POLISH-JAMAICAN
CHEF DUO
Mateusz A Żurek & Jahmarley Grant
Underground Dining Club
While BYWA takes a temporary pause, we are running our underground dining club in Lisbon.
11, 12, 13 April – «Leaves»
18, 19, 20, 21 April – «Polish & Jamaican Classics»
25, 26, 27, 28 April – «Greatest Hits of BYWA»
€60 pp
The dining club includes a 5-course set menu, a cocktail, wine, water & digestivo.
Two menu options: Classic / Vegetarian
Our ‘Classic’ menu is comprised of 70% plant-based dishes with the remaining 30% of dishes including meat or fish. We aim to share the best quality products and design our menus to be as sustainable as possible.
Our dining club is a limited series ending in April 2024.
We are growing
We have decided to close BYWA Tasting Room at the end of October 2022 to focus on opening the new BYWA Restaurant.
We have always had the goal in mind to bring our experience to more people and in a space more tailored for the experience. We have a long journey ahead of us, we thank you for being a part of it so far. We hope that you follow us through this time of transition and into the future.
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Mateusz A Żurek & Jahmarley Grant
Chefs
The Bywa Team is a Chef duo with unique cultural and culinary backgrounds. Jahmarley with a Jamaican background, grew up in the USA & Canada. Mateusz with his Polish upbringing, raised in a family with strong German roots. Together we pull from a diverse collection of tastes informed by our cultural interpretations. Our culinary inspirations range from Japanese, French, Polish, Jamaican, and even Nordic influences.
We love our food heritage and using our cooking talents to highlight the beauty and elegance of some of our favourite traditional flavours. You will taste a collection of dishes both original and traditionally inspired. We have crafted dishes that combine our cultures in a way that will heighten your senses and curiosity. We present to our version of Polish-Jamaican fusion with respect to the Portuguese terroir.
Less-waste Restaurant Philoshophy
Food is something that unites. It’s something that is lovingly grown and nurtured for months before it arrives in our shops and restaurants. It’s a social activity, a comfort, an essential, and a luxury.
LOVE YOUR FOOD. Your food is at its best when it’s on your plate (..). It’s at its worst when it’s in your bin.
(lovefoodhatewaste)
We’ve been working together as a culinary collective since 2018 and desire to help our Guests explore ways of eating and drinking in a mindful and creative state. We aim to work with the best ingredients available and do our very best to create the least waste possible.
Since we’ve realized that zero-waste movement is a utopia, we are focused on developing our Tasting Menu Concept which maximizes quality and minimizes waste. Working with top quality ingredients and reducing food waste by using the totality of our ingredients, along with nurturing direct partnerships with food producers is core to our cuisine.
The Low Intervention Wine Embassy
While dining you will be able to order from our unique Natural Wine Collection. Don't be alarmed, we stay far away faulty wines. When selecting our wines we choose based on quality, experience, tradition, and environmental impact.
Our dining experience is designed to be enjoyed with low-intervention wines and sakes.
