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Basque Matxain Etxea Restaurant

206 Fourth Street San Juan Bautista, CA 95045     (831) 623-4472

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Our Menu

Family Style

Includes Soup, Salad, Fries, Rice, and your choice of;

pork, lamb, beef, chicken or salmon. For dinner, lamb stew is added.
House wine, coffee and dessert of the day are included.

LUNCH

$18. per person

DINNER

$22. per person

DINNER
(without meat)
$18. per person

Dinner is served after 4:00pm. Kids age 12 and under are $11. per child.


Salads

  • Matxain' Salad: Chopped Romaine lettuce, tomato slices, olives, feta cheese crumbles, with our house made dressing. Your choice of chicken, anchovies or shrimp.  $10.00

  • Grilled Salad:  Grilled bell peppers, zucchini, asparagus, green beens, and onions with feta cheese crumbles. Olive oil honey and balsamic vinegar dressing.  $11.00
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Tapas & Pintxos (Appetizers)

Chef's Special

Tortilla de Patatas
Tart cooked with potatoes onion and eggs,  $10.

Tortilla de Chorizo
Same as Totilla de Patatas with chorizo,  $11.

Calamares Fritos
Fried calamari in flour with parsley and garlic,  $11.

Calamres Hendaya
Baby calamari sauteed in olive oilm garlic and paprika,  $10.

Tapas del Viejo Caserio
Traditional old fashioned Basque appetizer,  $12.

Gambas al Ajillo
Shrimp sauteed in olive oil with garlic and parsley,  $11.

Mejillones
Mussels in tomato, onion, bacon and garlic sauce,  $12.

Setas Salteadas
Mushrooms sauteed in olive oil, garlic and parsley,  $8.

Queso Fundido
Melted cheese with your choice of Spanish chorizo, mushrooms or shrimp,  $9.

All dishes are served with our houe salad.

Gambas al Vino Blanco
Shrimp sautéed with garlic, parsley and white wine,  $16.

Paella Valenciana

Minimum two people, this dish requires 20 minutes to cook. Delightful Spanish dish of mussels, calamari, shrimp, pork, chicken, tossed vegetables and Spanish chorizo cooked in aromatic rice & saffron,  $19
. per person.

Tongue

Grilled toungue slices on “Piparrada Sauce",  a traditional Basque sauce made with bell peppers. $16.

Oxtail Stew

Tender and flavorful traditional Basque dish, cooked slowly with wine, tomatoes and spices just like our Grandmother prepared it!,
  $19.

Cazuela Easo
Traditional dish made with mix sea food cooked in our delicious "family secret" creamy cheese sauce
,  $18
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Bacalao a la Vizcaina

Try this exquisite and delicate dish, made with cod fish and tomatoes, red pepper, onion, garlic and parsley sauce,  $
21.


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A La Carte

Served with a dinner salad and your choice of one side order: Mashed Potatos, French Fries, Vegetables, Rice, Beans. Add a cup of soup for $2.

Dessert

Our dessert menu changes, so please be sure to ask about our
special Basque delights of the day!

Pork Ribs
Old shepards style, spiced and grilled,  $14.

Lamb Chops
Basque style T-Bone, spiced and grilled,  $21.

Lamb Shank
Basque seasones roasted lamb, crispy outside and tender inside,  $18.

Lamb Stew

Traditional old fashioned stew,  $15.

Pork Chops
Marinated in white wine with garlic and grilled,  $14.

Chulton Vasco
Angus beef, marinated, spiced and grilled,  $21.

Salmon
Pink filet, garlic marinated, spiced and grilled,  $18.

Chicken Breast
Marinated in garlic and parsley and grilled,  $14.

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Wine List

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Our beverages include a variety of Spanish wines as well as imported and dometic beer; sodas, teas and coffee.

Events

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Reservations

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