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Esta paella está igual de rica que ayer.

Esta paella está igual de rica que ayer.
This paella is just as tasty as it was yesterday.
From Lesson 194:Just as … as (igual de … que)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Esta paella está igual de rica que ayer.

Why is the verb está used here instead of es?
When talking about how a specific dish tastes or its current condition, Spanish uses estar. If you used es, it would describe a permanent characteristic, and ser rico usually means "to be wealthy" rather than "to be tasty".
I learned to say tan rica como (as tasty as). Does igual de rica que mean the exact same thing?
Yes, they mean exactly the same thing. The formula igual de + [adjective] + que is just another very common way to express equality in Spanish. You will hear both structures used interchangeably in Spain.
Why does rica end in -a even though it comes right after the word de?
The adjective rica must agree with the noun it describes, which is the feminine noun paella. The phrase igual de just acts as an intensifier in front of it. If you were talking about a masculine noun like arroz (rice), it would be igual de rico que.
Why isn't there a verb after que, like in the English translation "...as it was yesterday"?
In Spanish comparisons, you don't usually need to repeat the verb if it is clearly understood from the context. Saying que ayer (literally "as yesterday") is the most natural way to phrase this, completely avoiding unnecessary repetition.

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