news featured by Max von Treu MAX VON TREU photographs the cover spread ‘Facing the Ocean’ for MR ICON at the uber-popular Casa da Chá in Porto

It was time to take a trip to the coast… The editorial ‘Facing the Ocean’ was photographed by MAX VON TREU for Mr ICON in Portugal. To be precise, at the trendsetting Casa da Chá in Porto.

The restaurant Casa de Chá da Boa Nova, built on a rocky cliff in Leça da Palmeira, is the ambitious project of star-studded Chef Rui Paula, who is dedicated, like hardly anyone else, to the modern cuisine of Portugal.

Thanks to the creative culinary concept and quality of service, Casa de Chá da Boa Nova shines radiantly in the Michelin sky – having won its first Michelin star in 2016, followed by its second in 2019 under the direction of Chef Rui Paula.

The singularity of the building which houses the restaurant remains a paradigm of architectural insertion into an exceptional landscape. Brainchild of architectural genius Pritzker Siza Vieira, the property is one of the most emblematic works of the renowned architect. Born from rocks, hand in hand with the sea, it is designated as a national...

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