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Rabas is a signature dish of Spain; we have verified places to eat it in Bilbao. Squid rings dredged in flour and flash-fried in olive oil until shatteringly crisp, served with lemon wedges, alioli or chipotle mayonnaise. Start with where to eat Rabas in 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.
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