The Portuguese kitchen is a simple one, not refined like French tradition, but one of fisherman, sailors and farmers. Main dish is grilled meat or fish with cooked potatoes and some vegetables. If you order cooked meat, you’ll get your potatoes baked. Portuguese cuisine does not offer a great variety of side dishes of vegetables or salads, perhaps because it is felt that the soups include enough vegetables. So you should order soup as a starter, often the cheapest are the best, thick and creamy.
Portugal is famous for its dried and salted cod called Bacalãu, which you can buy or order in many varieties. In fact the Portuguese are proud the have more recipes for it than there are days in a year. It is also the base for the traditional Christmas meal, which eaten at midnight on Christmas Eve.
Restaurante Adega Machado - Lisboa
Address: Rua do Norte, 91 - Bairro Alto Fax: +35 21 - 3467507 Tel: +35 21 - 3224640
Restaurante O Painel de Alcântara
Address: Rua do Arco, 7 a 13 Tel: +35 21 - 3965920
Restaurante O Tibetano
Address: Rua do Salitre, 117 Tel: +35 21 - 3142038
Restaurante Promotora Chopp
Address: Largo do Calvário, 3 Tel: +35 21 - 3623102
Restaurante Casa do Alentejo
Address: Rua das Portas de Santo Antão, 58 (Restauradores) Tel: +35 21 - 3469231 Fax: +35 21 - 3422985
Restaurante Esplanada Céu de Lisboa
Address: Topo do Elevador de Santa Justa Tel: +35 21 - 3469598
Address: Travessa da Queimada, 10 - Bairro Alto Tel: +35 21 - 3422281 Fax: +35 21 - 3478320
Restaurante Tasca do Zé Maria
Address: Rua da Academia Recreativa de Santo Amaro, 42 Tel: +35 21 - 3939346
Restaurante Frei Papinhas Cosy restaurant above the old town “Alfama” (10 min walk from the cathedral), very local dishes, extensive lunch costs about 2000 Esc. per person.
Address: Rua Santo Tome 13 / 21, 1100 Lisboa Tel: +35 21 - - 88 66 471
Address: Travessa da Espera, 34 Tel: +35 21 - 3420477
Restaurante Quebra-Bilhas
Address: Campo Grande, 312 Tel: +35 21 - 7590093
Restaurante Solar dos Presuntos Always crowded, always delicious. Here you find guests of every type: elegant businesmen, chatting upperclass ladies, soccer players and enthusiasts, artists and actors (have a look at the pictures on the wall) and tourists. The menu is filled with most delicious fish and meat dishes but the absolute best are the deserts: try grandmother’s sweet.
Address: Rua das Portas de Santo Antão, 150 Tel: +35 21 - 3424253 Fax: +35 21 - 3468468
Restaurante Café d' Artes
Tel=+35 21 - 3960930
Restaurante Café São Bento
Address: Rua de São Bento, 221 Tel: +35 21 - 3952911
Restaurante Calcuta
Address: Rua do Norte, 17/19 Tel: +35 21 - 3428295
