My adventures into scary seafood.

Since even before my travels to Barcelona I have always been an avid lover of seafood but mostly what I see as "tame" food, dishes that don't look exactly like the sea creature you are about to consume. Once arriving here I have noticed that these "un-tame" dishes are extremely common. The platters range from oysters, squids, full on cooked fishes, and octopus.

Here's a picture of what I came across at our market:

My first endeavor into this type of seafood however was to attack octopus. A group of friends and I decided to order a series of tapas in order to delve right in and try a few local dishes. I was extremely hesitant at first as the octopus looked like they had been plucked out of the sea only a few moments earlier.

I think this picture adequately expresses my nerves at trying this new dish:

After eating my first octopus however, tentacles and all, I realized that I was actually a fan of this new seafood! Ever since I have not been timid with trying new seafood while I have been here and have actually found that I genuinely enjoy most of the different types that I have tried. I'll allow whatever a restaurant decides they want to put in a seafood dish or a pan of seafood paella. As you can see in the picture below, Meg and I, clearly enjoyed our dish!