gambas

For good reason – they serve a reliably good range of tapas including pescadito frito (whitebait) gambas rebozadas (prawns in a light batter), mussels, sausages and the whole kaboodle.

10 of the best tapas bars in Barcelona 2011

For good reason – they serve a reliably good range of tapas including pescadito frito (whitebait) gambas rebozadas (prawns in a light batter), mussels, sausages and the whole kaboodle.

10 of the best tapas bars in Barcelona 2011

Red snapper with clams and shrimp in green sauce pargo con almejas y gambas en salsa verde is fabulous.

Top 10 paladares in Havana 2012

The food was fabulous - gambas al ajillo (shrimp + garlic) was particularly awesome, as was the octopus and chorizo (sausage).

We're baack frankwu 2009

In the morning, you might walk down to one of Guéthary's three beaches: la Plage du Centre to mess around in the rockpools and eat chipirones (tiny squid) or gambas a la plancha (grilled shrimp) at Kostaldea, a little place right on the beach.

Classic France: the insiders' guide 2011

At left, the gambas al ajillo, a dish of sizzlling shrimp, garlic and guindilla peppers.

A Taste of Spain 2010

As we lurched around the hamlet sniffing out a bar to help us recover from our freezing 48km descent from the Gredos, the former chef was preparing us a feast of jamón ibérico, homemade bread and gambas (prawns) with local mushrooms.

Trans-Iberian: cycling Spain's ancient Via de la Plata 2010

As we lurched around the hamlet sniffing out a bar to help us recover from our freezing 48km descent from the Gredos, the former chef was whipping up a sample menu of local delicacies, including jamón ibérico, homemade bread and gambas (prawns) with local mushrooms.

Cycling Spain's ancient Via de la Plata 2010

STANLEY-I must say a bowl of soup mit lokshen would do me the world of good today as I have to admit that sinfully I partook of a dish of gambas pil pil last night full of knoble AND THE BELLY IS NISHT GUT!!!

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

- La Casa del Abuelo, Madrid (www. lacasadelabuelo.es/) is a crammed in, smoke-filled, noisy, stand-up only, spit and sawdust bar just off Plaza Santa Ana in the heart of Madrid which serves just two dishes – gambas al ajillo (prawns in garlic), and gambas a la plancha (grilled prawns), served hot, sizzling and spicy from a grill in the bar itself.

Small But Perfectly-Formed 2009