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About Volta do Mar - Chelsea
Our menu Celebrates flavours of the Portuguese speaking world; taking inspiration from Brazil, Africa and Asia. Volta do Mar means ‘to return from the sea’...
Snacks
Sardine Pâté & Chargrilled Sourdough
Volta do Mar Paté De Sardinha com Pão Grelhado£7.00Ibérico Ham, 100% Acorn Fed, 50g
Presunto de Porco Preto, 100% Bolota£15.00Ibérico Ham, 100% Acorn Fed, 100g
£30.00Selection of Ibérico Charcuterie
Seleção de Porco Preto£18.00Chargrilled Sourdough Bread & Olive Oil-Whipped Butter
Pão Sourdough Com Azeite Manteiga Batida£6.00Olives marinated in Green Harissa & Lemon Verbena
Azeitonas Marinadas com Harissa Verde & Verbena de Limão£5.00Spicy Mixed Nuts
Nozes Mistas Picantes£5.00Quails Eggs with Smoked Paprika Maldon Salt
Ovos de Codorna com Páprica Defumada e Sal£7.00
Starters
Ibérico Ham, Chorizo & Smoked Ham Hock Croquettes
Croquetes de Ibérico Presunto, Chouriço, Presunto Defumado (Portugal)£15.00Red, Yellow & Candy Beetroot Salad with Goats Cheese & Hazelnuts
Salada de Beterraba com Queijo de Cabra & Avelãs (Portugal)£16.00Grilled Prawns ‘Laurentina’
Camarões Grelhados ‘Laurentina’ (Moçambique)£18.00Macanese African Chicken
Galinha à Africana (Macau)£16.00Sicilian Red Prawn Tartare with Caviar
Tártaro de Camarão Vermelho Siciliano com Caviar£20.00Tuna Salad with Baby Gem Lettuce, Peas, Datterini Tomatoes, Quails Eggs, Black Olives & Smoked Anchovies
Salada de Atum com Alface Baby Gem, Ervilhas, Tomate Datterini, Ovos de Codorna, Azeitonas Pretas e Anchovas Defumadas£18.00
Mains
Piri Piri Chicken with Chips
Frango Piri Piri Grelhado com Batata Frita (Moçambique)£27.00Macanese Pork Chop
Costeleta de Porco de Macau (Macau)£34.00Chargrilled Sweet Potato with Black Beans, Sweet Corn & Avocado Mayo
Batata Doce Grelhada com Feijão PReto, Milho Doce e Maionese Abacate (Angola) (v)£25.00Brazilian Fish & Tiger Prawn Stew
Moqueca De Peixe e Camarão Tigre (Brazil)£34.00Confit & Chargrilled Octopus with New Potatoes
Polvo Grelhado com Batata Nova (Portugal)£37.00Baked Salt Cod with Cream & Potatoes
Bacalhau com Natas£28.00
Sides
Chips seasoned with house Piri Piri
Batatas Fritas Com Piri Piri£7.00Mozambique Green Rice
Arroz Verde de Moçambique£7.00Seasonal Lettuce Salad with Chives & Togarashi Dressing
Salada de Alface com Cebolinho & Togarashi£7.00
Sparkling Wine
A Selection of Portuguese Spumante (Sparkling Wines)
Aplauso Bruto Non Vintage Spumante
Sparkling wine made in the Champagne method, dry and delicious£40.00Vadio Espumante Rosé, Spumante
Sparkling Rose, made like Champagne. This is a Beautiful Pink Rosé£78.00Vertice Pinot Noir Spumante 2010
100% Pinot Noir, Champagne Method. Portugal's Finest Sparkling Wine£95.00
White Wines
A Selection of Portugal's finest White Wines
Altano, Symington Family Estate, Douro, 2022
Ripe tropical fruits and crisp finish demands you pour a second glass.£34.00Florão, Quinta da Fonte Souto, Alentejo, 2023
Crisp, white combine ripe stone fruits along with tropical notes and a hint of minerality£40.00Dócil, Vinha Verde, Niepoort, Minho, 2022
Refreshing and crisp, with aromas of citrus fruit and floral notes.£44.00Pretexto, Textura, Dão, 2021
Dry, tangy stone fruit and citrus, juicy, nutty and yet super fresh.£48.00Vadio, Bairrada, 2020
Clean and precise with green herbs, mineral and crystalline elegant, lingering citrus notes£49.00Tiara, Niepoort, Douro, 2022
This high altitude wine is made from 60+ year old vines. Rabigatto grape predominates to give a light vibrant, fresh elegance. Hot stones and zesty fruit are reminiscent of top Chablis.£79.00Pura Branco, Textura, Dão, 2022
A soft, contoured palate resplendent with notes of stone fruit, nut, salted butter and fresh red apples. Beautifully long and layered on the finish with a succulent line of freshness and granitic intensity.£92.00Terrantez Do Pico, Antonio Mançanita, Azores Wine Company, Azores, 2022
Made from a variety saved from near-extinction - Terrantez do Pico - it’s vibrant, pure and intense. Linear citrus fruit and floral aromas of Bergamot. A very special and rare wine.£125.00Coche, Niepoort, Douro, 2022
Dirk Niepoort’s most exclusive white wine. The name does not belye its resemblance to one of Burgundy’s greats. This high altitude white displays great power, elegance and charm.£130.00Buçaco Branco, Buçaco Palace, Coimbra, 2021
Formerly the Palace of the last King of Portugal. Converted into a hotel in 1917, this iconic wine was famously only available to the hotel’s most distinguished guests. Made from old vine Encruzado, Maria Gomes & Bical from both Dão & Bairrada. It’s complex and luxurious, with mineral, citrus and tropical fruit.£135.00
Rosé
A Selection of Portugal's Finest Rosé
Quinta da Fonte Souto Rosé, Quinta da Fonte Souto, Alentejo
Fresh, vibrant nose of apricot, pomegranate, citrus peelThe palate is rich and beautifully textured with excellent ripe fruit£50.00QM Alvarinho Rosé, QM, Vinho Verde
Alvarinho and Sousao, a serious rose made in provencal style, with floralhints of quince and melon; crisp, intense and mineral£0.00
Red Wine
Portugal's Finest Red Wines
Altano Tinto, Symington Family Estates, Douro
Deep ruby-crimson in colour. a plump, juicy red packed with ripe bramble fruits£34.00Florão Tinto, Quinta da Fonte Souto, Alentejo
A blend of 8 different grape varieties including Trincadeira, Aragonez and Syrah combine in this spicy, dark cherry and pine flecked red that elegantly showcases the style of the Alentejo region in Southern Portugal.£40.00Pretexto Tinto, Textura, Dão
A four variety blend of Jaen, Tinto Roriz, Alfrochiero and Touriga Nacional fermented in stainless steel. Fine, pretty fruits. Ripe, peppery and juicy on the nose with some herb, forest fruit and pine notes on the palate.£48.00Vadio Tinto, Vadio, Bairrada
100% Baga, the most important grape of Bairrada. Elegant light-medium bodiedstructured perfumed red fruits with a long, mineral finish from an excitingyoung winemaker.£49.00Vulcanico Tinto, Azores Wine Company, Azores
Aragonês, Agronómica, Castelão, Malvarisco, plus many more. Grown in unique, tiny walled vineyards, this is fragrant with rosehip, mulberry and a mineral edge. For lovers of Pinot Noir.£60.00Pombal do Vesúvio, Quinta do Vesuvio, Douro
Touriga Franca, Touriga Nacional, Tinta Amarela. Spice, dried blueberry and plum lead into a balanced palate full of finesse, balance and structure. Fresh and elegant through the lengthy and complex finish.£66.00Vinho do Arco, Quinta do Ataíde, Douro
Touriga Nacional, Syrah, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Sauvignon, a hedonistic, inky new-wave red with layers of soft sweet cassis, espresso and long velvety tannins£74.00Pura Tinto, Textura, Dão
Hugely complex on the nose with lifted ethereal notes of incense, iodine, mint and mineral charged blackberries, dry plums and red cherries. Tons of character here and a lively, slightly wild edge that makes it hugely compelling. Perfumed damson, dark cherry and violets with a touch of spice£98.00Vesuvio, Quinta do Vesuvio, Douro
Touriga Nacional, Touriga franca and Tinta Amarela blend from 50 year old vines. The 2015 vintage is very fine - and drinking wonderfully right now.£119.85Poeirinho Tinto, Nieupoort, Bairrada
Produced with grapes from the Quinta de Baixo vineyards. Poeirinho is also called Baga. Light in colour low in alcohol. Softened with some bottles age. Pronounced round light red berry fruit, perfumed.£125.00Buçaco Tinto, Buçaco Palace, Coimbra
Formerly the Palace of the last King of Portugal. Converted into a hotel in 1917, this iconic wine was famously only available to the hotel’s most distinguished guests. Made of Baga from Bairrada and Touriga Nacional de Dão. Perfumed and elegant, soft and intriguing. Young and drinking well for the next 25 years.£135.00Charme, Niepoort, Douro
An elegant ode to Burgundy using grapes from very old vine vineyards in the Vale de Mendiz, on the banks of river Pinhão. Cherry and Strawberry aromas are echoed on the palate, which is silky and textured.£140.00Chryseia, Prats & Symington, Quinta do Roriz, Douro
Touriga Nacional and Franca combine to produce one of the new icons of the Douro Valley. Refined,wonderfully sophisticated and displaying true depth and complexity, this is a top Douro expression.£175.00