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ALICANTE, SPAIN
CELEBRATE LIVING
Alicante is located on Spain's eastern coast, about halfway down the Costa Blanca to the south of Valencia and Benidorm. Alicante is one of Spain's oldest cities, tracing its history back to the Romans more than 2,000 years ago. It’s famous for its excellent weather. It offers countless sightseeing attractions- cathedrals and churches, stunning beaches, amazing Mediterranean weather, and a very vibrant nightlife-if you can handle the late hours. In fact, just 45 minutes drive north of Alicante is another haven for night birds. Benidorm is very popular due to it's many bars, restaurants and fun attractions for kids and adults, such as Terra Mitica, Terra Natura, Mundomar and Aqualandia.
The Spanish truly love to live. And this passion is the main ingredient found in their cuisine.
SAVOUR ALICANTE
Alicate, like most of Spain, is famous for its cuisine. Almost every restaurant in Alicante offers some variation of paella, the country’s most celebrated dish. The traditional one-pan recipe pairs short-grained rice with ingredients like rabbit, chicken, seafood and snails. The all-seafood version, often taken by outsiders to be the most authentic paella, is actually a later development.
Alicante cuisine, always brings two things to mind: freshness and quality. The local cuisine adds its own original flavour to its paella dishes by giving big importance to the rice and fish combination. A must-try is paella a la alicantina, a lovely combination of rice and chicken or pork, tender artichokes, and seasoned with a touch of red or green pepper and the arroz a banda (rice in fish broth).
One thing visit you should bear in mind is that late hours observed in Spanish kitchens are taken to an extreme here: Except at a few tourist establishments, it's bad form to turn up for lunch before 2 p.m., or for dinner before 9:30. Here’s a great way to bring home the special flavors of Alicante.
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西班牙阿利坎特
享受生活
阿利坎特位于西班牙東部沿海,在阿利坎特以北,有著名的沿海城市巴倫西亞和貝尼多姆,這幾個(gè)城市所處的地帶被稱(chēng)為白色海岸。阿利坎特是西班牙最古老的城市之一,其歷史可以追溯到2,000多年前的古羅馬時(shí)代。阿利坎特以天氣宜人而聞名遐邇。它是觀光旅游的勝地,這里有大大小小的教堂,有令人流連往返的海灘,有風(fēng)情獨(dú)特的地中海式天氣。一天的活動(dòng)過(guò)后,如果晚上您仍有興致,不妨體驗(yàn)一下這里多姿多彩的夜生活吧。 說(shuō)到夜生活,阿利坎特以北的貝尼多姆是一個(gè)好去處。您只需驅(qū)車(chē)45分鐘即可到達(dá)。貝尼多姆之所以深受游客的青睞,是因?yàn)檫@里有許多酒吧、餐館和游樂(lè)場(chǎng)所,無(wú)論兒童還是成年人都可以找到他們的樂(lè)趣,重要的娛樂(lè)休閑場(chǎng)所有泰惹•米提克(Terra Mitica)、泰惹•納特惹(Terra Natura)、芒多瑪(Mundomar)和安闊藍(lán)迪亞(Aqualandia)。 西班牙人真誠(chéng)地?zé)釔?ài)生活,他們向游客奉獻(xiàn)的精美菜肴,不僅原料上乘,而且傾注著他們對(duì)生活的激情。
阿利坎特風(fēng)味
像西班牙的大多數(shù)地方一樣,阿利坎特也以菜肴精美而聞名。在阿利坎特,幾乎每個(gè)餐館都可以向客人提供西班牙什錦海鮮飯,這是西班牙最流行的菜肴。西班牙什錦海鮮飯采用“一鍋燴”的方式,主要成分有細(xì)粒米、兔肉、雞肉、海鮮和蝸牛等。外地游客往往認(rèn)為只有全海鮮的菜式才是真正的西班牙什錦海鮮飯,其實(shí)這是一種誤解,全海鮮的菜式只不過(guò)是后來(lái)才流行起來(lái)的。
阿利坎特菜肴給人的印象最深的是新鮮、優(yōu)質(zhì)。事實(shí)上,西班牙什錦海鮮飯只是一個(gè)概括性的名稱(chēng),在不同的地方,都有其獨(dú)特的地方風(fēng)味,這種獨(dú)特性主要體現(xiàn)在米和魚(yú)的搭配比例。您可以嘗試著為自己和家人烹調(diào)有一種阿利坎特風(fēng)味的西班牙什錦海鮮飯,您可以嘗試一下:向平底鍋中加入大米,雞肉或豬肉,鮮嫩的洋薊,另加少許干辣椒或鮮辣椒,并向鍋中加入魚(yú)塊和魚(yú)湯。
到西班牙旅游的游客應(yīng)注意:當(dāng)?shù)厝擞貌蜁r(shí)間較晚,除少數(shù)專(zhuān)門(mén)為外地游客服務(wù)的機(jī)構(gòu)外,午餐應(yīng)在下午2點(diǎn)后,晚餐在晚上9:30后。
即使足不出戶(hù),您也可以品嘗到具有阿利坎特風(fēng)味的菜肴。 |