What a delight to know that today is National Spanish Paella Day. I actually had no idea that there was a national day for this delicious Spanish dish until yesterday. Isn’t it fun that they have a special celebration for just about everything every single day? 🙂
If you have been following us for quite sometime now, you already know by now that we are huge fans of seafood over here. I grew up eating seafood because my hometown is located by the ocean and fresh seafood abounds everyday. My hometown is actually known as the Tuna Capital of the Philippines.
If you know our country’s history, we were greatly influenced by the Spanish seeing that they colonized us for over three hundred years before America’s arrival. That said, Paella is already a common and popular dish in the Philippines and we have given it our own twist. Wikipedia has an explanation for the Filipino version called Paelya. It originated in Spain, but this dish is offered in many Filipino restaurants.
This picture was taken on my birthday celebration last year. I was surprised to see this dish on the menu actually since it is a Latin restaurant.
See all those goodies. It was a seafood galore plate. There was shrimp, mussels, catch and calamari plus sausage.
I have tried preparing paella here at home before following a recipe that I found online, but I didn’t get to take a picture. I must have been super duper hungry then because that would be the only reason why I forgot to take a picture before I ate it. 🙂
Now thinking about Paella and looking at this picture makes me want to prepare this dish again and add it on our menu. I’ll bet my son would be very glad if I do.
Have you had Paella before?
We have a few family members that this is probably their favorite meal. Whenever they go to a restaurant that offers it that is hands-down always with the kids. It looks delicious and it would be fun to try to make it.
This is one dish we have not tried. Will have get the ingredients and make it for my family
I never had Paella before but the dish look delicious. I am going to find me recipe to try it out.
My son loves seafood and I do not cook it for him too often. Palla is a great dish so I will get the ingredients for this special dish
This looks really good. My kids love their seafood, so I can see them gobbling it down.
Now I’m craving Paella! That dish looks delicious and we are huge seafood lovers at my house.
I have not had Paella before. Looking at your picture, I definitely want a serving now.
I love Spanish dishes. I really wish I liked seafood though. I bet growing up around it helped you develop a taste far earlier than most!
I have never had it before, but your photos make me want to try it. I had no idea that there was a national day for it either.
National Spanish Paella Day is a delicious day indeed! I could go for some of this right now. It sounds like a good dinner idea.
I had no idea there was a day just for paella. Now that I know, I will always celebrate it!
I have never had paella, but it does look delicious! I love trying out new recipes, and I’ll have to try making my own.
I can’t even remember when was the last time I ate paella. I really need to eat it again!
How have I never tried paella?! It sounds and looks delicious. I need to make this one of these weeks!
I’ve never had Paella before but it looks delicious! I think my husband would love it as well.
I’ve never had paella but I’m not a seafood eater. My husband loves it though. Happy belated Birthday!
This looks very interesting! I love sausage and seafood, but I’ve never tried them together. I guess we will have to try it the next time we end up in a Spanish restaurant. I’m not sure if I want to experiment making this myself the first time, looks complicated.