Day 54: Bed Bar
Okay, I'll admit it. This is the most hungover I've been this trip which is quite extraordinary considering it's day 54 and there seems to have been a real wine focus. But hey, when you do a pintxos crawl and you couple each bar with a drink and then bring a bottle of wine home to continue the drinking and chatting, things catch up with you. Long story short, it was a bit of a slow day with much napping and feeling fragile.
Sometimes I feel like San Sebastian just puts on the cute village vibe. Like everywhere you go there is someone playing music (seriously, we were just standing in a little street and out of nowhere a marching band came around the corner) and people dancing in the street. Like these guys. I think they were trying to do a Guinness World Record. No really, there were signs about it.
Nothing like curing a hangover than with some more pintxos. My body couldn't handle any more txakoli so Coke it was.
This place was pretty homely which I liked. This was veal which was super tender.
Ravioli, which almost tasted like an Asian dumpling of sorts. How I miss Asian food.
Creamy, cheesy risotto. Pleasing.
My beef cheek with some beef cheeks.
Tender and juicy. The hangover was losing its hold over me.
Even though Zeruko was hectic the night before, we had to go back because the food was so good. While still busy, we managed to wrangle a seat.
We got the codfish again because it was just that good.
And the sea urchin too. Oh man, it was amazing. Even if you don't like sea urchin, you might actually like this.
Iberico ham, tortilla and a quail egg.
Everyone told us to go to La Vina for "the best cheesecake ever" so, of course, we had to see what the fuss was about.
It was good, but was it the best cheesecake ever? Not for me, Papa's Pasticceria still has my heart.
After napping and watching copious amounts of Modern Family, we dragged ourselves out of bed and downstairs (literally) to La Madame. One of those "cool" fusiony kind of places, it was completely empty on a Sunday night save for another couple.
We started with foie gras nigiri which was a nice nod to our time in Europe and our upcoming time in Japan. Actually no, we got it because I rarely get to eat foie gras and I was desperately missing white rice. This was actually delicious.
Dumplings! Yes, we spent our last night in Europe not eating proper European food.
This squid was so soft and not at all chewy.
Scallops with a citrusy, lobstery foam. Not usually into foams but this was good.
Unintentional dress code: black.
Good night, San Sebastian!
