Recently I went out to dinner with some old friends and in the process was introduced to a dish I had never eaten before. It is a Spanish food called paella.

It’s a rice dish loaded with cooked clams, mussels (still in the shell), shrimp and scallops - then to top it off - half a lobster. It came to the table all in the same large bowl. We had three people and two orders of paella, which we shared between us.

Definitely one of the most delicious meals I ever have eaten.