Chef Raphael Rego’s Oka Fogo in Paris is 2 Brazilian eating places in a single

For Michelin-starred Carioca chef Raphael Rego, his new restaurant Oka Fogo is a candid residence away from residence. For his company, it’s an open door to an genuine Brazilian culinary expertise in Paris. The seductive venue, situated on the bottom flooring of an attractive Haussmann constructing within the metropolis’s seventeenth arrondissement, has come to life following the imaginative and prescient of Tehrani-Parisian architect and designer Arnaud Behzadi.

Oka Fogo, Brazilian eating in Paris’ seventeenth arrondissement

A double serving to of contrasting cultures (French and Brazilian) defines Oka Fogo, which homes two restaurant areas. The primary one, Oka, which interprets as ‘home’ within the historical Tupi language, affords a small, dinner-only house linked to the kitchen. The second, Fogo, which means ‘hearth’, features a extra relaxed eating room and a grill and bar, open for lunch in addition to dinner. For intimate events, there’s an alcove seating as much as six company, in addition to a tasting room with greater than 5,000 wine and champagne references.

It was crucial for Behzadi to translate the heat and artistic rhythms of Brazil whereas encapsulating the magic of the French capital. Signature chairs by Brazilian architect and designer Sergio Rodrigues function in each rooms, whereas the ceiling of Oka and the partitions of Fogo function monumental frescoes by French artist Florence Bamberger, impressed by modern Brazilian artist and poet José Francisco Borgès.

Depictions of Brazilian wildlife, resembling jaguars, anacondas, tamanoirs, capybaras, coati rouxes, toucans, and hyacinth macaws, intermingle within the ceiling of Oka. In the meantime, the partitions of Fogo boast a brand new rendition of Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe, 1863. Wall lights by French designer Cathy Crinon illuminate the distinction between the unique constructing’s stone and its Jatoba wooden façade.

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