Basque cooking is a small but distinct presence in Ghent, leaning on pintxos and the wood-fired plates of San Sebastian rather than full-scale dining rooms. Bar Bask, on the Edward Pynaertkaai waterfront in Dok-Noord, is where the city tries the style out, all small plates and a relaxed quayside setting.
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Order Txuleton for two: a massive bone-in Basque rib-eye, charred outside and rare within.
Bib Gourmand-rated Bar Bask occupies a converted gas station at the edge of Dok Noord, with a wood-fired Basque asador for txuleta, turbot and lobster.
Order Txuleton for two: a massive bone-in Basque rib-eye, charred outside and rare within.
Bar Bask does one thing: charcoal-grilled meat and fish in the Basque tradition.
Order Txuleta from the Basque-style charcoal grill, served to share with market vegetables from their own farm.
Bib Gourmand-rated Bask converts a former petrol station into a fire-lit Basque asador, with turbot, txuleta and guinea fowl from their own farm.
