Here in the Basque country they serve Pintxos. This means skewered with a toothpick. Mostly toasted breads like baguette with cured ham and lots of different toppings. Some of them a served warm.
The natives here have one with their local white wine as a snack before they go somewhere for a meal.
After our guide finish the 2 hour walk through the old part of Bilbao,we had some free time. We went back to the Plaza Nove, where a couple of Bars and Restaurants waited for guests.
We took a table and waited, but no one was coming. Then I saw a woman carring a plate and a glass to a table - self service.
I went in and was overwhelmed. 2 huge display cases of food and mountains of sandwiches on the bar. And everything looked good.
If you have a problem to make descicons, better turn around and run.
I was limited by my two hands and I wanted a beer to go with it. I can only carry two plates in one hand.
I choose a heated kind of albondiga, a meatball with some bloodpudding mixed in sitting on top of quince jam on toasted baguette. With a dollop of beetroot cream on top.
Next was a little glass with a yellowish cream and some chickpeas o top- a lemony light hummus with a little pickled shallot strips. Delicious.
Next to it the ever present Iberico ham.A lot of tiny bits were mixed into a thin mayonnaise and scooped on top of toasted baguette. The pintxos was a toothpick with shredded cured ham around it.
The last one was an open faced sandwich on wheat bread with thin slices of smoked dried cod and some gro
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