Portugal At Night :)

 We took the advice of the guy running the front desk a the hostel to hit up a strip of restaurants on a walking path in the old part of Lisbon! He recommended one, but we decided upon getting there that we were more interested in another one. There was fresh seafood in the window and a open inviting dining room!
We had our first glutenous meal of the trip! WAY TO MUCH FOOD! But...impressively, we ate it all! A whole crab cooked perfectly,the meat was buttery,tender and just the right amount of flavor from the sea, garlic butter prawns (we used the garlic butter for our crab too...yummmm). Also on our table we had a whole grilled sea bass, flawlessly crispy skin and tender flaky flesh that was brought to life with just a simple squeeze of lemon, fried potatoes, soft warm bread that was accompanied by salty oregano cured olives and two kinds of cheese, one was goat and one was a cows milk...they were both creamy and well made my mouth sing! We shared a bottle of white wine, had two coffees and two glasses of Port, a slice of caramel mousse cake and a bowl of fresh fruit....back home this meal would have been upwards of $180.00 CDN easy! we payed 76 Euros....IT WAS SO CHEAP! When we got the bill, I had to check it to make sure he didn't forget to punch something into the computer!
One thing I love about restaurants in Europe is they are not in a hurry to get you out and turn the table...you can sit there and eat, drink and talk slowly and no one gets upset!We were there for about 2 1/2 hours and there were people that were there longer then us as well! Its quite a lovely way to eat and a nice change from the rush rush restaurants back home in Toronto!
So with our tummies way to full we set out back to the subway and back to the hostel. We both had that "way to full turkey dinner" feeling going on so we called it a night!
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love Kristen