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AI-made picture of Kokotxas de merluza

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Kokotxas de merluza

Kokotxas, hake cheeks, the Basque delicacy this room is booked for. The centrepiece, one plate between two.

Casa Urola

Basque · seafood · jatetxea · Parte Vieja, San Sebastian

Fermín Calbetón Kalea 22, 20003 Donostia-San Sebastián

Must-goOne of the few places in this city we'd plan a trip around.
  • Food + wine

A Parte Vieja house on Calbetón with a bar of pintxos, small bites, below and a fish dining room upstairs, working daily with small producers and the season. Upstairs is where the hake cheeks are.

The proof, in the house's own words

Why the kokotxas

Strong evidence

  • Technique

    Battered, or in pil-pil, the olive-oil emulsion.

    Menu ↗

  • Tradition

    Nearly seventy years in the old town.

    Home page ↗

  • Sourcing

    Small producers, daily and by the season.

    Home page ↗

We'd add

Our runner-up

Tacos de bonito a la parrilla sobre crema ligera de marmitako y morrones asados

Bonito grilled over the parrilla on a light cream of marmitako, the Basque tuna stew, with roasted peppers. The lighter plate after the hake cheeks.

  • From the grill
  • In season

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