Because Londoners deserve awesome Portuguese food, wine and culture. Here at The Portuguese Conspiracy Eatery & Wine Bar, you’ll discover the full expression of Portugal’s immense flavours, while uncovering the country’s history, geography and culture in a flavoursome experience! An explorer’s banquet. Portugal is so rich with such different kinds of food (and wines to […]
It’s not like we don’t like the Autumn (lovely golden leafs, etc..) but let’s face it, it’s not easy saying goodbye to Summer and to effectively cope with this “transition”, we kind of immersed ourselves in a tasting frenzy: We’ll be focusing initially on the Douro region, and Beira Interior, with some fantastic tastings and dinners. Below […]
This Thursday and Friday, we are bringing IndieLisboa Film Festival to London, with a selection of 10 Portuguese short films. We’ve selected a very special location the West Reservoir Centre, one of the best hidden spots in London, in a picturesque corner of Stoke Newington. Overlooking the vast West Reservoir, the 1930s tower boasts fascinating structural design elements, whilst […]
We’ve all been through a similar situation as the one portrayed in Something Important : we wake up and think ‘Today I need to do something, something important’. We carry on with the day, as our mind pushes this thought further and further away and other tasks keep getting in the way. By the end of the […]
This award-winning short (Best Film at Córtex – Sintra Short Film Festival 2012, National Competition) by Flávio Pires is a poignant depiction of a man – also played by Flávio Pires -, who spends his nights between the concert rooms where he performs with his band and the room where his sick grandmother lies waiting […]
This Saturday we’ll be part of The Clapton Festival, a free festival to close the summer with live music, art, children’s activities and some of Clapton’s finest food and music, settled at 119 Lower Clapton from 6 pm, with the opening party of the Illustration and Photography exhibition “There is a Line” by Sara Westermann. We’ve designed […]
‘Julian’ (2012) is an experimental biographical piece about two men – Julian and António – who disconnected themselves from the anxious city, and allowed their spirits to be taken by nature.
‘Kali, the Little Vampire’ is another touching animated story about belonging and self-acceptance by Regina Pessoa. Kali is a little boy-vampire who, unlike all the other boys, lives alone in the shadows, envious of the bright life others live under the sun.
Another conspiracy meeting and this time it’ll be a happy joint venture with our dearest “conspirator” partners: Gourmandisse. They act as magical sorcerers, searching the whole country for the best handmade delicacies, to combine unique and exquisite flavours.
– “it’s exactly how we had imagined it to be.”
April Fools day, Easter bank holiday, a glimpse of the upcoming Spring (you are out there somewhere, right?) and of course, great food and wines, it all made up the perfect setting for an extraordinary afternoon. The crowd was lively and diverse (just the way we like it): English, American, German, Irish, Italian, French, Polish […]
We’re sold out for the next lunch conspiracy, but this isn’t an April fools prank: everyone is welcome to join our after lunch conspiracy, from 4 pm at The Dead Dolls Club, Dalston Dj Fitz on the rocks, Portuguese wines and hopefully lots of dancing. Mr. John Fitzgerald is a connoisseur and incomparable colector of music: As a […]
Because it’s not all about digital imagery and twitter and Instagram, everything right here and right now. Many good things just need their time to surface. Ana Faro has very kindly documented our first supper club trough her “analogue” eye, and we’re glad she did! The result is a set of beautiful, intimate, and somewhat intriguing b&w images of […]
Exciting news!! We’ve just booked the venue for Session #2 of the Portuguese Conspiracy Supper Club: it will be held at the Dead Dolls Club in Dalston, Monday 1st of April at 1pm. Image by : Matt Brown @ Culture Compass The star of the menu, Arroz de Pato (oven cooked duck rice) is one of my Granny’s […]
Our first Supper Club, held last 28th of February in L’Atelier, was exactly like we’d imagined: a great group of people gathered around our home made food and enjoying long glasses of portuguese wine! We were joined by an interesting mix of british, portuguese, nordic and other exotic nationalities. The soft music of Ramiro Leite gave space […]
Roman Gonitel tells us his Portuguese Story, about his first encounter with Fernando Paiva’s wines and biodynamics at Quinta da Palmirinha: The first time I experienced Fernando’s wines was on a beautiful sunny morning: It was late November, it was was fresh but you could still feel the warmth of the early sun just starting to warm […]
Portuguese Embassy, 11 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PP The Portuguese Embassy presents an exhibition showcasing emerging Portuguese Fashion Designers, featuring creations from both established names to recent graduates and fashion students. Curated by Xenia Capacete Caballero, this exhibition is part of the International Fashion Showcase 2013, developed by the British Council in collaboration with the British […]
There will be food, wine, and yes friends, there will be music: For the first gathering of the conspiracy we’ve challenged Jazz guitarist Ramiro Leite to lead and “orchestrate” the meeting’s musical plot. So, as all good things, conspiracies come in duos (pretty complex stuff to conspire all by yourself wouldn’t you say?). The Ramiro Leite […]
Photo by Ilidia @maisacrequedoce Alfeizeirão has one of the most popular “pão-de-ló” (sponge cake) recipes in Portugal, and its fame expands far beyond the borders of the region where it is baked. Unlike other “Spong-cakes” this “Pão-de-Ló” is not dry, no Sir! Beneath it’s top crust lies a scrumptious egg crème filling that will knock-you-out of your […]
Traditionally smoked, it owes it’s name to one of its main ingredients: Alho (garlic) and was originally conceived to deceive the 15th century Portuguese Catholic inquisition, the “Alheira” worked out to be the perfect camouflage for the northeastern’s (Trás-os-montes) Portuguese Jewish communities that would make “sausages” out of chicken, rabbit, duck or veal (instead of the fire cooked pork sausage) […]