Licking my Lips in Lisbon

 

 

We were on Tram 28 which connects and passes through some of the most popular neighborhoods in Lisbon Martim Moniz, Campo Ourique, Graca, Alfama, Baixa, and Estrela. The trams and the hills at moments whisked me back to San Francisco especially while we weaved through the narrow cobblestoned streets with the brakes singing their tune and the conductor guiding us with expertise, the red tram followed directly behind us.

 

 

For more information about the trams in Lisbon.

 

 

 

 

As it was our anniversary we went to a few places to celebrate.

100 Maneiras was one of my favorites. 

I am not a dessert fan, I can take it or leave it, but this dessert Arroz de gengibre, pudim Abade de Priscos e manjericao or in English, Ginger rice, rice serum, Abade de Priscos Portuguese pudding and basil sorbet was by far the best dessert I have ever had. I would go back tomorrow for it, and God's bread.

 

100 Maneiras is a tasting menu, we had over ten courses.

D E L I C I O U S !

 

Please check out their website to see how original and inventive they are.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We called the restaurant the day before to mention that we do not eat meat or poultry, unbeknownst to us instead of the pork that was on the menu that night, they made us an Amazon forest, it was nearly too clever to eat.

The black bits are dried olives crunchy and now I want to learn to dry olives!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tasty wonder: Shrimp skin with droplets of sweet and sour on a bed of rocks.

 

 

 

 

 

The dishes too were unusual, clever, inventive... fun.

This was an extremely oversize bowl with a tiny mouth.

But did the "cleanse the palette" bite every provide a mighty wow factor:

Iced celery and rosemary.

Frozen celery was incredibly good.

Let's freeze celery and see!

 

 

 

 

 

Cool tile floor at the Brown's cafe, at the hotel that we stayed at.

 

 

 

 

Eye candy everywhere.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALMA'S   in   L I S B O N 

 

We also had dinner at Alma's.

Another tasting menu.

Equally as good.

Thirty years was celebrated with such good meals and wines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alma's Chocolate Bomb that French Husband enjoyed, and I did not dare him to lick the plate or he would have. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alma's interior was sleek, modern and refined. Though the light's added such glare that it made it difficult for me to take a photo. So I enjoyed each spoonful instead. 

Impeccable service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you full yet?

 

The restaurants we enjoyed:

 

Alma's

 

100 Maneiras

 

Sea Me

 

Cantino do Avillez

 

12 Reasons to Love Lisbon

 

and a must go to the market place Mercado da Ribeira.

 

 

 

Comments

[Taste of France]

A restaurant I absolutely loved in Lisbon is Bico do Sapato.

[Jeanne]

Beautiful and thanks so much for all you share

Love Jeanne

[Nancy]

My husband would love that chocolate dessert and a glass of red wine of course. I would prefer something not so sweet, like the basil sorbet or something with fruit.
Happy Anniversary to you both!

[Diogenes]

Love the idea of celery and rosemary iced. It looks like Lisbon is a food capital as well. Wonderful food pictures.

I love these patterned tile floors too. I don;t think we see too many of those here in the States.

[LIbbie]

In Lisbon a couple of years ago I found a fantastic restaurant in the center of the commercial area (Baixa?). It's called Em Alta na Baixa. The first time I ate there I had the freshest, most wonderful ricotta cheese ever! I went back for Sunday lunch and had one of the best meals I've ever had. I hope you'll be able to find it.

[Marilyn]

The food looks amazing! They all remind me of some cooking shows I have watched with the top restaurants in the world.

[Kathie B]

So many wonderful places to eat in Lisbon (and unlike you, I'm hardly indifferent to desserts!). Just looked up the Bistro at 100 Maneiras, which sounds interesting too: http://100maneiras.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MenuInverno-En.pdf (hope to try it next time we're there).

[Kathie B]

P.S. People who live in the land of the French baguette probably don't notice it as much (LOL!), but Portugal has lots of wonderful breads, too!

[French la Vie]

I agree! They bread to me was superior to the French bread.

[Kathie B]

Well, I'm not sure I'd go quite THAT far ;-)

[Anne Woodyard (@MusicandMarkets)]

What a fabulous celebration this was! I would have had to hold Kirk back from licking the plate ;)

[Barbara Blizzard]

I visited Lisbon in 1978 while still in the clutches of raising 2 children on my own. You have made me want to return to sample the food delights that I missed and to revisit all the eye candy. We did have the pleasure of visiting a hill town market that we spied from our train. Since we were on a train pass, we hopped off and wandered for several hours, delighting in exquisite smells and booths of handmade goods.

[Chris Wittmann]

You folks are sure travelers! Looks luscious though I would miss the meats. Everywhere you go looks like great weather too while we are freezing our butts off here in northern New England!