Catalan cuisine uses the ingredients of a typical Mediterranean diet including fresh vegetables, fruit, olive oil, pulses, fish, cheese, poultry and lamb. Popular dishes include Escalivada which is a variety of grilled vegetables, a stew with pasta shells commonly eaten at Christmas, called Escudella and Cargols a la Llauna , cooked snails. A traditional Catalan restaurant is a meat lover’s paradise and there do not tend to be many vegetarian options, although a variety of salads are always readily available. Typical Catalan desserts include la Crema Catalana (very similar to the French Crème Brule) and Bombons de Music, a dried fruit and nut tart.