Costa Mazzis-owned Barcelos has brought Afro-Portugese cuisine to the city. Rohit Malhotra, India Business Head of Barcelos, told Business Line that the franchised 100-seater casual dining restaurant was result of a tie-up with MP Jewellers family outfit Trivia Food & Beverages Pvt Ltd.

Indranil Roychowdhury, Director of Trivia, said that collaboration was likely to be replicated in the near future for a few more in West Bengal.

For Barcelos, it is the fourth outlet after setting up two in New Delhi and one in Gurgaon. “By July we would be present in Jaipur and Mumbai through the franchisee route”, Malhotra said. Apart from one company owned outlet in the Capital, Barcelos is following the franchise model for expansion in the country.

Portuguese restaurateur Mazzis, who first set up his shop in South Africa, linked his brand to a village in Portugal – Barcelos – with legends attached to cockerel or rooster.

Though its low-oil flame grilled chicken along with “peri-peri” or a number of table sauces made of African chili are the menu drivers, for India, Barcelos has created a range of vegetarian dishes.

Barcelos official said that the chain now popularising a typical flavour and taste of the fiery African peri-peri in the country where Portuguese traders centuries ago introduced chili. Variants peri-peri sauce is also used by Barcelos chefs as a secret marinade for meat or seafood before they are roasted or grilled, Malhotra said.

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