Have you ever heard about the San Sebastian Film Festival? It’s not as big as the Cannes or Sundance, but here in Spain, it is kind of a big deal. On Saturday, Brad Pitt was invited to the festival for the presentation of Tarantino’s last film “Inglorious Bastards.” Sadly, he left the day before I arrived, so when I got to the festival yesterday, his attendance was just a memory…
The film festival takes place in San Sebastian, a beautiful city on the north coast of Spain, in Guipúzcoa, with very classic XIX century architecture and notorious for its gastronomy. Two of the most well known Spanish Chefs have their restaurants in the city, Akelarre and Arzak, as well as many other chefs who boasts Michelin stars.
San Sebastian
San Sebastian is the home of “el pintxo,” another name for tapas. All throughout San Sebastian, there are bars or tapas bars where you can enjoy the gastronomy of the city in little bites. Usually every bar here has a wide selection of pintxos to choose from. In most places, the bill is calculated by the number of toothpicks you have on your plate, as each pintxo has its own toothpick. The name of pintxos actually comes from the word toothpick, as pintxo in Basque means “to prickle” (in Spanish it’s spelled pincho, and pronounced the same).
Pintxos @ San Sebastian
While in San Sebastian, we had a lunch where Osborne Ports were paired with a menu created by three Michelin Star Chef, Martin Berasategui. The result of his pairings and creations was amazing. My favourites were the potatoes that looked like little stones with grilled garlic sauce, and the Chocolate dessert paired with Osborne Late Bottle Vintage Port, a very rich, fruity and spicy port that is perfect with dark chocolate.
Potatoes that look like stones with grilled garlic sauce
Chocolate with Osborne Late Bottle Vintage Port
Serving Osborne Late Bottle Vintage Port
At the end the waiters offered us this small white cubes that became cleaning towels when wet. Very nice!!
The "magic towels"
The last day of the festival will be Saturday 26th, when the red carpet is put away and all the glamour takes a rest until next year.
-Rocio
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