grenada is tucked against the sierra nevada mountains of andalucia in southern spain.s not like barcelona. it ain't madrid. any reasonable person who looks at spain, comes to spain, eats in spain, drinks in spain, they're going to fall in love. otherwise, there's something deeply wrong with you. spain is the sort of place that never really made any sense anyway. but in the very best possible way. this is the country that gave us the spanish inquisition. also anarchy. this is where devout catholicism mixes with surrealism, modernist cuisine. christianity and islam shared space. the effects of influences of all those things are right here to see. you can almost look back through time and see the venetians marching up. or are those feral hippies? an influx of international hi y hippies have made things interesting. wherever you are on the ideological spectrum, some things are constant, it seems. some stereotypical expectations. it's true, there are free tapas everywhere. yes, they do actually take siestas. flamenco, yes, they do that also. but in granada, they do it old s

another iconic dish of andalucia. referred to as the shepherd's lunch.at changes is what you put on it. today it's sardines, cod, chorrizo, melon and peppers. >> oh, man. that's a lot of good stuff in one bowl. >> yeah. >> so how often do you eat this well? >> every lunch is like this. >> every lunch of your life. >> every day i'm here. but lunch is -- >> big. >> big lunch, siesta. >> but i used to try to resist see es tachlt you can't do it here. society will not accept you not taking a siesta. but that's the flow of life here. >> that sort of begs the question, then. while i'm busy hating you for your life, how often are you getting drunk a day? >> twice. one and a half. >> i don't get drunk any day. [ speaking in spanish ] >> that is so spanish by the way. everybody have a very distinct opinion that's completely different. this is a fact. [ laughter ] >> when my time comes, i pretty much want to die at a table like this. good work, zamboni. good work, zamboni. good work. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> zarks happy with the -- zach, you happy