It makes absolute sense for this Andalusian classic to be served by its eponymous tapas bar. Allegedly, the dish was cooked to great applause for the Caliph Abder Rahman II in 9th-century Córdoba, obviously without New World tomatoes and peppers. One legend maintains that Ziryab, that medieval multi-tasker, originally prepared it in his native Baghdad for the princess Alburan, thus it was dubbed Alburaniy