Donosti for donostiarras
You have to be crazy to write a Donosti for donostiarras —is what a couple of Basque friends have told me: **Donosti is not Madrid**. But in life you have to get wet, and so many times an alien look (mine) can see beyond the common places.
Donosti, that city of the one cannot be separated for a long time. And it is that it is easy to love the beach of La Concha or the Peine de los Vientos, but the paradise that is hidden between Ulía and Monte Igeldo still holds surprises and shelter for the traveller: because the traveler has nothing to do with the tourist. Today we will flee tourist , and we will do it hand in hand with donostiarras with denomination of origin, men and women of good as Xabi Alonso, David de Jorge or Maddalen Marzol. #AupaDonosti
** COFFEE IRUBI IN SAN MARTÍN STREET **
Friendly breakfasts in this coffee shop alessandra bianchi where everything is peace, whole grain coffee and freshly baked pastries. Books, magazines, real bread and traditional Basque pastries. And also, as Maddalen points out: “it's quiet, the prices are what they should be, they're always friendly and the coffee is wonderful”. How we always like coffee shops.
This is how a good, very good day begins
THE BAR ANTONY
Great classics of Basque gastronomy in San Sebastián: Urepel, Panier Fleuri and Casa Nicolasa by Juan José Castillo . Precisely Jose Ramón Ezkurdia, who was head chef at Urepel, now commands the stews at Antonio, a small bistro three steps from my beloved ** Hotel María Cristina **. It's curious —the great Antonio also speaks to me about the Bar Xabi Alonso : “It's a bar I've been to a lot, they do everything with great taste and love. From throwing a cane, cutting the salmon or preparing a gin and tonic . Downstairs they have a small dining room with 4-5 tables.”
Donostiarra's favorite bar
And since we are here, I ask for more of its corners soccer player from Toulouse (much more gourmet than you imagine) .
GOOD PACO
“It seems that he has not changed for 30 years with the photos of the Boxing Champion, and that makes him special and so loved. The gabardina prawns and the meat balls are wonderful ; It is a lovely family and also, my friends since I was little”.
IBAI
“ It is a temple of what is good in the market , they sing the letter to you and the best thing is to let them feed you. Truffle dishes, eels and turbot are my favourites”.
BERNARDINE WINE CELLAR
And one last recommendation: “ La Bernardina in the Old neighborhood : they have a menu where you want to try everything, you can't miss the red prawn carpaccio a".
bites of glory
IT'S GOOD
I have not eaten better hamburgers in Donosti . I have already named them as one of the best 25 hamburgers in Spain (that wonderful number 13: double hamburger with fried onion, egg, bacon, cheese and beef endorsed by the seal of quality " Euskal okela ”) and there it is with me david de george : “Va Bene, the most local place and the one that makes San Sebastian hard the most”. Long live Russia!
Hamburger with fried onion, egg, bacon, cheese and beef
and then they are the bookstores we love —as ** Garoa ** or the San Sebastian Bookstore in Plaza Bilbao—and the usual pintxos: anchovies from Txepetxa, risotto from Borda Berri or potato omelette at Bar Néstor. The Habanito at Casa Vergara or the Larios de Joaquín Fernández gin and tonic at Dickens or the cider at Gartziategi. Donosti never ends...
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