Erin Duffy
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Belcanto
March 9th 2024, dinner at Belcanto (in Lisbon):
My first time at a 2-star Michelin restaurant 🍽️ I couldn’t pass up the opportunity and thankfully 4 of my colleagues were up for the adventurous eating too!
One thing we didn’t think about beforehand was that we would all have to choose the same menu 😐 This was a bit of a challenge, but we agreed on the Classic Tasting Menu.
These places always come up with fun presentations of the food and mix the flavors in a surprisingly delightful way…. Usually. They even had a choreographed way of pouring two people’s water at a time and delivering all 5 dishes on to the table by 5 servers, at the exact same time.
While this place was everything I’d expect; both my colleague and I struggled with the gold leaf covered poached egg dish (The Garden of the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg) 🤢 Both of us ended up gagging due to texture and had to put the dish aside. She only got 1 bite in, I got about 4… I so badly wanted to enjoy all of the truffle in the dish, but the texture of that slimy egg 🥚 was just not working for me 😂 They offered to bring her another dish in place of the egg since she barely touched it, which was nice of them.
We added the Scarlet prawns to our menu selection for €100 for each order, but thankfully you can order as half a serving for €50. And since you’re already eating quite a bit of food, I’d say the half order was the perfect amount.
I’ll never regret trying something new, but I also don’t feel like I’m missing out if I don’t go again. It’s just expensive for food that is pushing my food boundaries and I’m not enjoying all of the textures.
Oh and for dessert, they give you a sleeve of a button up shirt in place of a napkin so you can wipe your mouth on the white sleeve, clever 😉
My first time at a 2-star Michelin restaurant 🍽️ I couldn’t pass up the opportunity and thankfully 4 of my colleagues were up for the adventurous eating too!
One thing we didn’t think about beforehand was that we would all have to choose the same menu 😐 This was a bit of a challenge, but we agreed on the Classic Tasting Menu.
These places always come up with fun presentations of the food and mix the flavors in a surprisingly delightful way…. Usually. They even had a choreographed way of pouring two people’s water at a time and delivering all 5 dishes on to the table by 5 servers, at the exact same time.
While this place was everything I’d expect; both my colleague and I struggled with the gold leaf covered poached egg dish (The Garden of the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg) 🤢 Both of us ended up gagging due to texture and had to put the dish aside. She only got 1 bite in, I got about 4… I so badly wanted to enjoy all of the truffle in the dish, but the texture of that slimy egg 🥚 was just not working for me 😂 They offered to bring her another dish in place of the egg since she barely touched it, which was nice of them.
We added the Scarlet prawns to our menu selection for €100 for each order, but thankfully you can order as half a serving for €50. And since you’re already eating quite a bit of food, I’d say the half order was the perfect amount.
I’ll never regret trying something new, but I also don’t feel like I’m missing out if I don’t go again. It’s just expensive for food that is pushing my food boundaries and I’m not enjoying all of the textures.
Oh and for dessert, they give you a sleeve of a button up shirt in place of a napkin so you can wipe your mouth on the white sleeve, clever 😉