25 tapas for €2.75 each or 5 for €12.50....... those price are CRAZY mad high!!!! BUT, they are right to say they are served when cooked, that's expected that they will come out when ready. Tapas shouldn't cost as much as that, you're looking at £3/4 per small portion. When you come back to Lanzarote, I have to take you for tapas, proper, well priced, cooked in house daily tapas 😊 £5 for patatas bravas...... disgusting 🫤 Chorizo is not leftover sausage, especially not at that price, and all those portions are way too big, HOWEVER, I totally agree with you on the green rubbish, get it off, I HATE coriander and green rubbish on my food, don't want it, it wasn't on the menu, get lost!!!! So yeh, it IS tapas food, but too big of a portion size and way too expensive. I can sen you a video link to a video explaining the whole idea of tapas if you want as it isn't a type of food really, it's an event with friends and family to take part in while drinking, just to make it more confusing lol. Wow, even if the drinks were €6.25 in my local, a clay wheel with 5 tapas selections out of 25 ish would still only total €18.75, and that's in euros!!!! WOW!!! Yeh, I don't rate that for traditional tapas, sorry 🫤 It looked good apart from the green rubbish, way overpriced, to big of a portion, and a service charge to top it off..... 4.7/10
I would have had some of that ham off the bone. That looked good and would be nice with the bread and some cheese. I think you are suppposed to have tapas with wine at 10 pm or something. Enjoyed the video
That looked a lot more like the traditional tapas I had in Madrid once, as opposed to your any-shite-on-some-bread shop last week. The problem is Spain is not a small country and regional differences mean nobody can really claim 'this is the tapas of all tapases'. Oh, and you can stuff your service charge - the drinks were twice the price they should be for a kick-off!
Hello crew….. 17:46 - see those two small white plates? (yes you do) pour some balsamic vinegar into the centre, circle the dark puddle with olive oil and then grind on some coarse sea salt. The two liquids won’t mix so you can dip as much of each as you like but use plain fresh bread otherwise you’ll be “oiled out”... Maybe too you’ll look dead cosmopolitan doing this display and a great way to impress the birds with your culinary knowledge (well, we can but try….) A few white seedless grapes in a small bowl wouldn't be amiss either... 20:38 - oh my lawdy.. I can smell the garlic from here and I’m 150 miles away - TIP: stick to zoom meetings for the next few days if you’re going anywhere near that alioli :-) 24:20 - tapas is a hospitality accompaniment with a good friend and a few drinks; just as peanuts are at the Dog and Duck P.H. - you wouldn’t go into your local pub and order a main meal of deep fried cheese and onion crisps and a bag of KP nuts sautéed in ketchup with a wedge of pork scratchings (….. now, there’s an idea…) Tapas is a social thing not a meal…. Next time try a decent Spanish restaurant or pop back to Spoons… yay! In a Birmingham pig voice (for the older viewers) “Yer making’ me 'ungry Hartley” Keep up the great videos!
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You have to admire a man who goes to Spain for a full English and returns home for tapas, you really do.
Lol. 😂 A round peg in a square hole. 😉
Cheers Richard--that give me a laugh--luv' it--lol.
Somewhere in Nottingham there's probably a Felipe and Juanita from Bilbao going for a full English.
That's cause he's controversial
Reminds me of the Indians going for an English from Goodness Gracious Me sketch show.
Tapas in this country never works we treat it as a proper sit down meal nothing like Spain when sipping on a nice Albariño or Rioja at the bar our nearest equivalent is a bag of crisps,nuts or scratchings washed down with a pint of Carling 😂
tapas was the Spanish equivalent of a bowl of peanuts on the bar to snack on when you have a drink. some were free and some you paid for depending how many toothpicks you had when you finished your drink. the tapas style you had in Benidorm was pincho or pintxo an individual small bar snack from the Basque country. what you had today was shared plate style tapas popular around the Barcelona bars and cafes. where you sit with friends and share plates of food and a drink.
So lovely to see Ang again hope her son is doing ok ❤️
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Lol myself 37 and my wife 34 are 100% Phil and Janice 🤣 except we're from Kent not Wolverhampton. I've not a huge fan of fish n chips etc but like watching you devour them... lol
I believe the first tapas was a peice of bread put over a glass of wine to stop flies which they ended up eating/dunking etc and it evolved but there's tapas and then there's tapas
Great to see you both together, cheered me right up. Thankyou
Yes, we watched the whole intro! Brilliant to see Ange back! 💙 never had Tapas, but looked bloody good! 💙
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Finally! 🙌 my world is wholesome again, the Blonde Angel 😇 is back!
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English tapas is ham sandwiches, sausage rolls, cheese and pineapple on sticks, crisps and tepid orange cordial. The family picnic on a day trip. Those were the days.
Google says The word tapa means 'lid' and comes from the verb tapear, meaning 'to cover'. Many people say that the custom of tapas came about when bar keepers began covering their customers' drinks with a slice of bread, ham or cheese to stop flies and dust from entering.
Nice to see Ange in the New Year.
Like a big brown, cuddly teddy bear.!!!!
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Tapas actually refers to style of serving food, rather than specific dishes. However, this doesn’t mean that there aren’t classic dishes that you’ll find in any decent tapas bar (we’ll have more on that in a minute).
First, a “tapa” is simply a small portion of food. Anything can be served tapas style! When you go for tapas, you’ll end up ordering lots of small plates and sharing. This way, you can try a selection of different dishes all at once.
The most common story behind the origin of tapas is that they started out as small slices of meat or bread served in bars that patrons could use to cover their drinks to keep flies out. “Tapas” is the Spanish verb for “to cover”. Bit by bit, the small bar snack started becoming just as essential as the drinks. They also started becoming more elaborate.
Today’s tapas are much more sophisticated. You’ll find tapas ranging from small dishes of olives to elaborate culinary creations. There are even tapas contests to create the very best ones!
Hi Lee. Gone off tapas recently as in our local restaurant, The Tapas Tree at Shipley, it is getting a bit over priced for what it is. As for the Castrol, I assume it was Olive Oil? You should have had Balsamic Vinegar in there as well. Makes a world of difference.
Hey Lee! Happy New Year and big hello to Angie 👋 nice to see you both together again. Blimey that intro was almost 5 minutes long . Gotta be a record. Mmmm Tapas! Like you say it’s just small dishes of what you would call buffet food. Potatas Bravas is the norm to get with any tapas meal. Nice looking chicken and I’m a bit meh on the chorizo dish. Considering you said it was nice. Can see both you and Angie weren’t blown away by them either. Watching you eat those burgers yesterday in Holmfirth - your face was a different picture. Also very pricey for some bread and the Castrol GTX - 3 main dishes and your drinks plus service charge on top. Good to hear Nick is slowly improving with time. Obviously it’s not quite there yet but it’s good news he’s had a good Christmas too
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5/10 at the most for me Lee. Looked a bit naff for the money & not typical authentic tapas for me at all. I cook Spanish food all the time and for me the Patatas bravas looked like roast spuds with a dip, agree with you fully on the bread oil/balsamic, the chicken looked more like a Chineses dish with sesame seeds & the chorizo dish just looked very, very lame. And don’t even get me started on the 10% *discrectionory* service charge. How on earth can they call it discretionary if it’s automatically been added to the bill?!?!? 😤
Also Lee, can I thank you so, so much for the Benidorm videos because it really changed my mind about the place. So much so I’ve convinced the wife too and we should be booking a holiday there shortly. Looked great, would definitely avoid the strip/square area at my age but there’s something there for everyone as I now see it. So … thanks! 😊👍
Lee lived in Spain for 7 years. Regions in Sp[ain have there own tapas and tapas means small plate. My favourites are Russian Salad ( ensalada rusa ) brava and crab and prawn mix. So to cap it Spanish love to eat small plates of food when drinking and usually free
The best Tapas is find a small bar, right outside a bullring, in a town where the English tourists don't go. Somewhere like Huelva would be ideal & they are also very good in San Sebastian where they are called Pintxos. In fact San Sebastian has a whole section of the city full of Pintxo bars and really is a bucket list place to visit, fabulous city.
Ange's eyes were watering because of wind!? I didn't hear her pass any!!😁 Great to see her back. Best part of your vlogs Lee!😁
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Welcome back Angel love the wooly hat. MacMaster, the tapas looked good. I do like nice bread dip in balsamic vinegar and olive oil. On the menu, I would go for chicken bites and chorizo with bread. Nice one and sending lots of kindness to Angel and her son.👍
Always great seeing you two together having a laugh . God bless the blonde angel and her son
Here's one to try Lee. Im an ex pat geordie, living in Sheffield but travel up to Hebden Bridge to a local business 'The Bar and Tapas'. Great Tapas, great real ales and great service. They do early bird offers and specials. Definitely worth a look! (I'm a 'Janice' BTW!🤣🤣)
I found this vlog very amusing Lee & Ange - or should that be Phil & Janice! I am sat at my local bar, eating tapas.
That looked nearer real tapas than that you had in Benidorm. Tapas are only, really, small tasters of Spanish dishes.
Next time you're in Tenerife, get the Craicmaster to bring you over to La Palma, proper Canaries, not Las Americas!
I like Anchovies and gambas al ajillo (Prawns in garlic) as seafood is popular here on the coast, though today I saw two little girls enjoying fresh strawberries & cream in the sun in January! Who needs Wimbledon?
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Looked ok...chorizo & lentejas (lentils) and the patatas bravas looked very wet at the bottom of the bowl. My fave tapas are ensaladilla rusa, boquerones en vinagre, huevos rotos, serranitos, gambas pil pil, croquetas, tortilla. All washed down with a cold one of course! You should come here to Gibraltar - you can get fish & chips, full english breakfast and tapas!
I reckon that's a great idea. 👍🏼
Usually tapas. (especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer typically served with wine or beer.
More authentic than the Benidorm meal. Try salt cod and also tomato bread next time. Squid in black rice is always excellent but dont think they had any. Great vid.
Great vlog Lee. Nice to see Ange with you. Good to hear her son is getting better. 👍
Good to see you both and Angie back as she's inspirational and a good laugh. There was a small Tapas restaurant in Aberdeen now long closed and my favorite Tapas item was scallop and quartered black pudding on a clam shell and it was amazing maybe a Scottish thing but well worth trying it if you can as its a perfect combo.
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Looks nice. Amazed anyone other than me remembered Kevin Turvey Investigates from A Kick up the Eighties which as we as Rick Mayall there was Robbie Coltrane and Miriam Margoyles.
So do I! Although there have been clips on the 80s nostalgia shows.
Lee, it’s now illegal in the UK for places not to give service charges and tips wholly to their employees - as of last summer. Whether you agree a service charge is correct or not, saying you bet they don’t give to their employees would be slander to the place you’re reviewing.
Big tapas fan. Thought that looked decent. Uncle Phil & Aunt Janice send their regards 😉
Lol Phil and Janice need their own channel. 😂
As others have said, it needs to be a bar environment with Tapas to munch on as and when you wish whilst chatting and drinking if it is to be in anyway shape or form 'authentic/ish'.
I have grown a beard during this intro. Only kidding, great to see Ange again. Great stuff from one specky to another.
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Great vlog as always Lee ❤️ Sending love and hugs to Ange and Nick xx
The tapas we had in palma mallorca was totally different from what you guys had in benidorm we had six different bowls etc spicey meat balls chicken pork spicey potato's sea food and lamd I think it differ depending on what part of spain you visit and it was similar tapas at the verdo lounge in Sutton Coldfield near my home enjoy guys xx
Best tapas I had was on the beach in Corralejo Fuerteventura. We will try lots of different foods when we go to Benidorm on Sunday :)
Tapas is lovely. Light healthy small dishes, you can share a few or just have one for yourself. With a refreshment be it a beer, a sherry, or glass of wine. It’s local scran. I can only say the most traditional I had was in Seville. Was in a bar and they offered for free tasters….snack food, free and filling with a drink. But such good quality. As for a Tapas Meal. More toward what you had. But is for sharing.
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Hi Lee great blog with you and the Angel.The tapas are more what Phil and Janice would expect not being on bread. But the Benidorm tapas on bread was more authentic. It has evolved like you said. I would had ordered the Huevos Rotos then you would have sausage , egg and chips lol. Phil and Janice said the tapas were big and larger tapas are called raciones . We had an all you can eat tapas restaurant on the Wirral, sadly not here now. Good fun video mate.
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Looks like the Tapas I’ve has in Spain, looks lovely, I’d eat there
Used to love tapas as a kid in a little place called Bar Pepe in fuengirola on the Costa Del Sol. Still remember that place from 30+ years ago. 😋
Fuengirola fond memories when i was based in Gib back in 1990
Have always loved a bit of tapas. A Spainyard once told me that it is simply bar snacks knocked up with anything left over in the kitchen for which the chef would use a bit of creativity and imagination. Meat balls, potatoes bravos, chilli fried prawns, garlic mushrooms, it's all good.
You have got to go to Granada for authentic tapas and most are free with a drink! Would love a vlog from there x
Didn't that used to be a motorway services?! 😄
Great video - lovely to have Ange back ❤ You do make me laugh 😂
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Good afternoon Lee and Ang...enjoyed the video gave me a good laugh...loved the way you Lee made a meal of it..well try to by putting the food on your plate while Ang was being so refined :) I thought expensive for a snack would have been better getting fish n chips...Im going to have a cheese n onion pie when I come over...;)
Love your Solo videos Lee they're much more personal..Been watching you since the early days..When you knocked about with that Everton fan(I'm a Leeds fan..Leeds Leeds Leeds)to meeting the craicmaster and all the others and introducing me to the absolutely brilliant streets of Paris song in your diving video which I hunted down and saved..what a brilliant tune that is...love your stuff mate but as I said your solo stuff is the best..just my opinion..Get back to Benidorm ASAP that trip was brilliant
Hi Lee , glad you enjoyed Benidorm . I live 1 hrs drive from Benidorm ( 12 yrs living there) visited Sherries bar because of your vlog and Had the steak pie and home cooked chips . Loved it , thanks .
Yes!! Glad you enjoyed it Darren. Have a great weekend.
'Tapas' is a small portion of something tasty , nothing more, nothing less, even Paella is traditionally a peasants dish ......was good to see Spanish Callasparra Rice in the video , it's a proper Paella rice , i've been to Calasparra , it's about an hour south of Alicante airport......otherwise known as Benidorm Airport haha.
Better sticking to a traditional Tapas place in Spain ,........mind you , Cafe Andaluz in Glasgow is very good, it's the only Tapas place i've been to in the UK tbh.
Great vlog Lee but your benidorm videos were absolutely brilliant, class.glad you enjoyed Beni it's great there, you've got to return
Glory holes is an indoor crazy golf course, perhaps you should try it out with Ang. I think that food is just sharing plates which we've had in pubs, looked tasty.
Aww hi to the lovely Ange. Always lovely to see her in the vlog with you Lee. It's a bit confusing the tapas. Sometimes it's not put down very clear on how to order it. You're too funny Lee! Couldn't stop laughing.😂 It did look tasty. 🥰🌞🥰Xxx
Tapis is anything you want it to be. It's small servings of food, a snack if you have 1 a meal if you have several. Around the world has different names for left over party food.. as long as you enjoy it, your right I also believe since tapas means lid in Spanish the bread story probably has more than a grain of truth... enjoy x
Love Bar Iberico and the chicken in Jerez sauce is one of my faves 😁
The word "tapas" is derived from the Spanish verb tapar, "to cover" , just googled that so every one was clear on the meaning 🤣😂😂😂😂
Tapas are tiny dishes given in mainland Spain with a beer.Lately it has become fashion to eat larger plates. I recommend you try chipirones ( baby squid) and calamar a la romana
Great to see the MacMaster guesting on The Blonde Angel channel
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Venice and San Sebastian are great 'tapas' or there version of it.
We all know that you have a family but it's great to have good friends.
Maybe Nottingham should be called Naughtingham, haha. But the meal looked okay. But I've never had Tapas and cannot give a score. Hi to Angie and hope that 2023 will show big improvement for her son.
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You should be reviewing waffles after the length of that intro 😂
33 quid!! The tapas we go to in Benidorm (at the very end of tapas alley) which is authentic tapas (the Spanish should know better than all the internet "experts") costs €6 for 3 Tapas and a bottle of wine!
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I love British take on tapas not the same as real spain. Went to Almuñécar one year when stay with later father for Christmas while they babysitting yes result, went to bar and had bear and wine with wife and had a plate of mash potato as tapas free of charge omg fabulous. When done went to another bar on seafront had same drink amazing sausages. So not the same.
I think folk are being a bit snobbish about Tapas. It is simply a Spanish cuisine that is now done elsewhere. A lot of the dishes are fairly simple so are generally authentic and it is European so all ingredients are readily available. Compared to Thai, Indian, Vietnamese Mexican etc which are Anglified/Western versions of the original cuisines. On another note, I think your intros are great; as you know the best youtubers are the authentic ones who are likable, funny, honest, innovative and decent (as well as having decent editing and video skills) and you have all of those in spades and that is why your channel is doing well. The public has a massive choice now in channels so finding a good channel that is watchable is not easy. I live abroad now so I really enjoy the content and the humour. keep up the good work and of you are ever n Thailand let me know.
A tapa is an appetizer or snack in Spanish cuisine. The original tapas was a thin slice of bread or meat but have evolved over the years
The Blonde Angel is a legend, bless her heart. Sending best wishes to her lad for a swift recovery. You do a pretty good job too, Lee ;)
The receipt does state optional service charge, but it does begger the question where you given the option. Loved the vlog
Not sure about the dishes, but aren't the portion sizes too big? They're supposed to be little plates which should cost just over half that price.
I cannot comment on the authenticity of tapas as I have only had tapas once in tapas alley. It was amazing. The tapas Ang and yourself had looked nice but isn’t tapas small pieces of bread with different things on??????? I agree with you about the service charge but on the bill it did say optional service charge. I take it this was not optional. I never tip if there is a service charge added to the bill. You say you are from Mansfield. Handsome lovely meals at ilrosso on Nottingham Rd 👍
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Agree with some of the other comments....its becoming a sit down meal
Brother & Sis in law live in a little village in Spain
Everytime you get a couple of drinks they give you a small dish....bit of chorizo, couple of croquettes, bit of calamari etc....sometimes totally free
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Jerez it's pronounced 'her reth' as in the place Sherry comes from. Which is what tapas was for to cover either fino or manzanilla Sherry which should be served chilled.
Your the same as me Lee, the service charge winds me up too, but did you pay it? Or refuse?
Nice to see u try something different. Food looked nice whether it’s authentic or not. Wasn’t the service charge optional on your bill? It said optional.
We have all missed you Blonde Angel. Lovely to see you again.
Like u said tapas was bread on your drinks to stop flys
There’s a lot of tapas restaurants in Sheffield
Take her somewhere nice. Malaga is affordable and has lovely Tapas. Don’t load it up!
Lets explain. Tapas is basicly a small snack. An english tapa could be different from a spanish tapa mainly because Brits may prefer different things to a Spaniard. The real thing here is the size of the plate. Tapas is a small snack. Half a ration is half a full meal and a ration is a full size meal. What you received was a half ration. The food contents would be the same but in different amounts.
Only Tapas restaurant I ever went to was in Wigan. Quite expensive for what you got and still hungry afterwards so went into McDonald's and got a Quarter Pounder with cheese 😂
That tapas looks very similar to what we have at the Verdon lounge Sutton Coldfield.
Whether it was authentic tapas or not it looked delicious. Having said that, if you Google “tapas”, it’s usually small enough that you don’t need a knife and fork, just a cocktail stick or even fingers. When I was in Almeria in Spain some years ago, tapas was usually served as a snack to accompany drinks.
Tapas is basically starters and the time you order especially when it’s in Spanish you get some weird combos lol I once ordered a plum that was soaked in alcohol sauce my mates still slag me off to this day lol
I remember about 30 years ago a little place along Deansgate in Manchester. I think it was called simply 'The Tapas Bar' - you went in and got dozens of these little tiny silver bowls, all full of genuine authentic Tapas. The bowls were small, but they just kept coming and coming, so you were always full up. It was absolutely PACKED whenever you went there. Sadly like all good things, it must have gone bust, or just moved Towns.
@@markcollinson5665 I think it was the sane one Mark. Was a lovely place, and it was almost like an all you can eat. They don't do things like that these days.
Tapas literally means small plate and can be anything from bread and cold meats right through to squid, prawns etc. The story about the bread on the wine is true I think
People would drink the wine and then eat the bread afterwards.
It looks delicious, 😊
In majority of the restaurants, service charge does not go to the servers at all; it goes to the restaurant. It's just another way for restaurants to earn money (or have you pay for the server's hourly wage). If you do want to tip, give your money directly to the server.
On another note, just 1 min walk from bar iberico is Ucanteen which is the best chinese food in Nottingham in my opinion
Looked OK but those prices ! Wow ! Full portion prices for a mini tapas size light bite! That'll hurt the wallet.
I'd deduct a point for the 99% oil to 1% balsamic ratio. Deduct another for the scandalous prices and a third for slapping on a service charge.
7/10 max.
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So MacMaster, you finally come face to face with your nemesis.........Patatas Bravas!
Yeh, it is one theory of the 'tapa' which is a tap/top for a glass of wine/beer to stop flies, but it is VERY much debated as the origin of it. What you had in Benidorm wasn't traditional tapas, it was pinchos/pinxos.
OMG the price of them!!!! WOW!!!! In Lanzarote, my local tapas place has a choice of about 25 tapas for €2.75 each or 5 for €12.50....... those price are CRAZY mad high!!!! BUT, they are right to say they are served when cooked, that's expected that they will come out when ready. Tapas shouldn't cost as much as that, you're looking at £3/4 per small portion.
When you come back to Lanzarote, I have to take you for tapas, proper, well priced, cooked in house daily tapas 😊
£5 for patatas bravas...... disgusting 🫤 Chorizo is not leftover sausage, especially not at that price, and all those portions are way too big, HOWEVER, I totally agree with you on the green rubbish, get it off, I HATE coriander and green rubbish on my food, don't want it, it wasn't on the menu, get lost!!!!
So yeh, it IS tapas food, but too big of a portion size and way too expensive. I can sen you a video link to a video explaining the whole idea of tapas if you want as it isn't a type of food really, it's an event with friends and family to take part in while drinking, just to make it more confusing lol.
Wow, even if the drinks were €6.25 in my local, a clay wheel with 5 tapas selections out of 25 ish would still only total €18.75, and that's in euros!!!! WOW!!! Yeh, I don't rate that for traditional tapas, sorry 🫤 It looked good apart from the green rubbish, way overpriced, to big of a portion, and a service charge to top it off..... 4.7/10
I would have had some of that ham off the bone. That looked good and would be nice with the bread and some cheese. I think you are suppposed to have tapas with wine at 10 pm or something. Enjoyed the video
true @MacMaster they did cover wine with bread , then story goes some would dip in the wine
Lovely to see you lovely Angie missed you tell Lee to take you next time
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That looked a lot more like the traditional tapas I had in Madrid once, as opposed to your any-shite-on-some-bread shop last week. The problem is Spain is not a small country and regional differences mean nobody can really claim 'this is the tapas of all tapases'. Oh, and you can stuff your service charge - the drinks were twice the price they should be for a kick-off!
Hello crew….. 17:46 - see those two small white plates? (yes you do) pour some balsamic vinegar into the centre, circle the dark puddle with olive oil and then grind on some coarse sea salt. The two liquids won’t mix so you can dip as much of each as you like but use plain fresh bread otherwise you’ll be “oiled out”... Maybe too you’ll look dead cosmopolitan doing this display and a great way to impress the birds with your culinary knowledge (well, we can but try….) A few white seedless grapes in a small bowl wouldn't be amiss either... 20:38 - oh my lawdy.. I can smell the garlic from here and I’m 150 miles away - TIP: stick to zoom meetings for the next few days if you’re going anywhere near that alioli :-) 24:20 - tapas is a hospitality accompaniment with a good friend and a few drinks; just as peanuts are at the Dog and Duck P.H. - you wouldn’t go into your local pub and order a main meal of deep fried cheese and onion crisps and a bag of KP nuts sautéed in ketchup with a wedge of pork scratchings (….. now, there’s an idea…) Tapas is a social thing not a meal…. Next time try a decent Spanish restaurant or pop back to Spoons… yay! In a Birmingham pig voice (for the older viewers) “Yer making’ me 'ungry Hartley” Keep up the great videos!
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That looked more like the tapas I know haha great tapas place in Keswick in the lake district called Bar Es! Love Phil x
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