9 de set. 2005

Casa do Alentejo



Lisbon, Rua das Portas de Santo Antão 58

A bit of Alentejo in the centre of Lisboa. You not only get the finest food, you also enjoy a house with an interesting architecture. Influenced by the arabs, the style of Dom Manuel and various other mixtures, Casa do Alentejo is a gem of architecture. Combine this with excellent food and some of the best wines of Protugal and you are close to heaven...

Percebes



Percebes are a species of crustraceans, they are a kind of Barnacles (Pollicipes cornucopiae). They grow in the surf of the rocky coasts of the Algarve and Galicia and are collected by local fishermen. These fishermen have to climb down the cliffs and collect the percebes while trying not to be smashed by the waves on the rocks, the most dangerous job on the european continent. Percebes are a rare delicatesse.

How to eat them




Secure the upper part.



Fiddle around until you can get the outer skin of the foot to move.



Remove the outer skin.



Enjoy...

Casa dos Pasteis do Belem



Lisbon, Rua de Belém 84-92 Homepage

In the centre of Belém, the place for Pasteis do Belem (or Pasteis de Nata as they are known outside belem). A Cafe with a lot of back rooms, offering much more space than it looks like. Since 1837 you get the finest and best pasteis here, eat them while they are still warm!

Cafe Internacional



Much less well known than Peter's Cafe Sport, the Cafe internacional is the place for the locals in Horta. It looks like the place where the telegraph engineers met in 1900, having the charme of a place lost in time since about 100 years. Much less overcrowded and much more a normal cafe than a tourist attraction we preferred it to Peter's. Definitely a must and an insider's tip if you are visiting Faial!

Kreativpause



Sorry for not updating, but Cogumelos Aprocalhados have been travelling around Europe to find new and interesting places... Check back to see where we have been.

Restaurante República



Location: Faro, Rua da Republica

Opening hours: Lunch all days except sunday (?) and dinner all days
Prices: expensive, but well worth the money

A place where, when you ask what the chef recommends, you get shouted at that everything is recommendend, this is not one of those places where only one dish is good and the rest is crap, here everything is good. And amazingly enough, the chef is right. Everything is brilliant. We had sole with clams which was excellent, as dessert we had Tarte de amendoims and some other typical algarvian sweets, you just cannot have enough of it. A must!