Rabas appears as a signature dish in 1 Spain cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Rabas · Bilbao
Squid rings dredged in flour and flash-fried in olive oil until shatteringly crisp, served with lemon wedges, alioli or chipotle mayonnaise. Pintxo bar staple, often piled high in a paper cone with no plate.
Rabas (the Basque-Cantabrian name for fried calamari) are a working-port pintxo, descended from the Andalusian calamares a la romana but cooked harder and served crisper in the north. Cafe Bar Bilbao, Bar Charly and Baster all run defensible versions; Baster's bocadillo de calamares (rabas in a roll) is the late-night fix on the Casco Viejo.
Where to eat in Bilbao:
- Cafe Bar Bilbao
- Baster
- Bar Charly
- La Vina del Ensanche