Portuguese home cooking meets panoramic views of Lisbon.
Lumiares Hotel & Spa, which houses Lumi, is known for giving old buildings makeovers, and is also behind the Vintage, another award-winning hotel 15 minutes up the street.Previously a derelict 18th-century palace, the hotel remodel pays homage to the community's colors, patterns, and light. So accustomed to bougie rooftop spectacles, I opted for my fringe leather jacket instead of my cozy jean jacket when venturing to Lumi.
A thoughtful yet homey environment, Lumi's interior has a soothing color palette of limes and light yellows. The indoor open-kitchen format leads to stunning outdoor panoramic views of Lisbon and gorgeous surrounding mountains. Hues of terracotta tiles and lush green forestry paint the surrounding picture.While peeking into the kitchen, I found comfort seeing chefs from places like Angola and Cape Verde. It let me know that the chefs’ experiences expand beyond Lisbon's borders.
Born in central Portugal, Silva has worked in a number of Michelin-starred restaurants, and a few of the chefs on his team have worked alongside him over the past decade. Silva tellsthat he is deeply connected to his team, who “fortunately have been there since the beginning.”His time working on a local farm, Quinta do Arneiro, proved to be a pivotal moment in his career. "I worked for an organic farm where the menu changed weekly," says Silva.
"It was a cool and amazing time, and when I came to Lumi, of course, I brought this with me," says Silva, who aims to source everything locally.All of the chef's dishes connect in some way to Portuguese homestyle cooking. The tender roasted octopus and crisp tuna ceviche, for example, is "from the Algarve." His pica pau, stewed beef in Portuguese beer and pickle juice, is his ode to Portuguese comfort food.
More menu highlights include the peixinhos da horta, a dish of fried green beans, as well as roasted bacalhau, a salt-cured cod fish that’s abundant on every Lisbon menu. Silva shares that the codfish à brás at Lumi "was invented in Bairro Alto."Lively from sunrise to sundown, Bairro Alto exudes party energy, which makes the more relaxed Lumi somewhat unique in the neighborhood.
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