Several years ago I was entertaining some Spanish friends in Seattle and took them to the famous Salty's brunch, which featured a giant dish with a sign in front of it that said "Paella". I pointed it out to one of my friends and asked if it made him homesick. He just shook his head, looked at me, and said, "Alan my friend, this is not paella." Meanwhile the table next to us were raving about what great paella it was. I guess paella outside of Spain is kinda like Taco Bell - it's not Mexican, but I like it.

Ooh! Lookie who's finally got a web site: http://www.paellador.es/ LapLap, how many sunburned hordes have gone home raving about this stuff without having benefit of a real paella to compare it to?