Family-run Toki Ona restaurant still serves up Basque specialties
Toki Ona has been in Elko about 40 years, and still uses fresh meats and produce to make its family style meals.
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Toki Ona has been in Elko about 40 years, and still uses fresh meats and produce to make its family style meals.
The church wasn't there. there was a small church maybe. that mountain, houses' watching to the sea was impossible. >> anthony: all the traditional houses were pointed inland? >> irati: yeah. before the industrial revolution with no heating systems -- >> anthony: right, the wind would come in. >> irati: you couldn't afford watching into the sea because the wind and the humidity make it impossible to maintain that kind of living. >> anthony: right. >> irati: so every house that has windows to the sea, this means it's not so old. >> anthony: edorta jimenez and his daughter erati are both acclaim...
Much loved here. steamed briefly with a little salt, simple, like much of basque cooking. >> irati: ah, okay, okay, okay. by the shell. >> anthony: that's delicious. very, very good, i love these. >> edorta: salud! >> anthony: salud! >> irati: and thank you for coming! >> anthony: how long do you think the basque people lived in this community? does anybody know? >> edorta: 25,000 years we are living here. >> anthony: so you're talking like cro-magnon. >> irati: yes. >> anthony: all the way back. >> irati: all the way back. >> anthony: and the language? from here? >> irati: we really don't kno...
They are used to basque cooking. >> so delicious. very, very good. i love these. >> how long do you think the basque people lived in this community? or does anybody know? >> 25 we were living he,000 we . >> so you're talking cro magnon? >> it's the only language that doesn't come from the same place. >> and the basque genetic signature is also seemingly unique? i mean, nobody is finding any relatives anywhere. >> they use people's dna from this area, and the conclusion was it was the same people that was living here 25,000 years
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