Spanish Flair

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A girl friend from New York City came to Las Vegas to visit her friends. She used to live here before embarking on an adventurous job as a Traveling Nurse. She came in last week but because of my work schedules I haven't got the time to bond with her together with our other friends. I invited her for a dinner the other day but she had a conflicting appointment so we rescheduled it last night. We went to Firefly Tapas Kitchen but not the location that we used to go. This time its on the west side of town. This location was bigger but they have the same menu set as the other location.

According to Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, Tapas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtapas]) are a wide variety of appetizers, or snacks, in Spanish cuisine. They may be cold (such as mixed olives and cheese) or warm (such as chopitos, which are battered, fried baby squid). In select bars in Spain, tapas have evolved into an entire, and sometimes sophisticated, cuisine. In Spain, patrons of tapas can order many different tapas and combine them to make a full meal. In some Central American countries, such snacks are known as bocas. Whats good about tapas restaurants, they offer good sangria either making use of the red wine or white wine as the base drink. Sangria by the way is a wine punch typical of Spain, Portugal and Argentina. It normally consists of wine, chopped fruit, a sweetener, and a small amount of added brandy.

Firefly chain of restaurants are some of the favored tapas restaurants in Las Vegas. Some other similar restaurants offer Flamenco Dancers for entertainment and sometimes they offer a night of Latin dancing. In the location that we went, they had Latin dancing every Tuesday night that start at 11pm until the wee hours of the morning. Either these establishments offer staged entertainment or just immerse their patrons with the unique flavor of their food and drinks, people would go to these places for their authentic Spanish ambiance.