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Txikito is a Basque restaurant in New York that has already been mentioned several times on our website. This time, we refer to it because the web New York Food Journal has published David Helmanโs ย impressions after his visit to this small Basque gastronomic embassy in Manhattan.
The feeling when reading the article is that he really enjoyed the dishes he tried at this restaurant, run by Eder Montero and Alexandra Raij. His enthusiasm is clearly reflected in this paragraph:
Indeed, the food at Txikito resembles the offerings at the everyday Basque pintxo bar.ย It wouldn’t stand out in San Sebastian (except for the New York prices), but it would be totally acceptable, and as a Basque food fanatic I mean that as high praise.ย Best of all, you can have it without a flight to Pais Vasco.
Undoubtedly, thatยดs quite an endorsement.
As I said, Txikito is a restaurant weโve mentioned on previous occasions, and we’ve done so because of one of their initiatives, which we qualified as “proactive” in this postโs headline. We are referring to the Txikifest: A popular street party organized by this restaurant in which, once a year, they offer New Yorkers the chance to enjoy two traditional Basque drinks, txakoli (Basque white wine) and cider, accompanied by a wide variety of โpintxosโ to ensure a good digestion.
Moreover, the all profits from this event are destined to charity. Thatยดs what building a market, a country and a good image of the Basques is all about!
(By the way, we couldnยดt but show you the main picture of Txikitoโs website, which is at the head of this post. Itโs simply remarkable)
New York Food Journal – ย 10/3/2015 – USA
TXIKITO: A TASTE OF PAรS VASCO EN EL CHELSEA
The word โtxikitoโ makes me think of two things. The first is โchiquito,โ the same word butย written inย Castilian Spanish instead of Euskara, the Basque language. It means โtiny.โ And Txikito is a small restaurant, with two small dining rooms, each serving small plates of food. The second is โtxikiteo,โ and that is one of my favorite words. Txikiteo is central to the Basque regionโs cuisine and culture. It refers to the pintxos crawl, the activity of bar hopping, enjoying at each spot a carefully selected pintxo and a drink.
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