Michelin star dining at fast food prices

Spanish super chef Martín Berasategui is one of a small group of creative cooks who revolutionized Basque cuisine, and his three Michelin stars were part of what set French chefs sputtering about the Spaniards a few years back. But Berasategui is also something of a populist, and his new restaurant at San Sebastian’s performance center is priced for accessibility, with set menus starting at 24 euros (about $34). An even better bet at Kursaal MB, as it’s known, is the tasting menu of pintxos (as the Basques call tapas): 3 courses for 10 euros (about $14). For lunch I had this fresh goat cheese and spinach salad, stewed spider crab with parsley foam gel, and a soup with mussels and scallops—and alioli. Oh, and the price included a generous pour of a good Rioja.

Posted by David Lyon, Globe correspondent

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