Gastronomika Festival

Monday 23 Nov 2009

It's the first day of San Sebastian Gastronomika Festival where all the professional famous chefs of the world, wine & gourmet producers gather to showcase their products in one of the best gourmet gatherings in the world. San Sebastian is considered the gastronomy capital of the world because it has the most number of michelin star restaurants per square feet in the world.

The congress is just one big food fest. There's wine tasting, cider, champagne, top quality jamones, ice-cream, sushis, cheese - all the rich gourmet food available for you to just go up & pick whatever you fancy. There are talks by famous chefs too. I was a bit sick from all the wine last night so i only managed a white & a cava. So sad.. i said no to wine.

Gourmet feast

Snuck out in the afternoon to walk more of the city by myself. Did a crazy climb all the way up to the top of Mount Uggul but the view wasn't that great. Workout was good though.

Exploring the city again

Went to Mugaritz Restaurant at night, a gastronomic experience in itself. It's a 2 star Michelin rest. Really fancy shit. Met the chef too who rarely visits. He's the one trying to stab his staff in the back. Cheeky guy.

Mugaritz Restaurante

We has a 12 course meal with 5 diff wines. Meal lasted 5 hours!! It was 2am by the time we finished. They had weird shit like potatoes baked in clay which looked like stones, dehydrated then smoked watermelons that looked like raw beef and loin of duck which looked & tasted like beef. Too fancy for my liking but it's an experience la.. damage was like Euro150++ per person. Sheesh. Tq Spanish embassy.

Fancy food that played with your senses