Bistro opens its doors – and mouth – to chef Udi Barkan

Barkan will take over Bistro’s kitchen on October 9th, with the project “Fresh As It Gets by Udi Barkan”.

The aim is to bring together a selection of fruits and vegetables that are at their best during this season and create a unique menu that celebrates nature with all its flavor, inspiring those who taste it to explore and incorporate fresh seasonal ingredients in their meals. Although predominantly plant based, the menu may also feature seasonal fish and seafood, paying tribute to the Portuguese coast and its natural treasures.

Chef, Clinical Dietitian and holding a Master’s in Public Health and Epidemiology, Udi Barkan firmly believes in the saying “we are what we eat”. “My mission is to help people fall in love with their local ingredients and teach them how to prepare flavorful food at home using affordable ingredients found in any household pantry”, he says.

At Bistro, this philosophy is put into practice through a menu (95 euros per person) consisting of seasonal bread and “dips”, starters, mains and desserts – some to share and some served individually – and drinks pairing (with or without alcohol). It’s pedagogy without the boring part: pure flavor and pleasure, discovery and joy.

The initiative is possible only because of the way in which Udi personifies what is also Bistro’s philosophy, with a menu that, although maintaining a section dedicated to Bistro’s classics, is mainly composed of daily suggestions that change according to the freshest products that arrive, each day, at the kitchen.

Reservations for Udi Barkan’s dinner at Bistro 100 Maneiras are already available by phone, email or online.