World Paella Day will be celebrated in Galway this year with a week of paellas being served at Cava Bodega, culminating in a tasting event on Sunday, 24 September.
The event celebrating Valencia’s most famous dish has been held internationally for the last five years, growing in popularity each year.
The diversity of paella dishes will be celebrated with a range of special paellas at Cava Bodega on Middle Street in Galway City.
During Paella Week, from 5pm to 7pm each evening, guests can enjoy a special paella for two, plus two glasses of sherry for €30.
Each day will have a different paella special, and guests can expect meat, chicken, vegetable or seafood paellas – and even chorizo.
On Sunday 24 from 4pm to 5pm, JP McMahon will be demo-ing how to cook paella and offering samples of seafood and oyster paella from a large paella pan outside Cava Bodega on Middle Street.
Setting up a traditional paella pan outside is a sight often seen in many regions of Spain, to entice passers-by into the restaurant with the delicious aromas.
JP hopes to interest those who have never tasted the dish before and convert them to this staple Valencian dish.
“Paella is such an integral part of Spanish cuisine and such a diverse dish that you can have numerous types and variations,” said JP.
“We of course will be using oysters and seafood for the dish in our Sunday afternoon demo and tasting outside Cava Bodega to mark The Galway Oyster Festival.”
