Lisbon is the only Atlantic capital of Europe. And Portugal is the third country in the world, plus consumer fish, preceded only by Iceland and Japan. Having a festival to pay homage fish was an obvious conclusion. This was the reasoning was behind the launch of Fish in Lisbon, whose ninth edition starts today and ranks Gale Patio in the Palace Square, Lisbon until the 17th.
It was in 2007 that the Turismo de Lisboa, after analyzing surveys conducted by the Centre of Tourism, concluded that, increasingly, tourists stressed the importance of gastronomy in your travels to Lisbon. “It was important to create a festival that encourages the gastronomy of the city and its restaurants, but to do so in an innovative format. It had, in other parts of the country and the world, festivals, or were too focused on professionals, or were just a presentation of restaurants or pubs. Here, we wanted to put it all together around a product, because when we started, we were not exactly many internationally recognized Portuguese chefs, but we had products that all leaders of the world recognized as excellent, as is the case of fish, “he explained when i Duarte Calvão, Gastronomy project coordinator of the Lisbon Tourism Association and president of the Fish in Lisbon. Former journalist signed for ten years between 1999 and 2009, a daily page of gastronomy and good life in the “Daily News”. In 2009 he delivered professional portfolio to devote to the organization Fish in Lisbon, making still taste the finger through the blog Marked table.
In this edition, which expects to receive more than 25,000 people last year, the first novelty, according to Duarte Calvão, it is structural: the first time the entrance to the fish in Lisbon is now done through the Terreiro do Palace and not the street from Arsenal, a decision which reflects the awareness that more and more tourists pass through this square. Moreover, in winning team does not move, so, essentially, “the formula replicates”. So, turn up to ten heads / restaurants residents – Bertílio Gomes (the Chapitô the Bureau), Ibo, Pascal Meynard (the Ritz Four Seasons, Arola and Midori by Penha Longa Resort, José Avillez, Kiko Martinez, Justa Nobre (Noble and Noble Estoril), Tavern Rua das Flores, Vítor Sobral (the Tasca da Esquina and Fish Corner) and Ribamar, the only present from the first edition. this is the anchor of fish in Lisbon because, as bails Duarte Calvão the most visitors “come to eat.”
Still, “there are more people who also feel curious to see the sessions showcooking”. So, over the ten days you can see in action in the auditorium of the stage, foreign heads as Elena Arzak (San Sebastian), Pino Cuttaia (Sicily), Diego Gallegos (Malaga), and the Portuguese Nuno Mendes, Rui Silvestre James Ugly, Tomoaki Kanazawa, Henrique Sá Pessoa and Alexandre Silva. In addition, on the 12th, the heads Miguel Castro e Silva, Marlene Vieira and Paulo Morais submit their proposals with horse mackerel, the fish featured in this edition of the festival. “In recent years we decided that it was important that we were aware of what is happening on our coast. We have three very abundant species – sardines, mackerel and horse mackerel – but for years we did not see with good eyes. However we had to reduce the share of sardines to preserve the species and this has helped the revival of mackerel. Now lack the horse mackerel and we want to help “, concludes Duarte Calvão.
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