Spain

The Best Meal I Ever Ate: Etxebarri in the Basque Region

June 1, 2011 by liz

I’d heard and read so much about Asador Etxebarri from Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations (he also said it was the best meal of his life) to Chez Pim’s journey there, it was a must on my recent eating/drinking tour of northern Spain. Like Pim, I was grateful to get to eat at various starry restaurants …

Jamón, Octopus & Garlic Fish: Cantabria Restaurant

April 4, 2011 by liz

Staying in Cantabria, Spain has its benefits: it’s a 30-minute drive to the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, it has luscious green countryside dotted with caves containing early human paintings, and it’s unspoilt by foreign tourists – meaning it still has some really great, secret Cantabria restaurants. One of them is La Lonja in the fishing/port …