
Entering these restaurants, my knowledge of either of these was thin. Perhaps aiding my assessment, untainted.
In recent times, the basque have charged at the culinary scene in a manner a kin to their bulls.
The first arena, Mugaritz was impossible to find. At the end of a winding grass framed road winding up behind San Sebastian, sits this barn turned Michelin star dining room.
A little easier to find is Arzak, sitting up the hill minutes from San Sebastian.
The greeting at both establishments is genuine, smiles, questions and information proceed.