Yes! North and south, east and west, love Spain. But seriously, even if you order something veggie like croquettes they’ll just put bacon on top of that lol. Or like you have dinner and they just casually bring you a tapa that has tuna in it without even asking if you’re eating fish. Like, the concept of not eating certain stuff seems alien to many places there.
I have no idea what people cook at home but your typical Spanish restaurant e.g. in Madrid or the south is tortilla de patatas, patatas bravas, croquettes (ideally with ham), lots of ham in general, some other potato stuff. Some seafood. I’m vegetarian and I just suffer there :D
Yeah definitely my fault that the mushroom croquettes come with surprise bacon on top or that a starter I had no idea I would be getting had tuna in it /s
Not my country so I am mostly laughing about it, but if I’d be Spanish and vegetarian I’d start riots lol
Croquettes are not “something veggie”. You can make them as breaded bechamel, but often they’re filled with pork ham or chicken bits. You may find more fancy varieties with seafood or mushrooms, but overall I wouldn’t consider them “something veggie”.
Is Spain primarily meat-eating? Yes. If that’s your concern, be upfront about it but don’t generalise saying that Spain cuisine sucks.
Idk with food it’s like, everyone has their own opinion, some people say pizza sucks and I’ll never understand that, but here we are.
Just out of curiosity: what do you imagine to be more “upfront” than saying "I am vegetarian“? Why would this be a secret or something that would devalue my opinion? I know how meat tastes and I like a good steak or fried/bbq chicken, I just decided not to eat that anymore.
So your main issue is they’re confusing vegetarian with pescetarian for no reason?
I’m vegetarian too, that happens basically everywhere (at least France, Belgium, Denmark, Poland). Some places they confuse it with veganism, but that’s obviously less of an issue.
Replace France with Germany and you have a list of places where I consider the food terrible as well :D
My main issue is just that it’s greasy food with barely any spices & very potato heavy, I just don’t like Spanish food and I don’t understand why some people are loving it so much. I’m not judging, it’s just not what I like. Apart from that as I said, Spain is together with Greece my favorite countries in the world.
Well a meat-centric cuisine sucks. As a german, I LOVE immigrants from india, arab countries, southern asia and where else they have real vegan meals that are TASTY
Have you ever been to Spain? I can’t remember the last time I had pork and potatoes
Yes! North and south, east and west, love Spain. But seriously, even if you order something veggie like croquettes they’ll just put bacon on top of that lol. Or like you have dinner and they just casually bring you a tapa that has tuna in it without even asking if you’re eating fish. Like, the concept of not eating certain stuff seems alien to many places there.
I have no idea what people cook at home but your typical Spanish restaurant e.g. in Madrid or the south is tortilla de patatas, patatas bravas, croquettes (ideally with ham), lots of ham in general, some other potato stuff. Some seafood. I’m vegetarian and I just suffer there :D
I see your main concern is that you order food without asking what it is or telling you’re vegetarian, and then complain they didn’t know.
Yeah definitely my fault that the mushroom croquettes come with surprise bacon on top or that a starter I had no idea I would be getting had tuna in it /s
Not my country so I am mostly laughing about it, but if I’d be Spanish and vegetarian I’d start riots lol
Croquettes are not “something veggie”. You can make them as breaded bechamel, but often they’re filled with pork ham or chicken bits. You may find more fancy varieties with seafood or mushrooms, but overall I wouldn’t consider them “something veggie”.
Is Spain primarily meat-eating? Yes. If that’s your concern, be upfront about it but don’t generalise saying that Spain cuisine sucks.
Idk with food it’s like, everyone has their own opinion, some people say pizza sucks and I’ll never understand that, but here we are.
Just out of curiosity: what do you imagine to be more “upfront” than saying "I am vegetarian“? Why would this be a secret or something that would devalue my opinion? I know how meat tastes and I like a good steak or fried/bbq chicken, I just decided not to eat that anymore.
So your main issue is they’re confusing vegetarian with pescetarian for no reason?
I’m vegetarian too, that happens basically everywhere (at least France, Belgium, Denmark, Poland). Some places they confuse it with veganism, but that’s obviously less of an issue.
Replace France with Germany and you have a list of places where I consider the food terrible as well :D
My main issue is just that it’s greasy food with barely any spices & very potato heavy, I just don’t like Spanish food and I don’t understand why some people are loving it so much. I’m not judging, it’s just not what I like. Apart from that as I said, Spain is together with Greece my favorite countries in the world.
Well a meat-centric cuisine sucks. As a german, I LOVE immigrants from india, arab countries, southern asia and where else they have real vegan meals that are TASTY
A vegan without tofu or curry? Never.
Nothing against primarily-vegetarian or vegan cuisines. I’m only against saying “this cuisine suck” when you really mean “I don’t like it”.
The point was “pigs and potatos without spices” so yeah, sounds like it sucked too