Hippocampus Nº 44

Restaurant
JAPANESE TRADITION
WITH CASCAIS INSPIRATION
With Izakaya, one of the most traditional Japanese restaurant concepts
is taking shape in Cascais, with Tiago Penão, the young but already
prestigious chef from Cascais, at the helm. Definitely not to be missed
Izakaya. This was the name given by
Tiago Penão, the chef from Cascais, to
his most recent gastronomic project, 100%
natural and different from the others,
which he decided to materialise in his
hometown. A name that, right from the
start, says a lot about this restaurant inaugurated
in July 2022. After all, “izakaya”
is the name used in Japan to designate the
country’s typical “taverns”, establishments
that are a fundamental part of the local
population’s daily life, where visitors are
invited to enter, sit down, drink and eat
before returning home.
It was precisely this concept that Izakaya
proposed to bring to Portugal, and to
Cascais, with a careful and quality gastronomic
offer, in true Japanese style. This
is therefore a creative, innovative, urban
and at the same time sophisticated space
that invites you to stay and enjoy good
moments and a differentiated experience,
not only for lunch or dinner, but also for
quality drinks, and not less important,
socializing - all this without timetables,
just like the izakaya in its country of origin.
The executive chef who is at the genesis
not only of this concept, but also of the
space where it was implemented, and the
respective decoration, had well defined
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