WHERE THE SILENCE, IS HEARD.

WOOS AND FIRE ARE CATALYSTS OF THE SUM OF TWO. THE ENCOUNTERS, THE CONFRONTATION, THE MERGING, THE DANCE OF TWO. WOODWORK AND COOKING, SILENCE AND NOISE, WILD AND DELICATE.

WOODS: A CHARACTERISTIC BASQUE LANDSCAPE. AND, WOOD: THE RAW MATERIAL OF A FAMILY’S TRADITION AND CRAFT. ALSO: BRANCHES THAT ARE KINDLED TO LIGHT LOOKING FOR A SPARK WHICH, WHEN APPEASED, HIDES IN THE EMBER. THE EMBER HOLDS ON TO THE HEAT THAT WILL TRANSFORM PRODUCE INTO FOOD, AND INSPIRE THE BECOMING OF FOOD INTO EXPERIENCE.

LIKE THE SIGHT OF THE BASQUE LANDSCAPE, NOT ALL ENCOUNTERS ARE NECESSARILY SMOOTH AT THE BEGINNING. THIS DOESN’T LIMIT THEIR POTENTIAL FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT. THERE’S THE RAUCOUS RELIEF OF THE TEMPEST AND THE EDGY SILENCE THAT ANNOUNCED IT JUST MINUTES BEFORE.

THERE’S A SENSE OF WILD FREEDOM IN THE WINDS RUSHING THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE THAT IS BOTH ROUGH AND CALM. BEASTLY NATURE BOTH GROUNDS, AND LIBERATES. BOTH ALTERS AND COMFORTS. IN AXPE, WE HEAR THAT UP HERE, YOU CAN HEAR SILENCE.

THERE’S THE ELEGANCE OF CENTENARY JAPANESE COOKING TECHNIQUES AND THE INDOMITABLE NATURE OF FIRE. THERE’S COOKING DELICACIES AT ITS MERCY.

BUT WHEN THINGS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN JUST THE RIGHT WAY – IN JUST THE RIGHT CONTEXT AND CIRCUMSTANCES, A LIVELY, UNIQUE EXPERIENCE CAN BE ACHIEVED:

AN EVOLVING SURPRISE MENU, BACKED BY JAPANESE TRADITION, YET COOKED IN A BASQUE GRILL, TO BE SERVED AT THE HEART OF AN ANCIENT CONSTRUCTION IN THE VALLEY OF ATXONDO AND ENJOYED ON THE SILA AND THE BOB, TWO DESIGN FAMILIES OF FURNITURE REPRESENTATIVE OF ONDARRETA’S EXPERTISE IN MASTERFULLY CRAFTED WOOD, 13:20H.