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tapas
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thumb|right | Tapas bar and restaurant at Plaza Mayor, Madrid|Plaza Mayor, Madrid
Key facts
- Food.name
- Tapas
- Food.image
- TapasenBarcelona.JPG
- Food.image_size
- 300px
- Food.caption
- Tapas in Barcelona, Spain
- Food.country
- Spain
- Food.course
- Appetiser or snack
- Food.served
- Hot or cold
- Food.main_ingredient
- Various
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- Tapas
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- Category:Tapas
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- Tapa
- different from
- tapas
- cuisine
- Spanish cuisine
- culture
- culture of Spain
- course
- hors-d'œuvre
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thumb|right | Tapas bar and restaurant at Plaza Mayor, Madrid|Plaza Mayor, Madrid
Tapas () are appetisers or snacks in Spanish cuisine. They can be combined to make a full meal and are served cold (such as mixed olives and cheese) or hot (such as , which are battered, fried baby squid; or , spicy potatoes). In some bars and restaurants in Spain and across the globe, tapas have evolved into a sophisticated cuisine. In some Central American countries, such snacks are known as . In parts of Mexico, similar dishes are called botanas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tapas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.