Food 2: Paella

We all know that Paella is a typical dish here in barcelona, although when my parents came to visit we went to an amazing place that we got a perfect paella and a monk fish dish .this was called Cal Pinxo and it is right on the port. My entire family went got a wine and split two large portions, which easily filled us up. The paella was to die for, so rich and decadent and the monk fish was caught fresh and cooked to perfection. I would definately reccomend this restaurnat to another visitor although it was a bit on the expensive side. Paella is made up of:

• 1/2 pint of olive oil
• 10 mussels
• 10 clams
• 2 oz boneless pork, diced
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 6 oz onions, chopped fine
• 1 medium tomato, skinned, seeded and chopped
• 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and cut into thin strips
• 1 small green bell pepper, seeded and cut into thin strips
• 1 small yellow bell pepper, seeded and cut into thin strips
• 32 oz skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into chunks
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 24 oz lobster claws
• 24 oz rice
• 3 cups (48 fl. oz) chicken broth
• 1/4 teaspoon saffron
• 2 chorizo sausages, cooked and cut into chunks
• 10 uncooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 4 oz peas
• 4 tablespoon capers
• Lemon wedges, to garnish

this was not my first paella though, i had my first paella in Valencia , which is known as the home of paella, i would say that they are pretty similar and Barcelona doenst have to try very hard to represent itself in the Paella world, cal pinxo does the job!