Tapas - What does it mean?
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Variety of Spanish small food items or snacks originally served with sherry.
* 1986 , , The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine :
Small food items generally.
tapas
English
Noun
(-)- The snacks are called tapas because in the old days a piece of toast was served, too, so that you might have a "top" on your glass of sherry, a lid that would prevent the flies from getting into the glass.
- Izakaya food is basically Japanese tapas.