Perfil de marble_girl

Lovely sweet and savoury pastries. They sell the traditional ‘Pastel de Nata’ portuguese tarts here (even mini versions for 90 cents a piece).
Great place to grab something on the go, and lovely staff.
Limited English seemed to be spoken here so learn a couple of Portuguese phrases.

Well located hotel in Lisbon, which I wouldn’t hesitate staying at again.
We paid less than £60 a night for a triple room in late May 2011. Clean rooms, english speaking channels and big bathroom. We were lucky to have a corner room so lots of natural light.
Didn’t pay extra for breakfast, but if you turn right out of the hotel and walk up the stairs there is a really cute corner patisserie called Doce Real (address: Rua D. Pedro V 121) which served these savoury pastries called ‘Merenda’, basically a brioche type roll filled with cheese and ham – lovely eaten warm.
A taxi to the airport was also inexpensive at less than 13 euros + tip from the hotel.

A seriously good Sardinian restaurant.
The charcoal grilled marinated Calamari on mixed leaves salad & red peppers sauce to start was cooked to perfection. The main of Pasticcio (baked layers of grilled chicken fillets, vegetables, tomato & cheese sauce) was so filling that I unfortunately couldn’t ift in dessert, whilst my partner’s pasta dish with crab meat, garlic, chilli and coriander deserves to be shouted from the rooftops. Extremely light pasta with an equally light sauce to match.
Honest home made sardinian food with reasonable prices to match.

I wasn’t expecting too much aftter reading the various mixed reviews about this place. I came with an open mind in any case and wish I could’ve rated it higher, but in all honesty the food although very good quality was, well, a bit boring particularly given the apparent status of the restaurant.
The miniature cheese choux pastries were very nice, but the starters were not tantalisingly explosive in any way, a bt of a dud if I’m completely honest and then the mains were quite underwhelming. I had a white fish dish and although a broad range of flavours and textures showed off the talents of the chef, it didn’t demonstrate a level of inventiveness or special quality in making that dish anything other than just adequate.
I was particularly looking forward to the dessert course but again it undelivered. In terms of food, perhaps the only savng grace was the extensive array of petit fours that accompanied our coffees. A nice selection of macarons, chocolates and toffee, and because we couldn’t eat them all, they doggy bagged it up for us to take home.
Lovely friendly staff however, but I can honestly say I won’t be back.

This is a really great find. All the dishes here try to incorporate some element of apple in its recipe hence its name.
They offer a huge range of salads at lunchtime served in humungous steel bowls. For 17 euros you can choose a salad and a drink (cider or apple juice). They offer 6 pure apple juices too. The one I tasted was the perfect balance of tart and sweetness.
A wonderful change after days of rich French meals.
The only slight negative was that it was pretty stuffy in the downstairs dining area.

I discovered MADD after buying one of those voucher deals. What excellent value it turned out to be. One Mango madness dessert, two herbal teas, a mango mousse, chocolate tart and three cupcakes to take away for £10 (£25 value).
The Mango madness combo absolutely hit the spot. The creaminess of the panna cotta and mango pudding together with the chewiness of the sticky rice and the varied bitesize fruit made a winning combination.
Really cosy inside with plenty of seating, and some pretty awesome staff too.
Well done guys – you’re doing a great job.

Wonderful space and atmosphere can be found here.
The soup I tried (can’t quite remember what flavour it was), was under seasoned, but I suppose better that you can add your own seasoning. The sandwich was ok but not overwhelmingly different from what you could make yourself or find at a supermarket.
Nice staff though and free wifi too.