Rafa, man, I just left Etxebarri. And as I leave, swimming in the throes of culinary ecstasy, I have a question that is also a statement, but you’ll understand: Is Etxebarri the restaurant of the year? Ok, ok… “This is about a gastronomic revolution, creativity at any cost, invention, novelty; but then again, as the old saying goes, ‘Nouveauté? Ça c’est plus vieux que le monde’. But let me continue, where were we? Ah yes, revolution. Hasn’t Bitor all but blasted away the principles of char-grilled cuisine? This is an impossible revolution, unexpected, without titles or acrobatics. Wood.