![Vicente Aguilar Cerezo makes rice with vegetables and seafood.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/5OEFXRUP6BFYRM3645I2WOWNVQ.jpg?auth=fe496af86a6070f3aec9a5a63ffbd45fb5d00b956544d079fe77b41e0c53d421&width=414&height=233&focal=1024%2C187)
Vicente Aguilar Cerezo, the self-taught chef from Spain whose paellas draw crowds in Costa Rica
People are willing to drive for over an hour for a table at La Lluna de Valencia, whose owner has been serving Spanish food for 28 years in a place that people once said was ‘the least suitable’ for a restaurant. Photos of presidents now line the walls