Food

Salamanca has a vast selection of restaurants from traditional to international from vegetarian to seafood. From Mexican, Italian, Chinese to French and American. Fast food is always available through the large global companies as well as through the national Spanish chains.

Traditional cuisine consists essentially of beef and game. Traditional dishes include chanfaina salmantina, made with rice, giblet, lamb sweetbread and pieces of chorizo. Los farinatos is a sausage which is fried and served with eggs. And there is also a great variety of meat stews, each with a character of its own, stewed calf's tail, stuffed chicken, stewed tongue, and lamb stew.

The traditional Spanish Tapas have gained international attention. The smaller bars outside the old historic area have more authentic tapas. They vary from place to place and hence it is advisable to try different places.

Breakfast in Spain is around 9:30am, lunch is served between 2:00 and 3:00 pm followed by a long siesta, and finally dinner in only after 9:00 pm.

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