San Sebastián: Shrine to perfection
The dining rooms are sleek, toned with frosted glass, svelte greys and blacks, panels of exposed concrete slotted with the indents of spoons.
JUAN MARI and Elena Arzak must have the longest mantelpiece in San Sebastian. Their restaurant has held three Michelin stars for a quarter of a century. It ranks eighth on S Pellegrino’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Last year, Elena was named Best Female Chef in the World by Veuve Clicquot. Together, this father-daughter team are the Coppolas of the culinary world, icons of New Basque Cuisine — chefs whose business card requires no more than a surname.
