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Monday, February 26, 2018

Noriega Hotel

Another Bakersfield specialty is Basque food. There are several Basque restaurants in Bakersfield. Bakersfield Basque is nothing like the Spanish/French Basque. I couldn't find anything that came close when I was in the Basque region in Spain & France.

We had dinner at Noriega Hotel. It's located at 525 Sumner Street. There's only 1 seating--at 7 pm. You sit at communal tables and pass the plates. You can ask for more if your neighbor takes more than his share. It's a flat $25/person.


Cabbage soup is the first course. You can add beans and salsa to the soup. It's followed by a green salad and cottage cheese.


The next course is pickled tongue--beef tongue sliced thin and marinated in Italian dressing. I ate a whole plate by myself. Blue cheese is served next.


One of the entrees--oxtail. This was delicious. The oxtail was so tender that the meat fell off the bone.


Spaghetti was served with the oxtail. The spaghetti was terrible--overcooked.


Broccoli with a dressing--it was hard to tell what the dressing was but it was probably a combo of mayonnaise, blue cheese and Ranch.


Garlic Fried Chicken came next. I was so full I only ate a wing. The garlic was tasty.


Dessert was a scoop of vanilla ice cream.



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