Written by Scott Dunn team on 29 June 2011
Tapa translated means ‘lid’; the story goes that glasses of wine were served topped with a slice of bread with the purpose of keeping the flies out. However, before long, the cunning patrons realised the added business value that accompanied this, and they started offering an extra slice of cheese to the bread, or an anchovy, or a wafer-thin slice of jamon. Tapas became the perfect and most civilized drinking partner.
