SPANISH COURSES IN SEVILLE

FOOD

Mediterranean cooking associated with the famous Mediterranean diet, which is so beneficial for health, is based on the trilogy of wheat, the olive tree and the grape, with other notable contributions from rice, legumes, garlic, vegetables and produce, cheese and yoghurt, fish, meat and eggs and fruit.

The variety and richness of its gastronomy, alongside the Spanish love for food and eating, makes it very easy to find a place to eat well, both in big cities as well as in small towns.

The timetables for all meals tend to be approximately an hour and a half later than the average in Europe, although the long opening hours of establishments allow each customer to maintain his or her usual schedule.

A price list tends to be posted at the entrance of restaurants, which often have a fixed menu of the day with usually reduced prices. Service is generally included in the price, although a non-obligatory five to ten percent tip may be given. Most restaurants tend to close one day a week, Sunday or Monday.

The Spanish tend to eat five times a day.

• Breakfast: The Spanish breakfast is very light: coffee or tea and toast. They have a second breakfast at about 11 which consists of coffee and sometimes toast

• Lunch: It is the main meal of the day. It tends to consist of two dishes and a dessert. It is very common to have fruit for dessert.

• Afternoon tea: It consists of a drink and sometimes a carbohydrate like a doughnut.

• Supper: Normally dinner is light. For example, soup, fish and fruit.

Timetable for meals: during the week it is common to have breakfast between 7 and 9 in the morning. Frequently lunch is between 14 and 15:30 h. And the usual time for supper is between 21 and 23 h.