Comments on: you didn´t think i´d ever get around to writing, did you? http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2007/10/30/you-didn%c2%b4t-think-i%c2%b4d-ever-get-around-to-writing-did-you/ commentary on the world around us, with an effort to keep paranoia at the lowest healthy level Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: RD http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2007/10/30/you-didn%c2%b4t-think-i%c2%b4d-ever-get-around-to-writing-did-you/#comment-82183 RD Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:18:20 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2007/10/30/you-didn%c2%b4t-think-i%c2%b4d-ever-get-around-to-writing-did-you/#comment-82183 Hey P, Sounds like all is going well and you guys are having fun! Sounds yummy! Hey P,

Sounds like all is going well and you guys are having fun! Sounds yummy!

]]> By: Jay http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2007/10/30/you-didn%c2%b4t-think-i%c2%b4d-ever-get-around-to-writing-did-you/#comment-82170 Jay Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:05:08 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2007/10/30/you-didn%c2%b4t-think-i%c2%b4d-ever-get-around-to-writing-did-you/#comment-82170 <p>You should be glad I have no vacation left or this would have inspired me to book a ticket and crash your honeymoon! :) Thanks for a post that is almost as good as being there (almost).</p> You should be glad I have no vacation left or this would have inspired me to book a ticket and crash your honeymoon! :) Thanks for a post that is almost as good as being there (almost).

]]> By: david http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2007/10/30/you-didn%c2%b4t-think-i%c2%b4d-ever-get-around-to-writing-did-you/#comment-82148 david Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:50:50 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2007/10/30/you-didn%c2%b4t-think-i%c2%b4d-ever-get-around-to-writing-did-you/#comment-82148 Sounds like a delicious trip so far -- thanks for the update! If the weather's nice do head up to Park Guell for a picnic, it's amazing up there. Enjoy the rest of your trip! Sounds like a delicious trip so far — thanks for the update! If the weather’s nice do head up to Park Guell for a picnic, it’s amazing up there. Enjoy the rest of your trip!

]]> By: JT http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2007/10/30/you-didn%c2%b4t-think-i%c2%b4d-ever-get-around-to-writing-did-you/#comment-82147 JT Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:16:34 +0000 http://www.nonfamous.com/wp/2007/10/30/you-didn%c2%b4t-think-i%c2%b4d-ever-get-around-to-writing-did-you/#comment-82147 Are you going to Bilbao??? we ate at an incredible restaurant called Gaminiz in an industrial park just outside of the city. rivals Arzak.... GAMINIZ The culinary headquarters of native chef Aitor Elizegi, Gaminiz is set in an improbably pretty industrial park 20 minutes' drive outside Bilbao. Here, Elizegi fuses flavors and textures with thoroughly satisfying results. Fresh anchovies, topped with coarse-ground salt and served with celery gazpacho and green apple "tartare," are a perfect balance of salty, sour, and sweet. The marmita de txipirón, strands of baby squid cut to resemble fettuccine and served with a savory Parmesan broth, is a playful take on a classic Basque ingredient. Pork fans shouldn't miss the papada, a cube of salted jowl served with artichoke carpaccio and a tangy lime meringue foam. If you can't get out of the city, try visiting Elizegi's sister restaurant, Baita Gaminiz (meaning "also Gaminiz" in the Basque language), located in the center of Bilbao (20 Alameda de Mazarredo; 34-94-424-2267; closed Sundays, no dinner Mondays). Mon.—Wed. lunch only. and about 25 minutes from San Sebastian is an amazing fishing village called Getaria -- we ate at restaurant Elkano and had some of the freshest seafood ever...blue Mediterranean lobsters (homard azule...sp?), seared hake jowels, and an amazing dish that was like egg drop soup with cepes over seared foie gras - maybe one of the single most delicious things I ate on the trip. If you do not venture out of San Sebastian, for seafood, Michelle Bernstein recommended, Casa Camara, they have a trap door in the dining room floor that they pull your lobsters up from the waters below.... you are going to san sebastian, yes? if you do - you should also check out the spa - La Perla at La Concha - cool salt baths by the sea...and at night Museo del Whiskey. good times. have fun! Are you going to Bilbao??? we ate at an incredible restaurant called Gaminiz in an industrial park just outside of the city. rivals Arzak….

GAMINIZ

The culinary headquarters of native chef Aitor Elizegi, Gaminiz is set in an improbably pretty industrial park 20 minutes’ drive outside Bilbao. Here, Elizegi fuses flavors and textures with thoroughly satisfying results. Fresh anchovies, topped with coarse-ground salt and served with celery gazpacho and green apple “tartare,” are a perfect balance of salty, sour, and sweet. The marmita de txipirón, strands of baby squid cut to resemble fettuccine and served with a savory Parmesan broth, is a playful take on a classic Basque ingredient. Pork fans shouldn’t miss the papada, a cube of salted jowl served with artichoke carpaccio and a tangy lime meringue foam. If you can’t get out of the city, try visiting Elizegi’s sister restaurant, Baita Gaminiz (meaning “also Gaminiz” in the Basque language), located in the center of Bilbao (20 Alameda de Mazarredo; 34-94-424-2267; closed Sundays, no dinner Mondays).
Mon.—Wed. lunch only.

and about 25 minutes from San Sebastian is an amazing fishing village called Getaria — we ate at restaurant Elkano and had some of the freshest seafood ever…blue Mediterranean lobsters (homard azule…sp?), seared hake jowels, and an amazing dish that was like egg drop soup with cepes over seared foie gras - maybe one of the single most delicious things I ate on the trip. If you do not venture out of San Sebastian, for seafood, Michelle Bernstein recommended, Casa Camara, they have a trap door in the dining room floor that they pull your lobsters up from the waters below….

you are going to san sebastian, yes? if you do - you should also check out the spa - La Perla at La Concha - cool salt baths by the sea…and at night Museo del Whiskey. good times. have fun!

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