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Martin Berasategui's new restaurant "50 seconds" from the Lisbon floor

The« Fifty Seconds» It will open its doors next October in the emblematic Vasco da Gama tower

Eight Michelin stars hang from the jacket of Martin Berasategui , whose creations have snatched applause from gastronomic critics around the planet.stresses the chef from San Sebastian, it's not exclusively his: "It's not me, it's the team", he points out.One "family" that, from next October, it will also bring together the workers of the « Fifty Seconds» , the new restaurant of the Sana group, which will be located in the emblematic Vasco da Gama tower in Lisbon.

The Portuguese capital will reap the fruits of Berasategui's latest project, which has dedicated two years of work to the development of a restaurant that will crown the prestigious Myriad Hotel .The result, a room with space for 35 people that takes the name of the 50 seconds it takes for the elevator to reach it and that is called to become a culinary reference on an international scale.

Martin Berasategui's new restaurant

Ramos and Berasategui-EFE

That is, at least, the objective of the chef from Gipuzkoa, who during the Presentation of the "Fifty Seconds" I assure to have "hallucinated in colors" when he saw the results of the project.At an event held at his restaurant in Lasarte-Oria, Berasategui acknowledged feeling "very happy" with the lisboeta room, to whom those responsible have« transferred knowledge» out of his 43 years of trade:« I want to wake up sensations that have not been experienced before &raquo ;, I assert.

To this end he has given himself over the past few years, although I recognized that the« incredible» Quality of the Portuguese products paves the way for him.In this sense, I consider that the professionals he has trained will have no problem meeting the expectations of the most critical palates:« It's as simple as using common sense&raquo ;, sentenced Berasategui, who failed to reveal the details of the letter.

Three million investment

The bones of the« Fifty Seconds» It is made up of the Portuguese group Sana, whose brand strategy manager, Pedro Miguel Ramos , assured that the establishment will place Lisbon« on the map of the restoration worldwide».The project, I inform, it required an investment close to three million euros, and includes the construction of a viewpoint that will be accessible« in the near future&raquo ;.

Also, I explain that the« Fifty Seconds» will be led by Filipe Carvalho , one of the proper names of the Portuguese gastronomic scene.He will be the executive chef, the position of greater responsibility of the kitchen.The pastry chef will be Maria Joã or Goncalves , which already passed through the Lasarte restaurant of Martin Berasategui himself, which has three Michelin stars.

On the other hand, the Berasategui team informed that the interior of the premises was designed&laquo ; to the smallest detail» by architect Nuno Rodrigues and his companions of Metrobox and Stabord, who covered the« Fifty Seconds» with« the shine of copper and that of smoked blues».Furniture and decoration, as well as the&lquo; lush heated cellar&raquo ;, were created« exclusively for this new space» to attribute to him "a personality of his own and a cosmopolitan and sophisticated environment".

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