How come I have not been here before? San Sebastian is a beautiful city.
I am here for www.sansebastiangastronomika.com/en/, which is a remarkable three day gastronomic festival with an amazing line-up of chefs. The theme this year is London, and so many of the top names from London are here this week that you may as well give up on high-end dining in London until at least Thursday, when most will have found their way home.
Richard and Xavier
I was here to give a talk about authentic wine. Other wine people include Richard Hemming, Sarah Jane Evans and Xavier Rousset. For lunch, Richard, Xavier and I headed into town to a tapas joint called Ganbara (http://www.ganbarajatetxea.com/presentation) in the old town. It was a great recommendation, and we had some brilliant food, washed down with beer, then Manzanilla, then Godello (Rafael Palacios).
Prawns and white asparagus
Squid
Mushrooms and foie gras, a speciality here
Hake cheeks and Godello
3 Comments on In San Sebastian
Great city. But the weather can be challenging being quite un-Spanish. I had a friend spent the summer there and there were only rare occasions that the weather was good enough for the beach. It’s not called ‘green Spain’ for nothing.
The mushrooms and foie gras looks like the ultimate breakfast platter to me.
all those dishes look so yummy! any special wine you’d recommend for them?I’m going to a Spanish wine tasting event and I want to be on the lookout for some nice wine to go with squid and prawns (I love seafood! and wine :D)
cheers