{"id":11105,"date":"2014-09-24T13:27:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T11:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=11105"},"modified":"2016-10-03T14:48:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T12:48:44","slug":"paella-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/paella-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Which is the authentic Spanish paella?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first thing that many of my foreign friends ask me when they come to Barcelona is where can they eat authentic and affordable paella<\/a>.<\/strong> The truth is that there are several options if you want to enjoy a good paella<\/strong>, as we mentioned in one of our articles before, but the second question is: which is the “real” paella<\/strong> that every tourist should try and that is a reference for all the varieties of paella?<\/strong> The answer is doubtful: a Valencian person will tell you that the Valencian paella<\/strong>, with meat and various vegetables, is the “real” one; a person from Barcelona, probably will tell you that the seafood paella<\/strong> with prawns, mussels, octopus or cuttlefish is the \u201cgood paella<\/strong>\u201d; even some will tell you that the real one includes a mixture of the two varieties.<\/p>\n

The truth is that for me, that I’m from Barcelona, there is no authentic paella<\/strong>, it depends on your preferences and the ingredients you have at home if you’re going to cook it yourself. If you order paella<\/strong> in a restaurant you have to choose the one with the ingredients that you like the most or that one that suits your budget, as the seafood paella<\/strong> will always be more expensive than meat and vegetable one. You can even opt for an \u201carroz negro\u201d (black rice) if its appearance doesn\u2019t disgust you, as it\u2019s delicious.<\/p>\n

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