SETUBAL // Da Pedra e Sal

SETUBAL // Da Pedra e Sal

by | Jan 8, 2020 | LISBON, RESTO, Travel

Stuck Between a Rock and a Salt. We’ve been here several times, and no matter what time of year, time of month, or time of day — it’s always been a super delish experience.  To the point that as soon as the meal is finished, we think about the next...
LISBOA // Fábrica do Pastel Feijão

LISBOA // Fábrica do Pastel Feijão

by | Oct 5, 2019 | LISBON, PORTUGAL, RESTO

Bean pastries in the heart of Alfama. In 2009, renowned Chef António Amorim reinvented the bean pastry, a traditional Torres Vedras sweet that dates back to the nineteenth century, and entered it into a pastry contest which he won in 2015.  Two years later, Amorim...
Lisbon // 100 Maneiras

Lisbon // 100 Maneiras

by | Sep 5, 2019 | LISBON, PORTUGAL, RESTO, Travel

A taste of Bosnia in the heart of Lisbon. Serbian-born Ljubomir Stanisic has been busy changing the face of Portuguese fine dining at his 100 Maneiras restaurant since 2009.  The small, intimate interior is the product of a four-year long mission of renovations that...
LISBON // brunch @ Basilio

LISBON // brunch @ Basilio

by | Apr 5, 2019 | Dog Friendly, LISBON, PORTUGAL, RESTO

Vegeterian brunch done right.  And, avec dogs. Named after one of the owner’s dogs, Basilio recently opened on the small yet resto-packed street of Rua dos Bacalhoeiros (literally: street of the cod fishing boats) and wasted no time in attracting queues of...
SICILY // Le Chat Noir, Cefalu

SICILY // Le Chat Noir, Cefalu

by | Mar 15, 2019 | ITALY, RESTO, Travel

Sicilian Food By The Sea Within the 3′ stone walls of a 16th century building in the heart of Cefalu lives Le Chat Noir with its breath-taking terrace perched atop the rocks on the northern coastline of Sicily. A family-run business, this trattoria first greets...
PALERMO // Fud Bocs

PALERMO // Fud Bocs

by | Aug 17, 2018 | ITALY, RESTO, Travel

It’s not easy to find this diamond in the rough. Squeezed somewhere between Palermo’s newly refurbished marina and their sprawling waterfront of family sports-filled soccer fields and playgrounds, Fud Bocs feels like you’re at a mini resort —...