October 11, 2024

These yummy treats are unique to Bilbao!

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This is the Merkatua La Ribera in the older part of town. It has traditional fish and produce markets and the center atrium is filled with Pintxos Vendors also offering a variety of wines and spirits. Each pintxos is just 2 to 3 Euro's so easy to try a bunch to find your favorite. I really liked the shrimp pouches and the specialty dessert called a Carolina - meringue was so dense, like a marshmallow.

We saw one of the locals drinking a large wine colored drink from a beer glass and asked her what it was - red wine mixed with Coke!

We recreated drink yesterday at lunch and four of us tasted it and was surprised at how good it actually was - we used coke zero.

Seems strange combo, but suggest you try it! Looked it up and again common here in Basque region called Kalimotxo or Calimocho.

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