We all know that there is no accounting for taste and that the rankings of good restaurants and the lists of the best chefs include valuations for all tastes. However, there must be something with Basque cooking and its chefs when all lists coincide in placing them high on the list in regards to world gastronomy. A new list published yesterday, places Azurmendi by Eneko Atxa as the best restaurant in Europe. There are seven Basque restaurants that figure on this list of the “top 100” on the old continent.
Donostia-San Sebastian. This new list of “The 100 Best Restaurants in Europe” was published by Opinionated About Dining (OAD) and was presented this Monday in Barcelona. Seven Basque restaurants, which is something, figure among the cream of European gastronomy. The list was compiled by gastronomy experts traveling through thirteen countries to find the best restaurants on the entire continent and create the list of the most distinguished establishments.
The Basque restaurants that are names in the top 100 are:
- Azurmendi by Eneko Atxa en Larrabetzu, Bizkaia, #1
- Etxebarri, by Axpe, in Bizkaia, #10
- Arzak byJuanmari and Elena Arzak in Donostia, #33
- Elkano by Getaria, Gipuzkoa, #42
- Mugaritz by Andoni Luis Aduriz in Errenteria, #46
- Martin Berasategui in Lasarte, Gipuzkoa, #54
- Ibai, the “secret restaurantt” by Alisio Garro, in Donostia, #79
These are places of varied characteristics that go from the most avant-garde cuisine currently, to more traditional grills, through an unusual establishment like Ibai, a little-known restaurant in downtown Donostia that like the others on the list practice good cooking with the recognizable influence and Basque touch made with the country’s freshest products.
The top three on the European list are as follows:
-Complete list on the OAD website
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