We were on Tram 28 which connects and passes through some of the most popular neighborhoods in Lisbon Martim Moniz, Campo Ourique, Graca, Alfama, Baixa, and Estrela. The trams and the hills at moments whisked me back to San Francisco especially while we weaved through the narrow cobblestoned streets with the brakes singing their tune and the conductor guiding us with expertise, the red tram followed directly behind us.
For more information about the trams in Lisbon.
As it was our anniversary we went to a few places to celebrate.
100 Maneiras was one of my favorites.
I am not a dessert fan, I can take it or leave it, but this dessert Arroz de gengibre, pudim Abade de Priscos e manjericao or in English, Ginger rice, rice serum, Abade de Priscos Portuguese pudding and basil sorbet was by far the best dessert I have ever had. I would go back tomorrow for it, and God's bread.
100 Maneiras is a tasting menu, we had over ten courses.
D E L I C I O U S !
Please check out their website to see how original and inventive they are.
We called the restaurant the day before to mention that we do not eat meat or poultry, unbeknownst to us instead of the pork that was on the menu that night, they made us an Amazon forest, it was nearly too clever to eat.
The black bits are dried olives crunchy and now I want to learn to dry olives!
Tasty wonder: Shrimp skin with droplets of sweet and sour on a bed of rocks.
The dishes too were unusual, clever, inventive… fun.
This was an extremely oversize bowl with a tiny mouth.
But did the "cleanse the palette" bite every provide a mighty wow factor:
Iced celery and rosemary.
Frozen celery was incredibly good.
Let's freeze celery and see!
Cool tile floor at the Brown's cafe, at the hotel that we stayed at.
Eye candy everywhere.
We also had dinner at Alma's.
Another tasting menu.
Equally as good.
Thirty years was celebrated with such good meals and wines.
Alma's Chocolate Bomb that French Husband enjoyed, and I did not dare him to lick the plate or he would have.
Alma's interior was sleek, modern and refined. Though the light's added such glare that it made it difficult for me to take a photo. So I enjoyed each spoonful instead.
Impeccable service.
Are you full yet?
The restaurants we enjoyed:
and a must go to the market place Mercado da Ribeira.
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