35 Years Ago

Our wedding anniversary celebration this year in Portugal took place in two phases.  The first was on August 12th at the Monte Rei Golf & Country Club near us in the Eastern Algarve.  Monte Rei houses a wonderful one-star Michelin restaurant, Vistas, where we celebrated our anniversary in 2021 (pictures on this blog).  This year the Vistas chef, Rui Silvestre, invited five other Michelin-starred chefs from throughout Portugal to attend and cook at an outdoor party of fabulous food and wine.

The menu featured one dish from each chef, along with several other stations of food and wine

Chef Óscar Geadas of G Restaurante in ​Bragança

After the festivities at the Chefs' Garden Party, we had a much quieter celebration on our actual anniversary date of August 27 at a local favorite of ours, Vincent's in nearby Santa Luzia.  The menu and the chef are French, and it is an intimate setting that serves only 8-10 people per night.  We had Portuguese sparkling wine, pork and beef filet and finished with chocolate mousse and crepe suzette.  It was lovely!