Doce da Casa – MyEverydayEatsInLisbon

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Sobremesas @ Pirata

December 3, 2019December 6, 2019 myeverydayeats

Second Breakfast, Lunch is the same but with a chicken thigh.

Bought a half bottle to try Ah-so opener and glasses, but it was a disaster. Cork was too small and I pushed it in the bottle and made splashes everywhere 😦

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Lunch @ Sabores Da Penha

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 myeverydayeats

He suggested to go to one of our favorites for lunch today. It’s located on top of hill but we need to go pick up the rest of our stuff at Airbnb nearby, so it was actually a great idea.

We ordered pratos do dia and two glass of wine, red for him and white for me. The lady asked us if “natural (room temperature)” is ok. I asked for “fresco (chilled)” instead. We understood almost everything she said and it was so smooth to choose side order. I was tearing because we knew nothing at the first time here.

Glasses are full of wine as always. Portuguese wine never disappoints us!

Mine: Tiras de chocos con arroz e salada 5€

His: Alheira con ovo 5€ (bread sausage under egg)

If they don’t have Doce da Casa, we would skip a dessert but they did! Happy!!! It’s interesting to taste Doce da Casa at all different restaurants. This one tastes more cream instead condensed milk.

Total: 15.10€ + 1€ tip

The gentleman in the counter thought I was Chinese and was so surprised when I told him I didn’t speak Chinese. Japanese is so minor in the world and I share a hurtful feeling when a Portuguese person is being confused with Spanish…

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The Best Doce Da Casa!

November 27, 2019November 29, 2019 myeverydayeats

A gentleman, looking like the boss or owner here asked us if we would like English menu, but I asked Portuguese. Then he brought this one.

I noticed that the menu didn’t include Today’s special so asked a lady to bring the other one everyone else had. Here it is! I feel a little bothered all good stuff and lower priced items are not available on the menu that we are initially provided. It happened at other places. I really want to stick with restaurants who don’t care about English but do business in only Portuguese 🙂

There is no lunch set here. We ordered a glass of wine anyway. Now we realize that price changes depending on a neighborhood, of course.

We want to try our favorite dessert, Doce da Casa, but they didn’t have one.

Total: 18.45€ including glass wine 1.10€ x2

It’s still a good deal for good quality of meal, but Calçada 28 is the best for overall. No one can beat their 8€ all inclusive lunch with 500ml amazing wine, dessert and cafe.

We are happy about the new apartment but definitely miss the neighborhood of Airbnb.

Good thing we still need to go there to move rest of our stuff. Then we saw a familiar face here at the snack bar and asked him if they had Doce da Casa. They did!

How gorgeous it is!!! It looks and tastes amazing. He says this is the best Doce da Casa among three of them we tried. I agree. Total 5.20€ (I assume 2€ for the dessert).

We should definitely come back this neighborhood often in the future.

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My Birthday Lunch @ Calçada 28

November 15, 2019November 16, 2019 myeverydayeats

I had been thinking where to go for my birthday lunch last couple weeks since he asked me. There are so many places I want to try in Lisbon, especially city center, but it seems so overpriced since we found the great deals of lunch special in our neighborhood (more local/residential area). So I concluded that we should go to one of our favorites around here because we are moving to a new apartment next week and it would be less to come around here.

We checked the daily special at the closest restaurant on the middle of hill. If anything had looked good, we would have gone to the other one, but I saw a dish I wanted.

We started with Red wine with bread and olives as usual. So many gentlemen were enjoying their lunch and wine too.

My duck rice tastes amazing! It reminds me of grandma’s takikomi-gohan, a Japanese mixed rice.

We thought too much food to finish, but we took our time and did! It was so delicious 🙂

My dessert: Mousse de Manga, his: Doce da Casa

I ordered ‘cafe normal (regular espresso)’. It was stronger but still manageable and good.

Another great lunch experience for 8 euros per person. We still can’t believe how wonderful this deal is!!!

We walked to Saldanha area to pick up an insurance card at the agency.

There was a nice pastry shop in the market.

Also a special shop for spices, dry fruits and teas. I would come back here to get some teas.

After a quick stop by the agency, we went to a mall to look for a pair of shoes for him in Saldanha.

We decided to walk 10 minutes to another mall. On the way, there was a menu board for great deal of snacking and drinks.

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Menu do Dia @ Irmãs Cadima

November 13, 2019November 14, 2019 myeverydayeats

Since our dinner time is too early to dine out, we try to enjoy lunch at a restaurant every other day or so.

We have a favorite restaurant one minute away from home, but today he picked a new one in the neighborhood.

The restaurant was almost full when we arrived around 12:30pm. A good sign!

We spent some time to figure what to order as usual by googling or translating. They offer a menu do dia, which includes bread, olives, drink, dessert and coffee.

Now I have a strategy. When I don’t know what to order, I would go with one on the top, usually one the restaurant is most confident of. They said it was pork cheek and it sounded good to me.