
Citric Bark - Peanut - Asparagus - Cotton Candy - Avocado Pit - Pickled Courgette.
We arrive back in the greenhouse and to a picnic basket with the most beautiful array of little snacks. "Act two: Our Garden. " Anchovy millefeuille - CaipiriTxa - Roe and dill.
Then The Third Act; Consommé of the day and Winter leaf.
You know you're in for some of the finest food of your life. But have you drunk too much to remember it all? Thankfully we're old hands at this and have 'paced ourselves' well!
Frozen olive and vermouth.
Egg from our hens, cooked inside out and truffled.
The magnificent signature dish. I actually can recall the taste and texture of this from last time. I pause taking photos until I'm the last to enjoy the warm all consuming flavour of truffle and yolk.
Oyster, tartar and geleé.
Spider crab and sea urchin.
Tomato and eel. For some reason this stays in the memory more than others perhaps because it is such an unusual combination. It is one however that really works so well.
Stewed wheat with farmhouse milk emulsion and ox tail.
Pigeon, artichokes and fried egg.
Idiazabal bonbons and its dressing sauce. I could eat this all day every day. A sweet sticky meaty broth with cheese bonbons that explode on your tongue.
Roasted Foie gras, peach and ashes.
Having this as the very last savoury course was perhaps a mistake. Two of our party were 'down and out' and I could only manage mine and half of Mrs Bacon's! Foie gras is of course so wonderfully rich. At this point of the evening it is past midnight and the slow service was starting to take its toll. I asked them to speed it up and they did so, very efficiently.
Apple, caramel and yogurt.
Cheese, red fruits and mint.
Sheep milk and black olives.
Petits fours.
If we were to return here again, I think we'd do a shorter lunchtime menu. The Adarrak Menu is world class but it is a long succession of rich dishes and a very long evening, so be prepared! The experience of Azurmendi is always an unforgettable one. To dine here changes you in a small way, as then you become aware again of what is possible. If you're serious about food, again it is another pilgrimage you must make at least once in your life.
The Adarrak Menu costs us 175€ each.
See the photos in high res here.
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