The full-size live tree in the dining room should tell you something about the importance of all things natural and organic at this gastronomic restaurant. And the size of the central open kitchen in relation to the 22-seat dining room that surrounds it—the kitchen is bigger—reveals how complicated the dishes are. Welcome to Michelin star-awarded Loco.
Chef Alexandre Silva, who won the Portuguese Top Chef competition in 2012, and his team turn out microseasonal tasting menus that are as visually wondrous as they are delicious. And well, there’s a reason the restaurant’s name translates as “crazy.” Some of their 14 or 18 “moments” (not counting all the one-bite snacks that precede the meal) might be served on a bento box filled with moss or in a distillation flask spilling out aromatic steam.
At the beginning of dinner, each guest in a group selects a key. At the end, petit-fours are presented in a mysterious multi-tiered box that seems best suited to jewelry. Instructions are given: whoever holds the correct key to open the box must eat the last sweet morsel inside…and pay the check! Bom apetite e boa sorte!
For more information, visit Loco website.
Loco
Rua Navegantes 53
Lisbon
Phone: +351 213 951 861
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday – 19:00 to 23:00
Photos by Paulo Barata, Courtesy of Loco
