Dinner at Rekondo

After a nap, we were ready for more food.

I mean, honestly I haven’t been hungry in days but it was time for more food. We considered taking a bus to dinner but the return busses stop running around 10pm. Odd for a city that is mostly only open from 8-midnight.

Rekondo was about a 10 minute drive from where we were staying and when we arrived at 8:50 for our 9pm res, there was only one other couple seated. It was a fancy spot, white table cloth and very properly dressed workers. I’m all about a vibe though and with no other tables and no music, it was a weird feel.

The book at the back of the table is the wine list, the bread and croquetas were complimentary but the tiny bottle of Olive oil was an extra charge. Really nice olive oil is so different. The smell was so strong as soon as we opened the bottle.

Decided on a 1994 Muga which was only 55€. We both love old wine and it’s rare to get an opportunity to drink it. This bottle was perfect.

Appetizer was hollandaise and Foie gras stuffed artichokes. The sauce on the bottom seemed mushroom-y in flavor so we quickly asked if there were any porcini mushrooms :) no one seemed to know what that was so I think that was a good sign. The dish was fantastic. Delicate flavors and I used the bread to get every last bit of that sauce.

Middle course: suckling pig, crispy skin, apricot marmalade on one side and a savory sauce on the other separated by a big very sweet pineapple chip.

I was nervous about this dish but that beautiful steak is a ox ribeye. I love fat so it didn’t scare me to see all those flavor bits. And love some big crunchy salts. She told us it could only be cooked three ways: red, medium, and well. We went red of course. It was slightly tougher than a ribeye I’m used to but the flavor was amazing.

We finished with an apple cake which they called cake but I would say torte judging by the very thin pastry. We paired this with a glass of dessert wine that wasn’t too sweet and it went perfectly.

The dinner was super lovely (sans the no music and weird quiet vibe.) But food wise and wine wise, Rekondo hit the mark.