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Lisboa Tu & Es

Translated to You and Me Lisbon, this place was a great find. Had lots of local foods, and it’s in Alfama area of Lisbon which I enjoyed.

We had a bunch of (what seems to be local seafood) dishes to share. For alcohol, it’s mainly beer and Sangria only. The local cheap beer around here seems to be called Superbock. The sangria was good, since it seemed to be a bit carbonated.

For food, got the fried chicken (lol which was not fried at all), sardines, this sweet rice with shrimp, fish cake, octopus salad, some other things pictured below (not sure of the name), and pastel de nata.

Would recommend this place and come back in a heart beat (it takes cash only though). Would also order everything again.

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Aki Del-Mar Mariscos

We went here for lunch when we got to Nazaré.

The sparkling wine was fairly cheap (and sweet). A 350ml bottle was only 10 euros.

For the main, got the crab and lobster pasta. Honestly, it was pretty good, but I wouldn’t get it again since the lobster was a pain to get the meat out (the shrimp it came with was good, and the lobster was pretty easy).

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Cafe Del Mar

2nd time I’ve been here, and always doesn’t disappoint with the sunset and vibe. Music is chill, people here are chill, and drinks are great.

Went here mainly for the sunset, but also got a Pina colada and a mojito. The Pina colada was great, but I would say the mojito could have been better.

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Il Palazzo

We went to this “a la carte” restaurant in our all inclusive resort at Grand Palladium. It is supposed to be the best a la carte restaurant on the resort. It did not disappoint!

For drinks, they kept refilling our white wine glasses, but also was doubling down on the strawberry mojito.

For appetizers, we got the tomato with buffalo cheese, as well as the prosciutto. Both great options.

For mains, I ended up getting the lasagna. It was good, but a friend got the seafood linguini, and part of me kinda wanted that.

For desert, finished off the a cannelloni. It was a bit harder than I was used to, but still good.

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Portofino

We went to this “a la carte” restaurant in the all inclusive hotel in Grand Palladium (had to book a reservation 2 days before).

Started off with some appetizers. We got the beef tar tar and the Tiradito (fish dish below). All great choices. For drinks, got cava.

For the main course, got the pork belly, which I thought was really good. Also tried the Tournado beef, which was super tender and I would also get.

For desert, had the chocolate cafe with sorbet. It was alright. Would probably try something else next time.

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St. Lawrence Pizza and Pasta

So stopped by here on a trip to Toronto for lunch when exploring St. Lawrence Market.

The recommendation from the person was either the ravioli or the lasagne. She let me sample the ravioli (which tasted great). I ended up getting the lasagna with half meat and half regular sauce with Parmesan and mozzarella cheese. Definitely would get it again (but would get the ravioli next time to try as a full meal.

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The Office

We went here for some bites after a 3 hour boat ride, and got drinks as well.

For lunch, got the sea bass with vegetables. It was pretty good. For drinks, got a pina colada.

The vibe of the restaurant was fairly nice since it was right in front of the beach (and you could easily bar hop to other eateries beside it). Would come back to it, and also would check out the other eateries around.

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Crania

This place serves as a restaurant, and also a venue for deep and playa house music. Would definitely come back for both, it the thing about the reservation system is that if you cancel, you have to pay $15 USD per person.

As a music venue, it has burning mana vibes (and people can actually stay and camp there. We saw David Holme as a DJ there).

In terms of the food, we got the beef tartare, calamari and pork belly. Pork belly was really good (although not sure if it was the cause of my stomach being upset the next day).

For drinks, kept it safe and did red bull vodka (they had rebuke!), and whisky soda. Remember, always ask no ice (phonetically it is seen-yellow in Spanish).

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Metate

Went to this restaurant before a night out in San Lucas Cabo (it was 5 minute Uber ride from main downtown).

The vibe was actually really chill (very tropical).

For drinks, got a boost and vodka (boost is one version of red bull in Mexico). Then got a whisky neat (Johnnie Walker black).

For appetizers, tried a dip that was made from grasshoppers (only had a taste). It wasn’t bad, but likely not to get it again. Also got the fish tacos, which was really good.

For the main course, got the Michoacano, which is a pork Chamorro. It was pretty good. Was a low carb option (since it had vegetables).

The only complaint I had about this restaurant is that the main course came really really slow (almost 40 minutes). (They did say their kitchen broke down as the reason).

One other thing is they had a tequila drink that had a scorpion in it, and mezcal that had a snake in it (see the pictures below).

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Kaisen Misakikou Shibuya Higashiguchi-Shop

So we found this place near our hotel in Shibuya while walking to find something to eat. It’s a conveyor belt sushi place. Overall, great food, and very fast.

Got a sashimi plate, a nigiri plate, and of course a highball. Would recommend coming back here again.

PS. Could not find this on Google maps (it is on Apple Maps though).