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Palácio do Grilo, Surreal Dining in Lisbon

Ann Abel — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:26:15 +0000

A couple dances back-to-back with a giant fan. A man punches away at a vintage typewriter at the edge of a dinner table. A woman arranges items on the floor while wearing what looks like a fringed lampshade on her head. Palácio do Grilo in the Beato neighborhood of Lisbon, offers a surrealist fairy tale in the guise of an all-day restaurant. As a piece of immersive theater, it could have gone very wrong. But in the skilled hands of […]

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LPA The Culinary Bar in Ayamonte

Sarah Young — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:26:00 +0000

Editors note: OK, OK, we know that LPA is in Ayamonte, Spain, and not Portugal. Still, the creative cuisine, just across the river from Vila Real Santo Antonio in the Algarve, deserves our appreciation. It’s worth the drive, if you’re spending time in the region. You could be forgiven for thinking that LPA – The Culinary Bar in Ayamonte is “just another tapas joint”. However, once you enter the front door, you’ll start to understand that you’re in a rather […]

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Restaurante Bastardo – Breaking the Rules at Internacional Design Hotel, Lisbon

Greg Boegner — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:41:58 +0000

“Restaurante Bastardo (“Restaurant Bastard”) is the illegitimate son of Portuguese cuisine!” (Their words, not ours! A clever and intriguing promotional statement, to say the least.) This restaurant at the Internacional Design Hotel in Lisbon promises to “break the rules of cuisine” by fusing flavors discovered in Portugal’s navigational glory days with techniques found in the Portuguese kitchen…as as O Bastardo proclaims, “merging the best with the perfect.” Like the concept of hotel itself, Bastardo is designed with very special finesse […]

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Restaurante LSD – International Cuisine in Largo de São Domingos, Porto

PC Staff — Thu, 15 May 2014 16:42:01 +0000

LSD? Sure, why not? It’s the modern, European restaurant and daytime café located at #78 Largo de São Domingos in Porto. LSD is open for lunch with a menu of sandwiches and light dishes, such as roast beef and smoked salmon. At dinner, international cuisine is the focus, with slow-cooked bacalhau (codfish), grilled leg of lamb, oxtail and 500gm of beef prepared three different ways. During the day, LSD remains open as a café. The cool, chic and comfortable interior […]

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