austa Quarteira

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• 2025
• 2024

Dinner at austa

on 09 Sep 2025

by João Wengorovius

At @austa_resta in the Algarve, with João Rodrigues, Mexican chef @karylmt
and resident chef @davidfbarata , for another dinner from the @residencia_joaorodrigues
Launched by @jmrodrigues , chef owner of @restaurantecanalha and his wife @vavar in 2023 as part of the @projectomateria , this initiative is now in its second season and continues to raise awareness of the various Portuguese regions, their local... More

At @austa_resta in the Algarve, with João Rodrigues, Mexican chef @karylmt
and resident chef @davidfbarata , for another dinner from the @residencia_joaorodrigues
Launched by @jmrodrigues , chef owner of @restaurantecanalha and his wife @vavar in 2023 as part of the @projectomateria , this initiative is now in its second season and continues to raise awareness of the various Portuguese regions, their local products, their people and their rich gastronomic heritage, while sharing knowledge through collaboration between local and international chefs.
It is a significant contribution to the mapping of what our culinary culture has to offer.
Because without knowledge, good cuisine is impossible; without sharing, history is lost; without the past, there can be no progress; and without interaction and experimentation, original thinking and creativity cannot flourish.

Some of the dishes in these pictures:
Pastita, cuttlefish roe from Olhão, caviar (Karime Lopez)
Quinta do Freixo lamb, Ria Formosa Angulata oyster, corn (David Barata)
Pork presa, smoked eel, green pepper (João Rodrigues)
Pork Terrine, Algarvian violet shrimp, fig (João Rodrigues)
John Dory from Sagres, salsa verde, achiote (Karime Lopez)
Purple corn tostada, Carabineiro from Vila Real Santo António, Salsa Macha-Pesto (Karime Lopez)

Very good pairing by @c.ampo which included wines from
@_atlas.land_
@morgadodoquintao
@montedacasteleja
@cabritawines
@apiculturalgarve

Next region: Azores Less

Dinner at austa

on 21 Aug 2024

by João Wengorovius

It is always remarkable to walk into a place and feel that passionate, confident spark you can only find in the eyes of those who are starting something new, committed to doing it well, willing not to do more of the same, but to do it differently. To do ‘their thing’.
I had heard that something new and fresh was happening in the Algarve and I encountered that spark again when I was finally able to go to @austa_resta , meet Emma and David Campus - the adventurous English couple who... More

It is always remarkable to walk into a place and feel that passionate, confident spark you can only find in the eyes of those who are starting something new, committed to doing it well, willing not to do more of the same, but to do it differently. To do ‘their thing’.
I had heard that something new and fresh was happening in the Algarve and I encountered that spark again when I was finally able to go to @austa_resta , meet Emma and David Campus - the adventurous English couple who opened the restaurant about a year ago - and taste the food of chef David Barata.
Austa seems to be filling a space not occupied by the high end haute cuisine (of which the Algarve has some excellent examples) or the traditional and/or family-run restaurants. More casual than the former, more sophisticated than the latter.
Driven by an attention to design, a respect for the territory, a commitment to the region’s small producers and unfussy, well-made food (how wonderful the rabanada with goose barnacles and papada, the squid from Quarteira, the pork presa with peach!), creativity to match, good wines and warm hospitality.
We know all too well how difficult it is to open a restaurant and to persevere.
You have to be somewhat crazy, a dreamer, unreasonable.
Fortunately, such people exist. Less