Convenience buying (since drive-through liquor stores are not enough) - by heywood
rachel on 10/7/2024 at 22:28
Fancy! In Barcelona I would just go for an old-fashioned post-party kebab hehe :cool:
Subjective Effect on 11/7/2024 at 08:17
See, this just demonstrates how different people's priorities are. I don't feel I can really have an opinion on the existence of drive through services of any kind since there must be demand.
And rachel's email is the perfect demonstration of difference - if I were fortunate enough to be in Barcelona I'd not be having a kebab but something more decidedly Spanish.
Harvester on 11/7/2024 at 08:21
Quote Posted by rachel
Fancy! In Barcelona I would just go for an old-fashioned post-party kebab hehe :cool:
Yes, kebab and shoarma (shawarma?) are also very popular post-party food. Those kebab/shoarma places are often open until very late in the night for that reason.
Starker on 11/7/2024 at 09:41
Isn't it more just any fast-food place that stays open late, though? Here it's McDonald's, for example, that drunk people flock to in the middle of the night.
SD on 11/7/2024 at 12:02
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
if I were fortunate enough to be in Barcelona I'd not be having a kebab but something more decidedly Spanish.
I would be having whatever I could find that didn't have meat or fish in it. Tough place for veggies, Spain.
DuatDweller on 11/7/2024 at 13:57
This is starting to look like some game I played some years ago, system shock 2.....
now where is Shodan?
rachel on 11/7/2024 at 14:47
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
And rachel's email is the perfect demonstration of difference - if I were fortunate enough to be in Barcelona I'd not be having a kebab but something more decidedly Spanish.
My guy, if you find a place in Barna that's open past midnight and claims to serve “Spanish” food, I can most likely guarantee it's a tourist trap. You might find a decent empanadas joint but that's more Argentinean/Chilean.
Real Spanish food is for daytime.
Subjective Effect on 11/7/2024 at 22:12
Quote Posted by SD
I would be having whatever I could find that didn't have meat or fish in it. Tough place for veggies, Spain.
Dude, are you serious? There's loads of veggie stuff in Spain! Patats bravas, spinach and garbanzo beans, pisto etc. Escalivada!!! Spanish gazpacho? And if you're in the Basque country loads of the pintox are veggie. You can get veggie paella even.
But yeah, there's a lot of meat. And it's
good meat. I'm going to Spain (again again!) later in summer. Looking forward to it and the food is one big reason.
Quote Posted by rachel
My guy, if you find a place in Barna that's open past midnight and claims to serve “Spanish” food, I can most likely guarantee it's a tourist trap. You might find a decent empanadas joint but that's more Argentinean/Chilean.
Mmmm empanadas!!! :thumb:
SD on 11/7/2024 at 23:33
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
Dude, are you serious? There's loads of veggie stuff in Spain! Patats bravas, spinach and garbanzo beans, pisto etc. Escalivada!!! Spanish gazpacho? And if you're in the Basque country loads of the pintox are veggie. You can get veggie paella even.
Can't say I've ever seen veggie paella, and patatas bravas usually has chicken stock in it. But yeah, I can eat cold tomato soup and spinach, lucky me.
Fortunately I like egg and chips, as everywhere seems to serve that.
You can actually buy veggie burgers in Spanish supermarkets now, so they at least acknowledge the existence of vegetarians these days. That is a step forward. I would estimate Spain is still about 40 years behind the UK though.
