MAGUSTO

Martinho was a roman soldier who, in a stormy day, passed by a humble man. He felt sorry for the man and shared his coat with him. Suddenly, the cold and the wind disappeared and gave place to a warm and sunny summer day.


Is popular believe that god rewarded Martinho for his kindness towards the beggar offering them a comforting and warm sun.

Since then, at this time of the year, although is autumn, is always hot and the sun shines like in the summer time. That is why this season is called S. Martinho’s summer.

Traditionally we eat roasted chestnuts and taste the new wine. It is the Magusto!

Next 11th November we will have a Magusto party at Hush-hush garden with good food and Portuguese wines to celebrate the season. We hope you join us!

HAPPY GO LUCKY


This Saturday we had no participants in our Hush-Hush Garden dinner party which is a bit sad.
Although in other countries the underground restaurant movement is established, in Portugal is just beginning.
That's why getting things on the move, like we're trying to do, takes time and persistence.

So I decided to celebrate the day, just like Poppy would do in Mike Leigh's film “Happy go lucky”. And so we did!

I left house and went down the street to meet Tejo (the river) and Sofia (the best friend). Perfect combination!
So, with Tejo at our feet, we did a picnic before dinner.

We took toasts, two dipping sauces and a bottle of white wine previously chilled.

Here is the recipe:

Guacamole sauce

Pulp of 2 small ripe avocados
Juice of 1 lemon
Extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt flower
Cayenne pepper
Press the avocados pulp with a fork but make sure you leave some chunks to bite.
Add the lemon juice, the olive oil and season with sea salt flower and cayenne pepper.
Chill for 20 min in the fridge.

Requeijão sauce

Requeijão is a ricotta like cream cheese made with milk serum, in this case, from sheep.
Fresh mint leaves
Fresh raspberries
Juice of half a lemon
Extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt flower
Mix all the ingredients into a paste, season with sea salt flower and garnish with poppy seeds.

Chill for 20 min in the fridge.

It certainly was an afternoon to remember.
By the way, the wine was Duque de Viseu 2009, delicious!

UMA NOITE MÁGICA!

Começámos cedo os preparativos para este jantar Hush-Hush Garden.
Montagem de mesas, escolha de pratos e copos e distribuição de velas e mais velas.
Na cozinha trabalhou-se a todo o vapor para conseguir fazer juz ao menu proposto.
As primeiras convidadas chegaram à hora combinada e foram recebidas com um Porto tonic. Para acompanhar, guacamole, pasta de grão e paprika, e outros amuse bouche.

O jantar começou com uma entrada de figos do algarve com presunto de porco preto.

No meio da azáfama, esquecemo-nos de fotografar o prato principal e respectivo acompanhamento, mas fica o registo da sobremesa - bolo húmido de alfarroba com gelado de limões da árvore do Hush-Hush Garden acompanhado por Moscatel de Setúbal.

  A noite estava convidativa e o vinho, Casa da Carvalha de 2005 (um ano de excepção) esteve à altura da refeição.

Esta foi a impressão da Ana Maria:

Antes de mais, dizer que estava tudo excelente!

espaço é lindo e a atmosfera que conseguiram criar é deveras intimista, acolhedora, mágica... ADOREI!

A decoração está lindíssima, desde o jardim ao jogo de loiças. A ementa muito bem concebida, saudável e saborosa e diferente do que a que os restaurantes comuns oferecem. A música variada, com o volume certo. As velas espalhadas pelo jardim. A lembrança do chá biológico. Tudo mesmo muito bonito!

Sabes que hoje acordei com aquela sensação de.... em que inspiras o ar da manhã e, ao mesmo tempo, te inspiras?! E a primeira coisa que me veio à cabeça foi "que noite perfeita!". A sério! :)"
 
E nós agradecemos!

No final, todas as convidadas levaram uma recordação desta noite, um saquinho de chá, produção do Hush-Hush Garden.

Hush-Hush Garden Menu

The Menu is ready and set to go!

After a long period of experiments in the kitchen, we decided to present the following menu.

We hope you find it interesting enough to show up!

To Start

Welcome drink

Dipping sauces

Mafra Bread

To Continue

Algarve fresh figs and Porco Preto smoked ham, with lemon and olive oil dressing, sprinkled with toasted pine nuts

Chickpeas from Serpa with salt cod chunks and fresh coriander, roasted with olive oil from Serpa in tradicional pottery and watercress salad

Carob wet cake with Hush-hush garden's lemon ice-cream

To Drink

Red Wine - Casa da Carvalha, 2005, Dão

Dessert wine - Moscatel de Setúbal

Coffee or Hush-hush garden's Tea

Donation value is € 35 per person.

Contact us to hush.hushgarden@gmail.com or to +351 96 021 22 29 .

The 22nd July you'll get the directions to find us via e-mail or sms.

Welcome to HUSH-HUSH GARDEN, the first anti-restaurant in Lisbon!



In the heart of Lisbon a secret garden is expecting your visit.

Kick off dinner will be the 23rd of July and we’re preparing our very best specialities!

Under the moonlight and the stars you’ll have the most wonderful dinner prepped with fresh ingredients and Portuguese delicatessen.

What bonds us is the love to cook and the passion to share it with others. We’re not trained chefs, but we love to eat and mostly, love to share the pleasure of good food.

Our food is simple and clean, inspired on the Portuguese ingredients. We try to cook well and eat even better!

The table is set and the candles are ready to burn… Join us in our huge adventure!
We’re waiting for you.