Prawns in garlic

Gambas al ajillo

Like a Japanese reading the Wagamana menu or an Italian eating pizza with pineapple. I have the same odd feeling every time I read "Gambas al pil pil" in a menu of a Spanish Restaurant. What is that?! Pil pil is a Basque white sauce which c od is the main ingredient, so making a "Pil pil" without cod is like making ketchup without tomato. Maybe this non-sense name is referred to Prawns in garlic, an Andalusian tapas, popular in Madrid and the Mediterranean shore
By Tapas Together Edinburgh