#thegoodstuff

food alert – maiz, diego guerrero, dstage: when dessert steals the show | quando um falso milho doce rouba a cena

Posted on June 29, 2017

Very often, but specially when you are having a 20 course dinner conducted by two Michelin starred chefs — like the one I had recently at LOCO in Lisbon, with Portuguese Alexandre Silva and his team hosting Basque Diego Guerrero from DSTAgE (Madrid) —, desserts come last when your appetite is already gone. Or, also quite common too, they just are not up to the challenge — after all, standing out in a crowd is not a piece of cake.…

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By joão miguel simões

#thegoodstuff food

food alert: 13 dishes in Portugal 2016 to remember | 13 pratos em portugal que deram mais sabor a 2016

#Lemon and saffron Risotto with scallops | Risotto de limão e açafrão com vieiras | Less by Miguel Castro e Silva, Lisbon #Crayfish, white sturgeon caviar, cauliflower caviar, salicornia and Japanese mustard | Lagostim, caviar de esturjão branco, caviar…

December 28, 2016

#restaurants food

food alert — fortaleza do guincho: the sea is served | o mar à mesa

One year ago, after a few months of anticipation, Portuguese-born Miguel Rocha Vieira presented his first menu as head-chef of Michelin starred Fortaleza do Guincho (on Lisbon coastline) to a selected group of food critics and writers. I was…

November 11, 2016

#restaurants food

food alert: olivia te cuida | madrid

Olivia te Cuida (Olivia takes care of you in Spanish), in the hood of Malasaña, is in business since February 2009 but I went there for the very first time only a few months ago. It’s a wonderful tip…

September 29, 2016

#talkofthetown travel

spot alert: potato head hong kong

If you are into design and architecture, you probably know Sou Fujimoto for interventions like the 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London or, more recently, for his collaborating with COS on a Forest of Light installation during Milan Design Week. What you probably don’t…

September 28, 2016

#restaurants food

food alert: cafe Galeria House of Wonders | cascais

One of these days I was craving a comfort vegetarian meal. In Lisbon this is no longer a problem, since we have now several nice places for that, but I was in Cascais (on the west coast of Portugal,…

September 14, 2016

#cityguides travel

alvalade, lisboa: my insider’s tips | roteiro rápido

Alvalade was my childhood address in Lisbon and it’s filled of wonderful memories. More than just the modernist buildings and the multiple services, this “bairro” has now new yummy spots — but some of the old ones are as…

February 29, 2016

#cityguides travel

porto: my insider’s tips | roteiro rápido

1. Passeio dos Clérigos The shopping and restaurant gallery on rua das Carmelitas was not a favorite of mine at first glance, I admit, but now I’m totally adapted to it. What I like the most about this modern structure…

November 23, 2015

#chefs food

Nuno Mendes’ Viajante: the second coming via crowdfunding | o regresso anunciado

“I am extremely happy and proud to announce that we have secured a stunning location and set the wheels in motion to launch a new Viajante (…) Our new site looks out onto the riverfront in Wapping, a beautiful…

November 17, 2015

#restaurants food

espaço espelho d’água: waterproof haven | faça chuva ou faça sol

The best thing about Fall and Winter in Lisbon is that “after the storm there is a calm” is still something we can rely on. So no matter how much it rains and how cranky we are just as…

October 27, 2015