I've been meaning to make this thread for a while and I forgot, but rbrthwrd's post in the saffron thread reminded me to. I'm not really interested in recipes, I was just wondering about your experiences with restaurants around the Triangle. What places have the most delicious seafood paella? Which places should I avoid? All I know is Red Room serves it but I have heard nothing about how delicious/awful it may be.

5/23/2011 12:22:48 AM

OMG! I have been wanting to try paella forever since watching Seingfeld. I LOVE seafood!

[Edited on May 23, 2011 at 12:34 AM. Reason : spelling]

5/23/2011 12:29:25 AM

Me too! I can eat seafood every day and not get sick of it (I worked at a seafood restaurant for 3 years and STILL love the stuff)

I grew up in New Jersey eating the most incredible paella at a cute, local Portuguese restaurant. I haven't had it since moving here. HELP, TWW! Do I need to move to another state?

5/23/2011 12:32:07 AM

as the inspiration for this thread, i would just like to mention that I have not found anywhere yet that I thought was great but i am pretty spoiled in that regard having a step-dad from valencia.

5/23/2011 12:34:41 AM

the fuck is this thread about

5/23/2011 12:37:17 AM

^This.. nomnomnnomn nom:

5/23/2011 12:38:14 AM

I haven't had it in the Triangle. I know there's an expensive italian place on Glenwood that has it for like 40 dollars, so, uh, dunno about going there.

Honestly you should just try making it. It'll be worth it, GURL.

5/23/2011 1:01:57 AM

i really enjoyed the paella at red room. it was the first time i've ever had it so i cant be a judge for what "good" paella is though

5/23/2011 1:07:10 AM

Oh I'm definitely gonna master a mean paella eventually, but I just wanna go out for some

(need instant gratification ASAP)

5/23/2011 1:08:52 AM

^Well when are we going?

5/23/2011 1:14:13 AM

Figured out the restaurant on Glenwood that has it.

Tasca Brava has it, but it's pretty pricey (not even listed online, well, none of their prices are). The dish is a minimum of two people to order it. YOU SHOULD GO WITH YOUR BOO, egyeyes.

Their paella variant, which sounds great:



PAELLA VALENCIANA Calasparra rice and saffron from La Mancha serve as the base. You can include chorizo, pork, chicken, rabbit, scallops, shrimp, mussels, octopus, squid, fish, etc.
Special requests welcome. (Min 2 persons)

5/23/2011 1:37:29 AM

^That is exactly what I was aiming for! My boo will just love it

Thanks for that, it looks pretty legit.

5/23/2011 2:09:31 AM

i wasn't hungry til i looked at this thread

5/23/2011 2:26:52 AM

its not that great. However i am about to make a thread detailing how crab is the shittiest food item.

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

5/23/2011 2:37:31 AM

I♥paella

5/23/2011 6:20:09 AM

I was about to go to Tasca Brava on my birthday but I decided not to.

7/16/2011 9:32:37 PM

Irregardless cafe used to have a really good one. Dunno if they still make it.

7/16/2011 9:36:45 PM

^Thank you!! I'll look into that.

7/16/2011 9:41:03 PM

It has more than seafood in it, but I enjoyed it!

7/17/2011 12:27:18 AM

nommmmmm

7/17/2011 12:33:34 AM

you're probably not going to find a really good one anywhere around here. its one of those dishes you can make every day and never master it. we make it for fun for shift meal at my restaurant, but it would take 30 minutes to serve to order.

7/17/2011 2:46:58 PM

7/17/2011 2:55:27 PM

I worked at The Red Room (that place on Glennwood) a couple years ago and LOVED their paella. They make it to order so its really fresh but takes forever. The rice has a good crisp around the edges and the flavor is strong but not too spicy. It looks like they've expanded the selection even more since then. They used to have 1/2 price Paella and Sangria pitchers on Wednesdays, but I don't think they are doing that anymore...


http://redroomraleigh.com/menu/


[Edited on July 17, 2011 at 3:03 PM. Reason : ]

7/17/2011 3:01:13 PM

I had the seafood paella at 2nd Empire last weekend, it was great but it was a special

7/17/2011 4:45:11 PM

@egyeyes, Irregardless usually has paella as a seasonal offering and I haven't seen in for over a year, so don't get your hopes up on that.

You should have gone to Tasca Brava so you could tell me if I should go there or not!

7/17/2011 4:54:04 PM

I used to go to this Spanish restaurant that had five different types of paella on their menu. I miss that place

Don't ever make the mistake of getting paella at Bahama Breeze. It's not terrible but it's not worth wasting your money on. I've heard Carmen's Cuban Cafe in Morrisville has good paella but I have not had a chance to make it out there yet.

7/17/2011 5:08:06 PM

WHO'S

HAVIN SEX

WITH THE HEN

7/17/2011 5:09:56 PM

I'm making my famous Coconut Pete's Paella.
Can anyone guess the secret ingredient?

7/17/2011 6:05:46 PM

i like a nonseafood paella
i had some fantastic Paella in downtown DC

7/17/2011 6:55:05 PM

Paella was in my dream last night...
The dream was basically, I didn't want to eat Paella, but the restaurant had this weird menu for "Atheists". The owner was convinced that atheist was the word he wanted, I couldn't convince him otherwise. Apparently atheists are people that don't eat some kinds of food, so there was a textured picture of the food (in gray scale, for some reason) and a description of what it was so whoever wanted to make it seem like they were eating the food didn't have to eat it, they could just mime all of the actions...
But yeah, the guy next to me was apparently trying to perfect the act of acting like he was eating paella.

TWW, why are you entering my dreams? And why paella, of all things?

7/20/2011 6:17:23 PM

Someone say paella?

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7/20/2011 6:21:05 PM