Hi you all!
I’m Lumy Quint an EFL/ESL teacher, linguist, writer, photographer and traveller. However, I’m out of work at the moment, but working on a research. I have always liked writing stories and taking picture. My father gave me my first camera at 12. I still take lomographies with it.
Even before becoming a local guide I always reviewed the meals I had at different places on my facebook wall. I’m crazy about food. I love cooking and eating any kind of cuisine. I can taste the smell of a nice looking dish, taste its flavor by a single glance. The presentation of food is quite important, but its smell and color can tell you many things about the way it was cooked, the culture, the kind of cuisine and the chef who cooked it.
A single dish can speak about the culture of a community and their history, so for me eating a meal is like reading a story that I want to tell my followers. I’ve lived in Bilbao for many years already, and I had seen wonderful restaurants and cafeterias close due to their owners’ retirement, and that has made me really sad. Here by I declare that I do not have any business relation with any restaurant or hospitality business and get no profit out of my reviews. My intention is just to share my opinion and help visitors and travellers as they help me when I visit other cities and countries.#google
For example Guria restaurant, located in the center of Bilbao it is one of my favorite restaurants to celebrate special occasions. I thought it had closed for good, but luckily I have just found out
it’s closed to be remodeled.
Bilbao is a small location, but it has more restaurants, bars and coffee shops than larger cities in Spain.
It is famous for its Basque cuisine that has become famous due to many international known basque chefs.
if you come to Bilbao and pretend to eat out on a weekend, you’d better book a table because places are crowded and already booked. Many Basque go out for lunch or supper. Lunch is from 13:00 to 16:00 (1 pm to 4 pm ) when they close and dinner or supper is from 20:00 to 00:00 ( 8 pm to 12 pm) or until they close.
If people go partying they first have supper at about 10 pm and about 1 am they leave restaurants.
Another thing to know about the Basque community and its culinary habits and traditions is the Hamaiketako (from the Basque language meaning the 11 am brunch-break). Cafe bars, and coffee shops are packed by people having coffee, beer or wine with a pintxo, the basque equivalent to a tapa, but here one has to pay it.
Well, I’ve got to go to work now. Talk to you later! thanks for reading! See you!
