Paella for the People

Paella is a traditional Spanish rice dish.  It is made with arborio rice and you dump in whatever leftovers you have in the fridge.  The best I had was on the beaches of Spain 20 years ago.   Valencian Gold just re-opened in Vegas.  It is not often you find paella on a menu so we had to try.  Firefly also does paella but the original location is dark and dreary inside.  VG has a nice bright location and atmosphere.   I would have preferred a different music selection than the rap crap playing.  They have real Iberian jamon hanging from the ceiling and cook the paella in real pans over an open fire.  We chose a couple of tapas and the seafood paella.  It wasn’t excessively large so we had room for dessert.  Food presentation was top notch.

Croquetas were very good
Pan con tomate y boquerones (bread with tomato and fish).
Paella Mariscos: The rice caramelizes to the pan. I think I like the Firefly paella better as they do a ‘kitchen sink’ version with peas, chicken, chorizo, and seafood.  I know some paella purists prefer it this way.
Honey Toast: apples, honey, and caramel over a very soft bread

 

 

 

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