Welcome To Lisbon Portugal!
This is a shot of Alex and I overlooking the terrific city of Lisbon, Portugal…where we spent 6 days at the end of 2022…that’s the Tagus River behind us – and do you see that land on the other side of the water?
That’s where we are headed for a wild wild lunch!
To get across the river, we headed over Lisbon’s “golden gate” bridge, called the “25 de Abril” bridge…and just on the other side is the famous “Christ The King” statue overlooking the river:
We got dropped off on a hillside street and walked down to the river, where a nice path took us to our destination:
That’s the restaurant – where that tiny pier juts out with yellow tables…here’s an idea of where it’s located when we got these shots looking at it from the other side:
We discovered the restaurant Ponto Final thanks to the great Netflix show “Somebody Feed Phil”, and Host Phil Rosenthal loved to show how you can eat literally perched over the river!
As you can see, a small pier juts out over the river and tables are perched right over the water – with no railings to keep you from falling in!
We were right at the edge of the pier, with central Lisbon directly across the river from us and the bridge over our shoulder…
OK OK…enough about the cool location and unique seating…let’s talk food!
Don’t worry, Ponto Final delivers on that score as well..first, some Portugese wine:
Next, we ordered what Phil suggested – and for a delicious reason:
Grilled Sardines!
These meaty, grilled Sardines are served with roasted potatoes and bread – and Phil showed us to put a sardine on a slice of bread, drizzle some olive oil over it, then pick away!
These were delicious! Meaty, smoky and flavorful – what a way to start our feast!
In fact, I can show you what they looked like when we finished as I shot this video with another look at the seating because why not?
Yes, it was my birthday, so we next ordered one of my favorite dishes of all time: Monkfish Stew Portugese style!
Here’s how it is delivered to the table:
I discovered Lisbon’s fondness for the incredible “tomato rice”, which is served with a delicious broth – here’s a look:
This was an absolutely delicious lunch – and with the wine, we were primed to walk a mile or so to the ferry, where we would take a boat back across the river to Lisbon!
We got one last shot and then walked east along the river toward the ferry terminal…and discovered a whole world of color!
A number of the abandoned buildings along the river have been converted into artist colonies, with graffiti the artistic expression of choice:
Yes, that is my finger at the bottom…I did a very wide shot and got myself in the picture!
After a short walk, we got the ferry and headed back to central Lisbon!
Just 15 minutes onboard and we were back!
We had such a magical time in Portugal – I shared another spectacular meal we had in Lisbon as well:
The “Scarlett Shrimp” dish at Cervejaria Ramiro is so incredibly memorable, especially the serving of the dish!
This restaurant only serves shellfish – well, except for the steak sandwich – for dessert!
Click here to see it all!
I shared another terrific meal as well, and sadly the innovative Chef died unexpectedly a few months after we ate there…here is my homage to Chef Jesus Lee Fernandes:
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Lovely place to eat, just by the water. But I must admit that I am not too fond of sardines
Honestly I’m not as well, but for some reason these were much larger than I’m used to, and because they were French, they didn’t have that “way to salty” aspect that we find here in the US…as the plate showed, we devoured them! Thank you for the comment, love having you back on social media!
We love the Portuguese kitchen (and Portugal). Beautiful flavors. The monkfish and the rice must have been delicious!
Lisbon is definitely on my list of places to visit, John. And to eat!
Robbie, it’s so cool, chill and inexpensive – and like most everywhere, wonderfully friendly people!
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lovely, lovely. didn’t make it to that restaurant but i loved their seafood everywhere we went. one thing i noticed was that vegetables did not have a bit role in the meals, other than a few small salads, but they loved their potatoes and rice! what a great setting for a meal. i tried grilled sardines too, and they were really good. one thing that i found interesting, was that with all of the seafood they had from their shores, they also loved, loved cod, which they brought in from canada. as americans, we weren’t as excited about it as they were, but they did prepare it nicely -)
Great points Beth! We noticed all the tinned fish which is hugely popular – and delicious – there, and yes vegetables not much of a starring role…but we also had the same experience in Provence this summer – virtually no veggies on the plates!
As a sardine lover hubby would be in his element the monkfish rice dish is more to my taste however it all looks delicious and a beautiful setting 🙂
Thank you! Both dishes were perfect in every way and as a lover of wet food the monkfish dish was awesome! thanks for the comment!
Yes I prefer wetter food. John although the sardines did look lovely and bigger than normal as well 🙂
Yes they were delicious and very meaty – not the tiny ones I was used to!