Today, I’m taking you to Portugal’s most famous restaurant.
A place many consider the holy ground of Portuguese fine dining.
This is Belcanto.
The chef and owner is José Avillez. He has several restaurants around the world, from Lisbon to Dubai to Macau. Today, he literally owns a culinary empire.
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My name is Alexander. I’m the co-owner of a ONE Michelin star restaurant, and I’m on a mission – to find inspiration in gastronomy. I love fine dining, good wine and sharing what I know with other people.
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Check out my Michelin Starred restaurant:
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43 Comments
lol, Portuguese people who like food, dont go there, thats not Portuguese food.
Surprised and disappointed with all the foreign wine and no Port.
I can't stand the tone you speak in and your voice. had to leave the video for how anoying
Too bad fine dinning isn't about good food. I've spent a lot pf money on good food and wine, Micheline rated restaurants are rarely on my list I just like gourmet food and good wine not pretense.
Sorry not my cup of tea…Michellen stars are for the uber rich I get it…Less then .01% of the population…besides the chef and staff NOTHING is reflective of Portugal on that menu…Wine from hungary??? WTF, we have better wine in the country than that shown…Portuguese food is humble, flavorful and honest ingredients, NOT MUSEUM SHOWPIECES as displayed. I get that you are catering to an affluent clientele..but the money spent ,would have gotten a more true representation of what the country has to offer, by eating where the locals eat…
Portuguese food generally sucks.. very bland with few spices. Writing to you from Lisboa right now, as a matter of fact. So I know. However, the wine is very underrated!
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Another day when Alwxan
Please explain why it gave you goosebumps for those of us not inherently understanding it 😌🥰
Restaurant in Portugal but not portuguese at all.
I liked that you wipes your shoes before entering, respect
I also liked the guy who was explaining the courses, its so useful, one cannot know everything
Your channel is a 3-star Michelin. Period. Better than Netflix's Chef's Table! Cool, authentic, with great video quality and full of information.
Ia mais depressa ao Solar dos Presuntos 😂😂😂
Any traditional and cheap Restaurant in Portugal beats this fancy Restaurant at anytime.
why record this shit in english when obviously your ass struggles too much with it. either use ai or use your native tongue with sutitles. couldnt understand half the shit he say
Give me a break
Portuguese porker
Thats the traitor jose avillez who said: i cant work withouth cheap labour from paquistan índia and brasil.
Fiquei embriagado só em ver a quantidade de vinho que o Chef provou
Portugal is not that, only village, the real food , fish pork and not this wok food , Portugal is great and immortal
Still would have been nice to know how much this would have cost
A restaurant dedicated to nothing but French and contemporary style food. I went to Belcanto many years before I moved to Lisbon. I have been living here for exactly 5 years. The minimum salary in this country is 750 Euros. This is only for tourists with a better salary. It doesn't say anything about Portugal.
Your voice is annoying but good content though
Sorry, couldn't help but comment… You need to visit the backdoor traditional restaurants. As a Portuguese, if you want to have great traditional food, that's the only way to go!
Wonderful review! Overall the menu looks superb. The wine pairing being so experimental is something I’ve also found in some of my recent fine dining experiences (ex. Quintonil, St Barts)
Belcanto has the wine list to serve a 100% Portuguese wine pairing for this menu. You would not regret it. Wondering what made you go for the unique wine pairing?
Most famous according to whom???
Alexander, you have to go and try "Ocean" in Porches. You will not regret it.
Im portuguese and i never heard of José Avillez, and he is NOT the most famous chef of portugal…
It's crazy how most of the dishes here are inspired by poverty and necessity and then get picked up by chefs and by rich snobs. It's a joke, and in my opinion, it completely devalues the heritage of the dishes. Paying what is basically a full wage for a meal is a fucking joke.
O restaurante mais famoso de Portugal é a Tasca da Ti Jaquina!
Non of the wines are experimental buddy. They're Portuguese classics! It's your knowledge of wines or rather the lack thereof, in particular Portuguese wines, that you're trying to cover up with cheap shots criticism.
First learn the English language, and then make videos talking it.
mais um video de SHIT onde para eles Portugal é Lisboa e o resto é paisagem.
Se o homem ficou toto de todo ao pagar 1000€ por uma refeição nunca saberá o que é ir a um tasco verdadeiro portugues comer por 50€ e sair de lá a rebolar por ter comido um prato cheio e não uma caganita de pombo
This is not Portuguese food, its fancy deconstructed bullshit to cater to people who have money but know nothing of good food.
I was at Moor Hall yesterday- outstanding.
Sorry mate, machine gun comments that I can not relate to. Relax, savour and feel. You are all about the math.
This is nice and all but by any means represents the Gastronomy of Portugal. From the ingredients that doesn't even get into our plates from foreign wines. It's an expensive shame. For those 450€ you paid for the poor wine selection, you could had a trip over some places and have the REAL experience.
Alex, choosing the unique pairing and missing timeless classics doesn't really add up, I'm afraid 🙁
This seems so boring, looks like takes ages to get all the food, and wasting a ton of time inside the restaurant, I would be flipping
Most famous? Most people here in Portugal would disagree
o Belcanto é o mais famoso desde quando?
Somebody contacted me and offered to pay me to subscribe to this channel. How weird.
ahah i saw my friend who used to work there in one of those pictures ^^ he couldn't afford to eat there with how much he was paid, sadly. he'd eat at Mcdonalds close by but hey… he was paid in "respect" for working as chef there.
Of course the Spanish wine sucked. Who would ever immagine…
And then, Salazar dictatorship wasn't know for lack of ingredients. It was the opposite. As the entire Europe was dealing with ww2 bombings and food chain supply suffered, Portugal remained neutal thanks to him and refugees arriving here would famously be in awe at the shop shelters filled to the top an not food crisis whatsoever. Later near his final tenure, yes, his protectionist economic policy was keeping some products at bay. But that does not mean ours were of lesser quality.