www.latupina.com
La Tupina is a classic Bourdeux restaurant. I first learnt about the restaurant when it was featured in Rick Steins French Oddessy. I love Rick Steins food shows. He has a great passion for produce and the people and traditions that create it.
The initial entry to the restaurant is almost too good to believe. A heavy wooden table ladened with all description of Terrines, small goods, meat and poultry. Behind is a roaring fire over which an elaborate iron rotisserie turns, and Tupina (iron kettle in Basque) of duck fat bubbles.
The restaurant had a wonderful smell of wood smoke and grilled meat. It was a very good meal, simply cooked with good produce and closely linked to the cooking traditions of the region.
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| Terrine, saucisson, radish appetiser |
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| Pigs blood pancake. |
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| Bayonne ham, onions. |
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| Duck fat fried potato |
