Ogi Berri Pasteleria Okindegia
Mille Feuille
Paris Brest
Butter Croissant
Mini Chocolate Croissant
Apricot Cake
Cream Donut
Part of a group of independently owned Basque bakeries collectively flying under the Ogi Berri Bread Company banner, Pasteleria Okindegia on Kalea Usandizaga was selected for road snacks en route to Bordeaux, and with some of the friendliest service encountered in all of San Sebastian the compilation of six French and Spanish pastries was not only a bargain at just €8.65, but for the most part also quite good.
Small like most bakeries of Europe, the standing space flanked on three sides by cases, tables, and racks with no less than fifty items up for offer, it was to Spanish-only service from a duo of older women that inquiries were directed and doing my best to interpret gestures and descriptions the eventual order was boxed and wrapped with a great deal of attention, each item easily withstanding the subsequent three hour drive and a wait in the car during lunch, only the Brest suffering from any sog, though the whipped cream filling really did it no favors to begin with.
Faring far better with options including an American style donut, the same cream here not having as notable an effect on brioche as it did on choux, it was admittedly slightly disappointing the same exact filling was used within puff pastry layers of the Mille Feuille, but with a crisp shatter to fork as well as tooth any complaints were quickly set aside considering the quality of each bite, the large slab ringing in just shy of $2 US.
Happy to see some smaller options offered, both the butter croissant and two-bite chocolate version well-crafted though not quite on par with Galparsoro, the sampling ended with a sugar slicked roll flavored with fruit, and with a soft crumb something like coffee cake with a bit more moisture the flavor was indeed quite sweet, the jammy apricot center not dissimilar to the texture of pate de fruit.
