Is This SPANISH TAPAS in BENIDORM SPAIN AUTHENTIC or NOT? Let's END THIS ARGUMENT RIGHT NOW!

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  • Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024

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  • @clementsphil
    @clementsphil Год назад +7

    Tapas absolutely came about through using a piece of bread or meat (usually salted - to keep the customer drinking) to cover a drink. In Spanish, Tapas are 'covers' or 'tops'. Over time, bar owners would add a small sample of the local food specialities as a way of selling meals to their clientele. Small 'porciones' are individual tapas and 'raciones' are tapas that are designed to share. Must admit that whilst I baulk at some tapas (or at least did when I went to Seville - Octopus tentacles in particular I just couldn't tackle), others are very simple but extremely tasty!

    • @alanthomson1227
      @alanthomson1227 Год назад +1

      Octopus is lovely , any time it’s on manu I get it , much better than calamari , although whole baby squid excellent

  • @davidbaugh4754
    @davidbaugh4754 Год назад +3

    Mac - your description of tapas is spot on. Spanish tapa, literally ‘cover, lid’ (because the dishes were given free with the drink, served on a dish balanced on, therefore ‘covering’, the glass).

  • @karlsmith25
    @karlsmith25 3 месяца назад +2

    i love tapas alley, best part of benidorm, and the old town shops etc

  • @davidbott3826
    @davidbott3826 Год назад +3

    According to Google ( lol) there are three types of tapas , 'cocas de picar' (things to nibble like nuts , olives etc) Pinchos where a toothpick is required to eat or are served on a skewer ( shrimp etc ) and finally Cazuelas ' little dishes ' small portions of food served in a sauce like meat balls . Either way if the food is good and at a reasonable price , does it matter what it's called 🤷🏼‍♂️😁 great vlog as usual Lee 👍🏻

  • @flysteve100
    @flysteve100 Год назад +3

    See, Phil and Janet were right all along . So nice to see you eating something that wasn't crispy on the outside and fluffy in the middle.

  • @sarakirk9542
    @sarakirk9542 Год назад +2

    Hey Lee and Geoff! Just catching up on your videos. Have had a bad spell in hospital the last few days. Just got home and am recovering. To the tapas - Little food on little plates I think that’s the gist of tapas there. What does it matter which is which. And it’s nice where can you go wrong. Blimey the amount of electric scooters there. Can understand why it’s so popular as it’s a flat promenade. Take care 😘👍🏻

  • @rob103rl
    @rob103rl Год назад +6

    Tapa means lid in Spanish, the lid is the baguette... you're right MM! Edit: I think you and Geoff should do another Beni trip in summer, sure to be wild 🙂

  • @Cockermadman
    @Cockermadman Год назад +7

    I think the problem with this tapas is ,tapas is supposed to be bite size , but with your gob ,it's about right 😂

    • @dee9917
      @dee9917 Год назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @stephentaylor2225
    @stephentaylor2225 Год назад +2

    Paid a visit to La Cava Aragonesa last week. Definitely the best. A must try is the Zarajo, lamb stomach in garlic sauce €4.25 and worth every cent.

  • @mell_gif
    @mell_gif Год назад +3

    1:33 I genuinely laughed my head off Lee.
    Loving these little new editing additions 😂
    Keep them going 👍🏻

  • @moose6676
    @moose6676 Год назад +2

    Modern day Tapas Mc, looks just fine to me, not one complaint here, haven’t said that I’ll have to try it myself next month. Enjoying your blog mate, keep em coming. Best of luck 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @triciaslater4783
    @triciaslater4783 Год назад +5

    No to bread tapas. Usually small dishes with ibero ham, garlic pots, calimari, gambas, spiced peppers etc etc etc

    • @Guapaahi
      @Guapaahi Год назад

      That is raciones TAPAS is always served on a slice of baguette. Like a sandwich is served on bread ..

  • @markhagerty9232
    @markhagerty9232 Год назад +1

    These benidorm videos are the best ever...glad you finally took the plunge this year cos they're brilliant

  • @TheJay1471
    @TheJay1471 Год назад +3

    Just going through your uploads Mac as iv been a Chef for 30 years worked all over the world , that to me is not Tapas ! , I had a Tapas bar and most of my clients were Spanish , everything home made 6 fresh breads on a morning 10 dishes was 35 euros on a lazy Sunday evening ! , do like your channel though !

  • @daz222
    @daz222 Год назад +1

    It is one of the believed starts of the tapas with bread and ham to cover a drink, called a pinxo/pincho, but tapas is more about the experience, there's a great video on another channel if I can mention that? Goes through what to expect at a tapas evening/event'meeting/experience etc, basically small bits of food that are cheap, eaten over the course of a couple of hours with friends, ordering a tapa 10/20 minutes after each one, or even moving from bar to bar having a drink and a tapa in each bar (great tapas tours around Madrid!!). It's been lost with tourism really.
    Oooooo you went for lomo!!!!! I love it!!!! It's like the meat part of the bacon/bacon medallion, but seasoned in a spicy paprika sauce on the outside! Great price, tapas looked great, if you'd of spread that out over a couple of hours with another couple of tapa each, then that would of been very genuine as they weren't all served on bread as pinxos 😊 And lomo tapa! Never seen that before! 9.2!!!!! How dare you get a scooter just to film and be funny!!!!! I'm telling Janice!!!! 😆

  • @angierobinson5570
    @angierobinson5570 Год назад +2

    Love eating in tapas alley one of my favourite places 🥰

  • @daviddolphin7803
    @daviddolphin7803 Год назад +1

    You're correct! Tapas was originally a piece of bread provided to cover your drink and stop the flies getting in. Most of the genuine all Spanish places serve tapas free with a drink and are meant to be a very small selection of the food on offer. The places in Benidorm where you go are serving a variation but are far to big to be an original idea of a tapas and as far as I am concerned have been adapted to corner the 'British' taste for have something slightly more substantial to eat ie: 'The Open Sandwich'. Fifty years ago you would never have seen anything like the size and style of those tapas!

    • @paulaemartin674
      @paulaemartin674 Год назад

      Tapas ally is frequented by Spanish The Tapas in Tapas alley you pay for Price depending on what you order The are Spanish Owned and Spanish staffed

  • @sarahwhittle9931
    @sarahwhittle9931 Год назад +1

    Great Video of Tapas and I Love Benidorm in Spain 🇪🇸 and I go there Every year and I go there once a year

  • @rayclarine793
    @rayclarine793 Год назад +1

    Thanks for the updates the real tapas are just fantastic

  • @lesles23
    @lesles23 Год назад +1

    There are all sorts of tapas & varieties.
    Join up with "Ana" the Benidorm vologger to introduce you to Spanish food.
    Tapas means Top in Spanish. A small potion of food given with a drink. A great alternative to a full meal. Several different potions of food to try.
    Thank for the great content 🙏
    Geoff.. wishing you a speedy recovery 🙏
    Thailand misses ❤️ you..keep smiling 😃

  • @allaneardley4464
    @allaneardley4464 Год назад +1

    You 2 are having a whale of a time out there. Enjoy. Great vlog again. Thanks

  • @Packaging_man
    @Packaging_man Год назад +1

    Tapas is a selection of small plates which is exactly what you got. Fantastic 👍

  • @TravelHonestly
    @TravelHonestly Год назад +1

    Those scooters were like a real life Mario Kart 🤣🤣🤣

  • @chrisdickinson3168
    @chrisdickinson3168 Год назад +2

    That's tapas. Tapas means small plates. Actually was surprised how nice it looked. I had benidorm down as just being lots of greasy spoons and English restaurants with pictures of food in then menus for those that can't read

  • @stephaniewhite9526
    @stephaniewhite9526 Год назад

    Its wonderful to see you back in Benidorm. I have two more Benidorm videos to watch now too. This is better than Netflix !! Great to see Geoff too.

  • @jackparks96
    @jackparks96 Год назад +1

    Looks good! not the usual tapas that I'm used too but I would give it a go - cant argue with the price

  • @markydarky34
    @markydarky34 Год назад

    really nice to see you both,2 of my favourite you tubers. Sounds like your voice is coming back Lee.
    keep up the good videos, I'm going back tomorrow via Birmingham. that was the best part of my holiday bumping into you both. take care.

  • @dpaudits
    @dpaudits Год назад

    Absolutely makes me smile the way you and Geoff have a friendship amazing guys! Would love to have a week endnjn benidorm with u guys in there as a family July 22nd

  • @martinquinn9007
    @martinquinn9007 Год назад +2

    Can't wait over end of month love beniorm people ask why say it Blackpool

  • @alanbstard3642
    @alanbstard3642 Год назад +2

    Spent many a happy hour in those old town bars a bit further up from where you are and the tapas is free as long as you are drinking 😊😊 be there again in July Lee 😀 😉

  • @Bill-01
    @Bill-01 Год назад +2

    You two would make great bar owners in Benny... 🍻🍺🍷🍹🍸😂 The Onwards Bar... 👍

  • @garylivesey7571
    @garylivesey7571 Год назад +1

    The Tapas looked great pretty good value too, Cant beleive the specky barsteward if i was in beni and got an invite to join Davey and Carter for a tapas the wife would have to wait!!!🤣

  • @williambennett7699
    @williambennett7699 Год назад +2

    I love your choice of music for the scooter scenes😆 Gangster!

  • @paulaemartin674
    @paulaemartin674 Год назад +3

    The TAPAS in Tapas Ally you pay for different prices for different ones They are not free .They are run by Spanish and Frequented by Spanish They call them Tapas so who are we to argue . the TAPAS you get t for free are very small But then if you are paying between 1.50/1.80 for the drink and a tapa it's small

  • @stephenwood5003
    @stephenwood5003 Год назад +1

    Great vlogging Geoff, really enjoyed the footage of the alleyways in the old town, food looked delicious 👍

  • @davidnm21
    @davidnm21 Год назад

    It’s been a while since I’ve had Tapas but yes I do like it. I never knew the purpose of it was to cover your drink with a piece of bread. I kind of imagined it was small dishes of different foods. Learn something every day. Beautiful weather there Lee. Freezing here in UK.

  • @avitads
    @avitads Год назад

    Hi mate loving the content. Went to benidorm last week after seeing your last videos, stayed in gran bali. Just a quick question. Can you review the hotels and room you stay in with prices ect that would be amazing. If that's not your cup of tea don't worry just an idea. More content to put out aswell. See ya soon my friend on the next vid. 👍👍👍👍

  • @CiderGuy
    @CiderGuy Год назад +2

    Who cares what they’re called, they’re pintxos btw. 😄 They looked great, can’t wait to try them myself next month. I did laugh though when you see a whole chorizo sausage on a small piece of bread, quite bizarre really. 😆👍

  • @spekkyBarsteward
    @spekkyBarsteward Год назад +1

    I wish id stayed for tapas now it looked fantastic. My dinner wasn't quite as good. Pizza didn't do it for me. #freedom #SBA 😎 enjoy the rest of your time in benidorm...... Leeroy 😉

    • @TheMacMaster
      @TheMacMaster  Год назад +2

      Hey. Greet to meet you. Good luck with the channel. 👍🏼🕶️

  • @LoremIpsum1970
    @LoremIpsum1970 Год назад +2

    Those menu choices looked much better than what you tried last time. I'd still ditch the bread as it'll fill you up too fast 🤣

  • @billymanners5752
    @billymanners5752 Год назад

    That was lovely that that many people recognized you truly is a gift from God you have been blessed

  • @petesinclair8753
    @petesinclair8753 Год назад +1

    Love Tapas alley, always visit when I'm there, great video Mac keep it going mate 👍

  • @TravelMaster69
    @TravelMaster69 Год назад +4

    It is Tapas but not Authentic. Tapas is small portion of anything. Best Tapas bars close to marinas or market. Andalusia you get Free tapas with every alcoholic drink. Try Malaga stunning or Torremolinos and Benalmadena.

  • @janinehawkins9565
    @janinehawkins9565 Год назад +2

    Looked nice but I am gonna be a Janice 😂. Should be in a Spanish bar and you get what they have put onto the bar. No chilled cabinets where you select as part of a menu. Go to Barcelona or Seville, Malaga. Great vlog as always 😍

    • @paulaemartin674
      @paulaemartin674 Год назад

      They are Spanish owned and there is an enormous selection Frequented by Spanish It's packed there do the Tapas are prepared and kept cold They couldn't make the Tapas quick enough if not prepared Beforehand

    • @janinehawkins9565
      @janinehawkins9565 Год назад +1

      ​@@paulaemartin674 exactly what I am saying. In the old Spanish quarters you don't select, you get what they have prepared for that day and evening. No chillers to select from. Buy a drink and some tapas given for a set price. You take what is given like it or not.

  • @sarahwhittle9931
    @sarahwhittle9931 Год назад +1

    Enjoy Benidorm in Spain 🇪🇸

  • @rhydianwilliams6500
    @rhydianwilliams6500 Год назад

    Absolutely loved your videos with Geoff this week, keep them coming. Brilliant. 😂 .

  • @droneman2734
    @droneman2734 Год назад

    lee i have enjoyed all your vidios very keep sending them john nottingham thanks

  • @johnbowyer6902
    @johnbowyer6902 Год назад +1

    I suppose that the value, with wine, is very good; I've never had Tapas, but I would think that, to some extent, Tapas alley may have been 'doctored-up' for the tourist's palette.
    Going out to a small Spanish provincial town and trying their Tapas'
    May give you a proper, genuine offer.

  • @1961renaud
    @1961renaud Год назад

    Hi Lee, you were probably in the best tapas bar in Benidorm there, food looks great. I always have what Jeff was eating, superb. There’s also another cheaper tapas area called Taperia La Mina. It’s a small square with a few tapas bars in it. 6 tapas and a bottle of wine €6. Enjoying the vids! Steve Crawley

  • @mccarthyjohn576
    @mccarthyjohn576 Год назад +2

    Still not sold on Tapas, its leftovers on bread isn't it. Gonna check out Carters vlog. 10/10 for selling that crap, 5/10 for what you got, the wine made it worthwhile, the Enemy agrees.

    • @Johndeplume.
      @Johndeplume. Год назад

      When out drinking, will have to agree with you, John. It's not for me either. Give me a bag of pork scratchings and plenty of ale, and that'll do me.

  • @tombowler6458
    @tombowler6458 Год назад

    I was really impressed with the diverse range of food on display there.
    Tapas goes beyond Chorizo, Olives, Serrano ham, Manchego cheese and Patatas Bravas

  • @mrkirkby2340
    @mrkirkby2340 Год назад +1

    Yeah the bread to keep the fly's off is true then an eagle eyed pub owner saw the people .nibbling on the bread and saw a business opportunity,also top tip I wore a new white polo shirt and got the oily chorizo down the front thought it was bin time ,but a guy got two baby wipes put one on the inside of the stain one on the outside told me to press them together for two mins and it worked a dream

  • @livinginromania
    @livinginromania Год назад

    No patatas bravas? I've never had them on bread. They are starters to be enjoyed as you glug sherry or wine. Would love you to visit Italy Lee where you get free snacks in bars as long as you keep drinking. Try Bologna or Trieste, where I fell in love with Aperol Spritz. Larger versions of tapas are called raciones. Enjoying your vids with Geoff.

  • @Superbokka
    @Superbokka Год назад +1

    I've heard that the reason they stuck Lime Wedges in beers was to keep the flies out too so there must be some truth to the bread Tapas story too.

  • @junemccann5981
    @junemccann5981 Год назад

    Looked lovely Lee. 🥰🌞🥰Xxx

  • @jezwotton2126
    @jezwotton2126 Год назад

    Hey , I might dip in & out of your vids ( they're all good viewing) but Mac , you're still the Master!

  • @colinrattray816
    @colinrattray816 Год назад

    Looked like a great part of Benidorm, food looked fantastic, amazing value!

  • @davidcartwright5591
    @davidcartwright5591 Год назад +2

    Lee , when you get to Sydney , a bit of advice my friend … just do not even whisper Tap ass , you’ll get something you haven’t bargained for 😀😀

  • @PeterHough-z8z
    @PeterHough-z8z 2 месяца назад

    Lee it's looks amazing mate hope you enjoy it we go to the one in the old town a little bit up the road past Vincent's it's a fantastic meal there mate and you will not be disappointed mate

  • @mdk5112
    @mdk5112 Год назад +1

    Another great video,have to say im not a Tapas person but i might give it a try!

  • @darrell4328
    @darrell4328 Год назад +1

    I expected a fancy sawcer of chips 😂😂😂😂😂😂
    Great vid dude 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @robertmoss279
    @robertmoss279 Год назад

    Tapas or not Tapas, that is the question.
    Looked like Tapas to me, at the end of the day it looked good and different to the norm in Benny.
    Anyway love your channel and content, with so many places to eat, your information is priceless.
    Geoff/Lee thank you 👍🇬🇧

  • @kcu189
    @kcu189 Год назад +1

    Hell's grannies from Monty Python would have loved those mobility scooters.

  • @marvinbush9330
    @marvinbush9330 Год назад +2

    Hey, if you say it's tapas and they say it's tapas, then it is tapas. Frankly, I'm not completly sure what it is myself.🤔🤔🤔

  • @markmangan845
    @markmangan845 Год назад +1

    😊😎👍

  • @GrrMeister
    @GrrMeister Год назад +1

    9:45 *Google says "Tapas are basically small plates of food. They're essentially bar snacks served alongside beer or wine. Traditionally they would have been free with each drink but times have changed" Not 'alf' what a rip off !*

  • @barthnortheast
    @barthnortheast Год назад +2

    By the barmaid looked happy

  • @3enLiamMichael
    @3enLiamMichael Год назад

    Great video as always Lee, but as I said last time. This is not Tapas! 🤣 give me a shout & I'll take you for some solid authentic tapas in the NW mate. 👊🏻🍷 hope you enjoyed Benidorm.

  • @TinaR622
    @TinaR622 Год назад

    Hi Lee they looked like tapas to me, Spanish small plates,I’ve had tapas in Spain and in the UK all very similar , as long as they taste good 👍😀

  • @susannah1184
    @susannah1184 Год назад

    Looked lovely. Just like Benidorm xx

  • @yorkshireoz9416
    @yorkshireoz9416 Год назад

    Great vlog & the Tapas looked superb - well priced too.

  • @trendingsoftware
    @trendingsoftware Год назад

    My geography isn't good but where are you in the UK doing this review?
    Weather looks good, so is it south coast?
    Cheers
    Phil

  • @tommyscouselad
    @tommyscouselad Год назад +2

    putting the bread and dish over your drink is a true fact

  • @deborahallen8556
    @deborahallen8556 Год назад

    Brilliant vlogs
    Next time you go to benidorm try the sangria and cocktails in bar 69. The best ever and it's old town tapas alley next to the bar you and Geoff were in. Would love you to review it

  • @RobertLogue-um8zm
    @RobertLogue-um8zm 2 месяца назад

    Hi Lee I am going to tenerffe on the first of October going to palms chip shop looking forward to it I hope you will meet me there

  • @deborahdeaney9225
    @deborahdeaney9225 Год назад

    Tapas looks good,nice to see y doing something different.. Also good the mobility scooter bit. 😀

  • @ManCity4Ever
    @ManCity4Ever Год назад

    Another interesting vlog Lee.Those tapas looked amazing.

  • @telawsonartzy6880
    @telawsonartzy6880 Год назад

    Great vlog, great channel, and fantastic tapas so glad subscribers are over 100K.....!!!FINALLY!!!!

  • @jamesboswell760
    @jamesboswell760 Год назад +1

    The bit in your last video where he rode behind you staring at your food was great! Then you pretend not to know where he was at the end of the video.

  • @johnhuntingdon
    @johnhuntingdon Год назад

    Thought the Cafe India vlog was as the best one you’ve ever done, certainly the best looking food. How about trying Albufiera for a week, buzzing place with lots of great eateries?

  • @sttevejackson
    @sttevejackson Год назад

    Keep smiling Geoff great vlog as usual

  • @lisalock8009
    @lisalock8009 Год назад

    we have never tried tapas silly question is it served hot or cold ?

    • @Guapaahi
      @Guapaahi Год назад +1

      Depends what you order

  • @torbenyj
    @torbenyj Год назад +1

    Born to be Wild 🙂

  • @ryanhession6244
    @ryanhession6244 Год назад

    You make me so hungry watching the channel lee lol
    I don’t know where you put if all tho like. You as a Recommendation try Yorkshire pride for food you would love it Huge portions and nice drinks 🙂

  • @SteveMaggs
    @SteveMaggs Год назад

    Love tapas alley. Couldn’t find any crab tapas last year when I was there. I would give it a 8.5 on what I saw. The last one didn’t do it for me.

  • @Justino_Nicolás
    @Justino_Nicolás Год назад +2

    Must be Orlando tapas from Dennys. Andalucia for proper tapas.

  • @Megavector2022
    @Megavector2022 Год назад

    I think Geoff got it right on his vlog when he said he asked a Spanish lady about tapas authenticity. She said the tapas on bread was authentic, tapas alley, eating bread based tapas at a tapas bar ...no brainer, it's tapas. Beep- beep.

  • @dentydent6423
    @dentydent6423 Год назад +1

    Omg! Phil and Janice 9.04

  • @briangledhill5717
    @briangledhill5717 Год назад +1

    The bread is bara pan bread of the day +topping is TAPAS 👍

  • @JB-pw4zk
    @JB-pw4zk Год назад

    Thanks for the vid, was at Tapas Alley today enjoying the food and drinks

  • @martinquinn9007
    @martinquinn9007 Год назад +2

    Lots of nice Spanish places to eat.not just tapas

  • @allcopopy
    @allcopopy Год назад

    Bar 69 near Tapas ally in the background best sangria ln Benidorm 👍👍👌

  • @raymondmunroe5459
    @raymondmunroe5459 Год назад +4

    Fly into Malaga and drive into Granada and sample some real Spanish food

  • @tridentmusic5570
    @tridentmusic5570 Год назад

    10.58. I thought Wow, He's going for it ! (Then I realised . There was only one...and it didn't go MOO) X.

  • @KAM-666
    @KAM-666 Год назад +2

    What Monaco is to F1, Benidorm is to Mobility scooters😂

  • @SolitaireMystic
    @SolitaireMystic Год назад

    Hope you are feeling better Lee...... Tapas 😊no I don't think so 😁❤️💎 X

  • @AniGstring
    @AniGstring Год назад

    What's that place called where you had the AMAZING chips and pie in Benidorm?

    • @jodiecoates4181
      @jodiecoates4181 Год назад +1

      I think it was sherrys bar in the old town

  • @michaelwalton4118
    @michaelwalton4118 Год назад

    Eaten there myself great tapas and a good vibe. 👍

  • @thesimulatorguy4248
    @thesimulatorguy4248 Год назад +1

    You should have gotten youre scottish friend to say.. purple burglar alarm... its so amusing

  • @gwenfrance1779
    @gwenfrance1779 Год назад

    Good price for what you both had, looked great. I never know what to choose in those tapas places, so tends to put me off.