No gas and no electricity in the kitchen, which sounds like a gimmick until you eat here. Lennox Hastie cooked at Etxebarri in the Basque country for five years and brought the whole idea back: two wood ovens, three grills, a hearth that never goes out, and ten different woods used the way another kitchen uses spices. Book six months ahead and sit at the counter.
WHY IT’S WORTH IT
1The only kitchen in the country with no gas and no electricity. Not a claim, a constraint.
2Ten different woods, each matched to an ingredient. Smoke is the seasoning here.
3Hastie trained at Etxebarri, the Basque asador that started all of this.