Overview
- Four in ten respondents named paella as the dish that best represents Spanish cuisine, with tortilla de patatas second and jamón ibérico third.
- Three out of four Spaniards prefer tortilla de patatas with onion, and a majority favor it cooked “poco hecha.”
- On doneness, 53.3% chose “poco hecha,” 28.9% “muy hecha,” and 15.5% “en su punto,” quantifying a long-running culinary dispute.
- The community-by-community map shows broad local consensus, including paella in Valencia (82.6%), fabada in Asturias (88.3%), and pulpo in Galicia (61%).
- The findings come from the CIS’s third Turismo y Gastronomía analysis, released Sept. 1–2, which measures opinions about culinary identity rather than consumption.