Menu to Taste

Zarate

Traditional Basque Seafood · Bilbao · Michelin One Star · Chef Sergio Ortiz de Zarate

Awarded one Michelin star, Zarate in Bilbao is led by chef Sergio Ortiz de Zarate, who crafts seafood-focused Basque cuisine inspired by the Cantabrian Sea. The restaurant offers tasting menus featuring signature dishes like confit peppers with cod tripe and veal snout.

Calle Licenciado Poza 65, 48013 Bilbao, Spain, Bilbao

Menu

Dishes

  • Cold cocoa soup with white chocolate and cream cheese ice cream (12.9) — Cold cocoa soup served with white chocolate and cream cheese ice cream
  • Squab sequence (smoked eel and cheese whey / brine consommé / anchovies in brine with breast) (38) — Three-part squab pigeon sequence: first with smoked eel and cheese whey, then a brine consommé, finishing with anchovies in brine alongside the breast
  • The classic dessert (11.9) — Zarate's signature classic dessert
  • Sole (72) — Whole sole from Basque coast ports
  • Truffled egg on mashed potato with mushrooms, Iberian ham and olive oil (26) — Egg with truffle on mashed potato, served with mushrooms, Iberian ham and olive oil
  • Cod throats (Kokotxas) in pil-pil sauce (33.5) — The prized gelatinous throat cut of cod (kokotxas) in classic Basque pil-pil sauce
  • Langoustines (124) — Whole Cantabrian langoustines
  • Red mullet sashimi with natural wasabi, ginger and ponzu (26.5) — Thinly sliced red mullet sashimi-style with natural wasabi, ginger and ponzu
  • Salad with lobster, eggs and mango (42) — Composed salad of lobster, eggs and mango
  • Crunchy lobster rice with langoustine paté (38.5) — Crunchy rice with lobster and a langoustine paté

The Experience

A minimalist room built around the chef's counter. The meal is structured around a tasting menu.

  • Atmosphere: Minimalist
  • Format: Tasting menu
  • Setting: Chef's counter

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