“🥘” meaning: shallow pan of food, paella Emoji

🥘 shows a flat, shallow, black pan with side handles. It's filled with a stew of meat, vegetables, and spices. The color of the stew is usually yellow and the pan is typically black without lid.

This emoji is commonly associated with paella, a traditional dish from Spain🇪🇸. Paella is a rice dish that originated in Valencia, and it's known for its rich flavors and the variety of ingredients it can contain, such as seafood🦐, chicken🍗, and vegetables. Interestingly, Samsung previously displayed this emoji as a Korean hot pot, showing the diversity of interpretations across different platforms.

It's used to represent not just paella, but the act of cooking, dining, and meals more generally. Actually, 🥘 can be used to refer to any dish that looks like it because it is not officially specified to refer to paella.

Since paella is considered a symbol of Spanish cuisine and culture, it can also be used to refer to Spain or Spanish food in general.