Photos: Pamplona’s food scene

Asuncion Gomez Tellechea rings up a box of garroticos, a mini chocolate croissant, at Beatriz.  (Terri Colby/For Tribune Newspapers, Chicago Tribune)

Felipe Oyarzabal Ibarra pours locally made cider into a glass for tourists outside Amaiurko Errota.  (Terri Colby/For Tribune Newspapers, Chicago Tribune)

Cafe society is alive and well in Pamplona, especially on the city’s Plaza del Castillo.  (Terri Colby/For Tribune Newspapers, Chicago Tribune)

In Pamplona at the Michelin-starred Rodero, an amuse bouche of hake ceviche with piquillo peppers is a refreshing start to an elaborate feast.  (Terri Colby/For Tribune Newspapers, Chicago Tribune)

Tender white asparagus is one of the jewels of early spring in Spain’s Navarre region.  (Terri Colby/For Tribune Newspapers, Chicago Tribune)

Writer Ernest Hemingway at a bullfight in Pamplona, Spain, in the 1950s.  (AFP/Getty Images)