Stay, Stray, Play and Feast: Lisbon Eats: Eating on a Budget in Lisbon (Lovely Lisbon Series 20)

Lisbon Eats
Eating on a Budget in Lisbon
Lovely Lisbon Series 20

Eating on a budget in Lisbon is easy

as dining here is not as expensive

compared other European countries.

Restaurants are aplenty in popular

tourist areas offering traditional

Portuguese dishes at affordable rates.

Lisbon, being a port city offers an abundance

of seafood and below are a must eat, must try

seafood dishes for anyone visiting this lovely city

Seafood

1. Sardines

We were lucky to have dined in

Queijadas de Belem Restaurant,

...where we enjoyed a huge serving

of Sardinhas Assadas com Salada.

There were lots of fine bones on the

perfectly grilled fish but they are

harmlessly edible and very delicious.

2. Bacalhau

It the Philippines have‘tuyo’ or dried fish Portugal has Bacalhau.

A traditional dish made salted and sun dried cod fish, that had to

be soaked in water for hours before cooking to reduce the salt level.

Queijadas de Belem Restaurant’s Bacalhau na Brasa was perfectly

grilled, very tender, tasted fresh it was very tasty wasn’t salty at all.

Another Bacalhau dish that we tried was
Cod with Cream from Comidas de Santiago.

The bite size tasty flaked cod fish was baked with creamy
mashed potatoes as a base. It was very delicious,
and was served piping hot, fresh from the oven.

3. Salmon

Of course when feasting on seafood in Lisbon,

one should never forget having a salmon. The

Salmao Grejaldo in Queijadas de Belem was

one of the best grilled salmon we ever tasted.

The perfectly grilled fish was fresh and pinkish,

and had a delightfully citrusy- sweetish taste.

Canned Eel

Fabrica Das Enguias has been producing
Pickled Canned Eel in Escabeche Sauce.
This exotic delicacy since 1942, based on
traditional methods of olden days and the
secret recipe handed down for generations.

Interestingly, the whole eel all coiled up inside
the can looked creepy buy tasted very good

Pastries

1. Farturas

We were lucky as we stumbled upon a street

food stall in Campo Grande selling Farturas.

These elongated Portuguese sugar raised donuts

shaped like giant churros are delicious and filling.

2. Pastéis de Nata from Pasteis de Belém

Portuguese custard tarts or Pastéis de Nata
baked from the Antiga Confeitaria de Belém.

Using the original secret recipe created by the monks
from the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos comes recommended

by locals, by tourism authorities, and by almost every

guidebook, which explains the long lines on the door.

This delightful dessert nirvana of creamy

custard nestled in a perfectly baked golden

pie crust, should be lightly dusted with

cinnamon and sprinkled with sugar powder.

Ice Pops

Nestle's Calippo Laranja

Nestle Ice Cream Booths are

scattered everywhere in the city,

…and we got really addicted to the
Callipo Laranja Flavored Ice Pops.

We loved the orange goodness

of this delicious icy delight,

…as unlike a regular ice cream, thetexture was
neither creamy nor velvety but you could actually
feel the bits andpieces of tangy- orange flavored
ice frost melting in your mouth in every bite.