Kafe antzokia much more than a night club
The Kafe Antzokia in Bilbao was founded in 1995 as a popular initiative to promote Basque culture. This place has more than fulfilled the objectives proposed in its beginnings, becoming a cultural emblem of the Bilbao of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Nowadays, the kafe Antzokia of Bilbao is a multipurpose place where we can enjoy the gastronomy and Basque culture and the Bilbao night. A place where you can enjoy all kinds of events with friends, are you going to miss it?
In this article, we are going to talk about our gastronomic experience at the Kafe Antzokia in Bilbao, specifically its weekend menu. But we invite you to know each and every one of the facets of this great place called Kafe Antzokia.
Kafe antzokia Bilbao
We break down our gastronomic point of view into several sections to make our opinion more understandable:
The premises: Preserving the character and soul of the old Cine San Vicente, the business that succeeded the kafe Antzokia, we find a spacious, two-story building, with several bars where you can enjoy each of its charms. It is an ambivalent place, since it has several uses, ranging from the restoration in the hours of lunch and dinner to concerts of all kinds of musical styles.
Price: The price of the weekend menu is 17 euros, this price includes first course, second course, dessert, bread and water, crianza wine or cider. A good price if you take into account that all their dishes have good presentation, quality and taste. We must keep in mind that the average price of a weekend menu in Bilbao easily reaches the mentioned figure.
Location: It is located in a central location, in the heart of Bilbao, specifically in San Vicente street number 2, next to the church of the same name. This street is easily and quickly accessible from the Abando subway stops, either by the Berastegi exit or by the circular square or Renfe.
Our recommendation is to use public transport, the metro in this case, since the location in the capital of Bizkaia makes finding parking can be complicated.
Dishes: In the menu, we will find the names of the dishes written in Spanish and Basque, a detail that few restaurants in the Basque Country have when preparing their menus.
For the first course, we will mention the 3 first courses that we had the opportunity to taste.
The first of them was the “Prawn salad with cherry tomatoes and Modena vinaigrette”, a fresh, healthy and light dish with which we can enjoy different textures, accompanied by a soft but intense vinaigrette.
Prawns salad, kafe antzokia
The next dish is “Lasaña de boletus gratin”, a more substantial dish than the previous one but very tasty, with a creamy and fine béchamel sauce. The boletus, were chopped in small pieces but with great flavor, all over a sauce flavored with bell pepper and tomato.
Lasagna, kafe antzokia
And finally, “zucchini stuffed with cod on squid sauce”, this dish is the one that most caught our attention, by the combination of zucchini, cod and squid sauce, because until then we had not seen them composing the same dish. Surprising combination, but very successful, great taste of cod at its exact point, neither bland nor salty. Tender zucchini and a spectacular squid sauce completed this exquisite dish.
Stuffed zucchini,kafe antzokia
As far as the second courses are concerned, we will highlight two of them. The first one, the “Duck confit with red fruit sauce” was tender and juicy duck confit, the meat cooked just right, the red fruit sauce not too sweet and with a light texture, which is a great accompaniment to the meat. All this formed an excellent combination.
Duck confit, kafe antzokia
The other dish we will highlight is “Hake with piquillo peppers sauce” delicious hake that melts in the mouth, very good flavor and combines perfectly with the delicious peppers sauce that accompanies it.
Hake,kafe antzokia
And to conclude the dessert we chose is the “homemade cheesecake” with fine cookie, soft and creamy cheese flavor.
Cheese cake, kafe antzokia
Great dessert for a great meal, totally recommendable both for the food and the place.
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