{"id":1200,"date":"2014-06-27T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/?p=1200"},"modified":"2014-06-27T20:47:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T20:47:00","slug":"akelare-aranori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/?p=1200","title":{"rendered":"Akelare: Aranori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7743.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7743-500x331.jpg\" alt=\"Akelare\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7743-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7743-624x413.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7743.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAkelare!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7748.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7748-500x331.jpg\" alt=\"Akelare Menu\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7748-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7748-624x413.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7748.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhoa. Three stars, three different menus. Plus the option of ordering ala carte or replacing any course with any other course. <\/p>\n<p>We ordered one of each menu, so here&#8217;s the first of three posts. Because I&#8217;m too lazy to do it all now. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Amuse bouche<\/strong>, for all three menus<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7759.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7759-500x331.jpg\" alt=\"Sea Garden\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1170\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7759-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7759-624x413.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7759.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Sea garden<\/strong>, prawn sand, oyster leaf, mussel with &#8220;shell&#8221;, sea urchin sponge, beach pebbles, seaweed coral. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Menu 1: Aranori<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7769.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7769-500x331.jpg\" alt=\"Foie Leaves\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1173\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7769-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7769-624x413.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe leaves and foie under the rain. Light salad dish with a few &#8220;leaves&#8221; of foie. (The browner leaves) I ended up with a weird foie to salad ratio and too much foie. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7785.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7785-500x331.jpg\" alt=\"Langostine\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1177\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7785-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7785-624x413.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7785.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGreen broth, smoked monkfish slices (around the side) &#038; langoustine. The spices started out in a little bag that dissolved when the broth was poured over. Very mild dish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7790.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7790-500x331.jpg\" alt=\"Beef tartar\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1178\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7790-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7790-624x413.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7790.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBeef tartar with new potato souffle and aromatic herb bread. This is the lightest tartar I&#8217;ve ever had. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7798.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7798-500x331.jpg\" alt=\"Hake &amp; kokotxa\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1181\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7798-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7798-624x413.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7798.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHake and it&#8217;s kokotxa with oyster and oyster leaf. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7817.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7817-500x331.jpg\" alt=\"Grouper\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7817-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7817-624x413.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7817.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGrouper, cous cous made of prawn, served with ocean foam. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7824-500x331.jpg\" alt=\"Suckling pig\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1188\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7824-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7824-624x413.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7824.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSuckling pig, tomato &#8220;bolao&#8221; and Iberian emulsion. AND A REALLY CUTE PIG CRACKER. omg. so cute. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7832.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7832-500x331.jpg\" alt=\"Xaxu and coconut mousse\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1192\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7832-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7832-624x413.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7832.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCake filled with custard, surrounded by frozen coconut mousse. This dish was surprisingly not overly sweet. Probably my favorite dessert at Akelare.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7836.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7836-500x331.jpg\" alt=\"Broken Jar\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1194\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7836-500x331.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7836-624x413.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_7836.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Broken Jar of Yogurt, &#8220;Gatzatua&#8221; and Berries. A very interesting dish of what&#8217;s essentially yogurt and berries with a hard sugar container. <\/p>\n<p>This menu was the mildest of the three. For some of the courses, after tasting the equivalent courses with the other menus, Aranori felt bland. On it&#8217;s own I doubt I would have noticed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akelare! Whoa. Three stars, three different menus. Plus the option of ordering ala carte or replacing any course with any other course. We ordered one of each menu, so here&#8217;s the first of three posts. Because I&#8217;m too lazy to do it all now. Amuse bouche, for all three menus Sea garden, prawn sand, oyster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[79,78,72,73],"class_list":["post-1200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-places","tag-3-star","tag-akelare","tag-san-sebastian","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1201,"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200\/revisions\/1201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raccoonstar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}