MildGilda
Non-vegA cured anchovy, a pickled guindilla pepper and a green olive on one skewer, eaten in a single bite. Nothing is cooked and nothing is added.
€2–4
Best around: Centro (Calle Reyes Católicos)
Eat in San Sebastián
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6 dishes worth going out of your way for in San Sebastián, 2 of them vegetarian. Each one lists where to eat it, because the dish and the room that does it well are not the same question.
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Kokotxas al pil-pil
Non-vegThe kokotxa is the small wedge of flesh under a hake's jaw. Cooked slowly in olive oil with garlic and a little chilli, it releases enough gelatine to thicken the oil into pil-pil — a pale, glossy emulsion made from nothing but the fish and the oil.
€12–25
Best around: Parte Vieja (Fermín Calbetón)
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Pimientos de Gernika
VegSmall green peppers from Gernika, fried whole in olive oil until the skins blister, then finished with coarse salt. Eaten with fingers by the stalk.
€6–12
Best around: Parte Vieja (Calle Pescadería) and Parte Vieja (Calle San Jerónimo)
Tarta de queso
VegA crustless cheesecake baked hot and fast so the top burns almost black while the centre stays loose enough to run at the edge of the slice.
€4–7 a slice
Best around: Parte Vieja (Calle 31 de Agosto)
Txangurro a la donostiarra
Non-vegSpider crab picked out of the shell, cooked down with onion, leek, tomato and brandy, then returned to the shell and browned under heat.
€8–18
Best around: Parte Vieja (Fermín Calbetón) and Parte Vieja (Calle San Jerónimo)
Txuleta
Non-vegA bone-in chop, salted and grilled over embers until the outside is charred and the inside is still rare, then sliced off the bone and shared.
€45–70 for a chop between two
Best around: Parte Vieja (Calle Pescadería)