November 29th 2023.
M&S has gone above and beyond with their latest creation - 'Spanish Chorizo Paella Croquetas'. Combining the classic Spanish dish with a French twist, this snack is made with paella rice, smoked chorizo, saffron and creamy béchamel sauce. At £5.50 for six, each croqueta is about 90p a pop.
But this new snack didn't go down too well with Spanish social media users, the Spanish press and even the British ambassador in Madrid. After Simon Hunter, a journalist for the English-language Spanish news outlet Olive Press, shared the image of the croquetas on his X account last week, the response was swift. He captioned the photo with a simple 'NO, NO, NO'.
Valencia is the home of paella, and it's no surprise that they know a thing or two about creating flavourful combinations. The traditional Spanish dish is made with rice, usually seafood or leftovers, and flavoured with saffron. Croquettes, on the other hand, are a French deep-fried patty filled with almost any cooked ingredient, bound by béchamel sauce.
The criticism didn't stop there. Spaniards even tracked down the product on the food-delivery website Ocado to verify that they were indeed real. British envoy to Spain and Andorra, Hugh Elliott, was equally as perplexed, asking 'M&S, what have you done?'. Another user suggested Spain should have its revenge by selling 'fish and chips soaked in tea'.
Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy decided to put the Spanish Chorizo Paella Croquetas to the test. To his surprise, they were better than expected. Thankfully, the British envoy doesn't seem to be taking any diplomatic action anytime soon. He said on X, 'I have yet to try something from M&S Foodhall that I don't love. Who knows, maybe we'll have to eat our words as well?'.
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