Barrel

Rua de São Miguel, 25. Tel.: 911 551 639. From Tuesday to Saturday, from 7 pm to 12 midnight. Tasting menu, from €50.

For a surprise dinner: With capacity for 30 people, Barrica works in its own way: the menu is delivered to the customer inside a paper envelope, and he can choose to open it or not. Developed by chef Bruno de Jesus, a new restaurant in the center of Porto has a single tasting menu, which varies and consists of six moments: tapa, amuse-bouche, starter, fish, meat and dessert. What can be said is that, living in the historic center of the northern city (in an old stone basement clad in wood), it intends to be, through contemporary cuisine, a representative of the gastronomy of the region, awakening the childhood memories of those who grew up there. From YoursPorto it shares the outdoor space with the local accommodation Pipa d’Ouro, from the same group, which includes a garden, swimming pool and views of the D. Luís bridge.

The tasting menu has six moments and costs €50 without pairing.

spit 1828

Rua do Choupelo 39, Vila Nova de Gaia. Tel.: 22 012 1200. From Tuesday to Saturday, from 7 to 11 p.m. From October 8, from Tuesday to Friday, from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Tasting menu from €90.

For a feast of premium meats: Those considered by Time magazine as “the best meats in the world”, El Capricho meats, are now part of the offer of Steakhouse 1828, in Vila Nova de Gaia, which established a partnership with the restaurant and producer of matured meat. Available to taste à la carte, they are also the key piece of a new tasting menu, the “1828 de Bodega El Capricho”, which includes roast beef tenderloin aged 30 days, veal loin tartare aged 20 days with caviar, or cecina de boi with four years of curing, in between there are other options to take a break from meat, such as smoked and roasted aubergine. Followed by veal blood sausage, deconstructed, served with Granny Smith apple or aged veal rib, with fleur de sel from Aveiro and veal jus. You can also count on chop with 30 days of maturation, prepared in Josper.

The “best meats in the world” are available à la carte or in a tasting menu.

jazz downtown

Until October 23. Various places in Coimbra.

For a musical weekend: the 20th edition of the Jazz ao Centro Festival, which began on September 22 and will run until October 23, brings various sounds to Coimbra, spread over seven spaces in the city: Casa das Artes Bissaya Barreto, Convento São Francisco, the former facilities of Coimbra Editora, Machado de Castro National Museum, Salão Brasil, Major Seminary and Academic Theater of Gil Vicente. The programming is varied: in it you can find from emerging talents to the most veteran; from individual shows to large format, from improvisation to composition. Rodrigo Brandão, Alabaster de Plume, Nicole Mitchell, Peter Brötzmann, Heather Leigh, Maria João & Carlos Bica Quarteto, Ambrose Akinmusire and Mário Laginha are some of the most prominent names. Check here the poster and the schedule.

Peter Brötzmann is one of the highlights of the program.

open studios

Pereira Henriques Street, N5. From 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Free entry.

To see art, drink and dance: Open Studios is back. Every Saturday, from October 1, you can visit the Modern Factory, in Marvila, and discover the workshop and the work of the 50 resident artists, from fields as varied as ceramics, painting, sculpture, screen printing, textiles, jewelry, toy art. , electronics and 3D printing and collage. With music and beer, the doors open at 4:00 p.m. and close at 9:00 p.m., to make way for DJ performances. There are also performances and workshops. Admission is free.

Doors open at 4 pm and close at 9 pm — then there’s a DJ.

guide you

Fernando Pessa Auditorium, Rua Ferreira de Castro 1900-697 Lisbon. Reservations: [email protected]. From October 1 to 22, every Saturday at 9:30 p.m. Tickets at €3.

To know the theater from north to south: two years later, Oriente-se — Amador Theater Festival returns to Marvila for its 4th edition, receiving four groups from different parts of the country at the Fernando Pessa Auditorium, for four Saturdays. One of the highlights is for the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Teatro Constra-Senso, which at the premiere of the festival presents the show “PS Acho que deves Continuar a Write”, created from various fragments of various books by José Saramago. With programming until October 22, it also hosts works by the groups Tin.Bra – Academy of Theater, from Braga, with the show “SER” (October 8); Teatro Sem Dono, by Pinhal Novo, with “Macbeth” (October 15); and Pateo das Galinhas, from Figueira da Foz, with “A Cadeira” (October 22).

Admission to the shows costs €3.

Baked vegetarian dishes

Rua dos Fanqueiros, 232. Tel.: 964515454. From Tuesday to Sunday, from 12 to 3:30 p.m. and from 6 to 11:30 p.m.

For spicy (and meatless) foods: Chef Hari Chapagain continues his homage to Indian and Nepalese cuisine, and its largely vegetarian roots, at Oven. If you do without animal protein, here you have several options, where legumes, vegetables and nuts take center stage. For example: Goan vegetable curry, with various seasonal vegetables, coconut milk, tamarind sauce, curry leaves and mustard seeds; okra bhaji, perfect for lovers of okra, a vegetable that envelops all the others, flavored with saffron, nuts and spices; the Veggie Biryani, which, based on rice and vegetables, has a mixture of spices and nuts; and, finally, Tadka Dal, where lentils are the protagonists.

Okra bhaji is one of Oven’s vegetarian offerings.

sea ​​kiss

In Poke House stores, Lisbon, Porto, Guimarães and Braga. Available until December 21.

To eat it all from the same cup: sushi rice, cherry tomato, edamame, potato, ginger sauce, jalapeño sauce, parsley and sesame. These are the ingredients of Sea Kiss, the new limited edition proposal from Poke House. If you prefer the more classic options, the Fire Salmon, with salmon, jalapeños, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, cilantro, fried onion and homemade shiracha sauce, or the Sunny Salmon, with salmon, avocado, edamame, avocado cream and red cabbage. The new Sea Kiss bowl is available until December 21 in all the brand’s stores, present in Lisbon, Porto, Guimarães and Braga.

The new bowl is a limited edition, only available until the end of the year.

Architecture Triennial

MATT, MNAC, Culturgest, BBC. Starting September 29.

For exhibitions on architecture, cities and the planet: With the motto Earth, the Architecture Triennial kicked off on September 29, which, between exhibitions and talks, in this edition focuses on “the pressure on resources, social inequalities and climate change”. The month kicks off with the exhibition “Multiplicity” at the MNAC (from October 2); “Retroactivity” is already evident in MATT, “Cycles” in CCB and “Visionamentos” in Culturgest. At the Palácio Sinel de Cordes there is talk of independent projects.

The Red Winter Garden, 2021, Madrid ©Patrick Hamilton

kappo

AV. Emídio Navarro 23 A. Tel.: 21 484 4122. From Tuesday to Saturday, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and from 7:00 p.m. to midnight.

To celebrate World Sake Day: It is already this Saturday that tribute is paid to the most famous drink in Japanese culture. At Kappo, described as the most “purist” Japanese in Cascais, you can find the best versions of sake, be it aromatic, aged or the traditional umami (made with rice). So you don’t get lost, we have two suggestions: the Dassai 23 (€190/72 cl), premium sake and one of the best currently produced in the world, it has 23% rice polishing, which makes it the most “polished” from Japan, which has a light, slightly fruity and acid taste; and Heaven (€180/72 cl), a luxury drink, the result of a French-Japanese collaboration, marked by a light and smooth fruity fragrance. Beforehand, don’t forget to line your belly with chef Tiago Penão’s proposals.

Accompany the sake with the proposals of chef Tiago Penão.

hand to hand

R. do Alecrim 22. Tel.: 914 054 273. Monday to Thursday, from 12:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday from 12:30 to 1 am.

To start the weekend off right: Mano a Mano, an Italian from the SushiCafé Group, between Chiado and Cais do Sodré, returns this fall with an afternoon-evening program made up of food, drinks and music. From Monday to Friday, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., take advantage of L’Aperitivo to taste cured meats, cheeses, focacias, bruschettas, wines and cocktails —on the menu you can find everything from negroni, pisco sour, fuzzy pineapple or frozen basil.

L’Aperitivo takes place from Monday to Friday, from 17:00 to 19:30.

“It’s never Saturday again” is an epigraph that brings together the best suggestions to enjoy the weekend.