O Antigo Carteiro

O Antigo Carteiro was an unexpected choice... and Why?

So I was exploring all this non-touristic street and after walking a lot (and I mean A LOT!!!!!!), the time passed so fast that when look to the clock it was time to lunch (and also my stomach was telling me that for awhile) and I stopped in front of this restaurant (an old building but with a really modern sign...) but I didn't pay to much attention until this guy tell us that the restaurant is very good (by the way... the guy works at the restaurant, but we didn't know at the time).

We decided to try it... GOOD CHOICE!

The food was very tasteful.

Volver by Chakall

I don't know why! But I took a while to go to this restaurant... I only heard the best comments e reviews about it... Thanks to Zomato the wait is over.

Volver by Chakall is this incredible restaurant known for its amazing meat.   

My expectations were on the roof.

The restaurant its not located in the city center but has the plus of having a lot of parking! A great plus!...

So about the food...

Apicius

My first Foodie Meetup with Zomato...


For those who doesn't know Zomato an online platform where you can find the restaurants around you and, after you visit them, you can write your opinion about it.

So in the other they invited a group of foodies, including me, to have dinner at Apicius... and the theme of the dinner was FOIE GRAS... Luxury =P.

The food wasn't made just for us... They served us dishes that they have in their current menu... Since the all purpose of this meetup was to shoe us this new restaurant and his menu.

The restaurant has a really cool vibe, very relaxed and its very well decorated.

So about the food...

Favas Contadas 3rd edition - 3 chefs

The restaurant Conceito Food Store is celebrating it's 3rd anniversary and what a better way than with a Favas Contadas event.

For this event Chef Daniel Estriga (owner of Conceito Food Store) invited Nelson Guerreiro (from Enotéca Belém) to do the wine pairing, Pastry Chef Gonçalo Morgado (from Oitavos Hotel) for the dessert and the Chef Manuel Line (and his team), and together they created one of the most amazing dinner that I had. 

About the last one... I start following his work since his project at Jour to Cook (at Com.horta, Comporta) and I get even more excited when I saw the dishes that he presented at CNC (Congresso Nacional de Cozinheiros) - The National Congress of Chefs... So I don't need to say that when I saw he was one of the chefs invited for this dinner I had to booked immediately.  

He likes to present simple food but very creative and with a lot of flavor... And the best part is that they will open a restaurant, in Avenida da Liberdade, called TABIK... (I can't wait to go there).

So for this dinner, they used, mainly, seasonal products floating between the sea and earth in a really clever way.

So let's see the food...   

Cafetaria Mensagem - Altis Belém Hotel and Spa

Finally I when to Cafetaria Mensagem... 

Cafetaria Mensagem is one of the restaurants of Altis Belem Hotel & SPA.

This hotel has 1 michelin star restaurant, Feitoria Restaurant and Wine bar (headed by Chef João Rodrigues) - Also on my wishlist - So you could say that Cafetaria Mensagem is "the little brother" with a lot of potential.

The restaurant is located between Padrão dos Descobrimentos and Torre de Belém, with an amazing view over Tagus river. The space is very simple and not overdecorated.

Since it is integrated in a 5-star hotel, the service is impeccable.

This restaurant is famous for it's Brunches but deserve must more.

So let's talk about the food...    

Sea Me - Peixaria Moderna

Sea Me - Peixaria Moderna is a really cool restaurant dedicated to the fish.

Lisbon downtown has the most amazing restaurant and this one is one of them.

Fully dedicated to the fish the restaurant present three different concepts in one place...

Bar...

Sushi-Bar...

Restaurant...

Each one with their own menu... 

AdLib

Another Restaurant Week... 

Restaurant week once again and this time I went to AdLib (Sofitel hotel, Avenida da Liberdade).

This restaurant was on my list for a while but I never had the chance to try it.

There are a lot of good restaurants at Avenida da Liberdade (the most expensive avenue in Portugal)... and this one is one of them.

The restaurant is very classy... mixing the modern with tradition... with  great advantage of having an exterior entrance... which mean that you don't have enter in the hotel to go to the restaurant.

Let's talk about the food...