Bakea

This minimalist-style restaurant, with its dominant dark colour scheme, pays homage to the local terroir, iron, fire, arts and crafts, and to those meals with family and friends that are forever engraved in our memory. The large central table recalls the spirit of traditional Basque dining societies known as “Txokos”. From the unique wood-fired oven (known as "La Mákina"), which was designed by chef Alatz Bilbao himself (who worked as a lathe operator for five years) to add grills and a hot smoking area, comes a unique tasting menu with strong Basque roots, built around a few well-coordinated, locally sourced and seasonally appropriate ingredients (we loved the Pez/Ajilimojili dish, a fillet of grouper aged in a chamber and cooked over charcoal, with crispy skin, accompanied by a beef garum, oil and txakoli vinegar). The surprising tableware, made from scrap metal, is also the chef's handiwork!