Restaurants – Page 11 – WANDERLUST FAMILY ADVENTURE

In the downtown section of Cascais while exploring the old town we stopped at the Flamingo Restaurant and Bar as they had some nice outside seating options.

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We received with our bread some cheese and pate with olives, not really to our liking.

Alex was wanting grilled sardines ever since we arrived in Portugal, so that is what he ordered. I got my usual beefsteak with rice and beans.

Alex was very picky because of all of the bones in the fish as he did not know how to eat it. My steak and rice and beans were good if nothing spectacular.

The Café A Brasileira (The Brazilian Lady Cafe) is a café, in civil parish of Sacramento, near the Baixa-Chiado metro stop and close to the University. One of the oldest and most famous cafés in the old quarter of Lisbon, that ensures constant activity, the shop was open by Adrian Telles to import and sell Brazilian coffee in the 19th century, then a rarity in the households of Lisbon. Over time the space has been the meeting point for intellectuals, artists, writers and free-thinkers, weathering financial difficulties and becoming a tourist attraction, as much as another coffee-shop.

When we first arrived in Portugal one of the first things we did was try one of the famous pastels de nada. Unfortunately we were in Coimbra and not Lisbon so we ordered the pastels there and wrote a taste test blog on our experience. You can read that blog here. After reading the blog please ignore it! You have not tasted the real pastel until you try the original at Pastéis de Belém in the Belém district of Lisbon.

In 1837 the restaurant began making the original Pastéis de Belém, following an ancient recipe from the Jerónimos Monastery. The same recipe is recreated every day, by hand, using only traditional methods.

These original tarts were unbelievable. The crust and the filling were exceptional, crunchy flaky crust filled with some of the best tasting sweet custard cream you will ever have. Alex and I both absolutely loved them in every way.