

PORTUGAL - LISBON - O SOLAR DOS LEITOES
O SOLAR DOS LEITOES This is a hidden restaurant on the outskirts of Monsanto. It serves delicious traditional Portuguese cuisine and some...


PORTUGAL - OPORTO - TABERNA REAL DO FADO
TABERNA REAL DO FADO As we were in Portugal and Porto, it seemed a good idea to take in a Fado evening. This Fado Taberna is a very good...


PORTUGAL - PORTO - MATOSINHOS - RESTAURANTE O LUSITANO
RESTAURANTE O LUSITANO This is our second visit to this Restaurant in Matosinhos, Just north of Porto. All the seafood is cooked on the...


PORTUGAL - OPORTO - COCKBURN'S PORT LODGE
A visit to Porto and the Port Houses/Lodges across the River Duero in Vila Nova de Gaia. To get there, it is a pleasant walk across the...


PORTUGAL - PORTO - MATOSINHOS - RESTAURANTE O LUSITANO
RESTAURANTE O LUSITANO Jonathon Lipsin adds his second trip across the border into Portugal and Porto. I am writing this because I...


PORTUGAL - PORTO - GANDRE - RESTAURANTE FLÔR DO BALDO
A Food experience across the border in Porto, Portugal by Jonathon Lipsin RESTAURANTE FLÔR DO BALDO Today I was taken by my friends here...


A SHORT FISHY AUTUMN TOUR OF THE ALGARVE IN COVID TIMES
Our first stop is the beach town of Praia da Rocha. I last came here in 1998. I noticed that the main strip does not resemble that time....


UK - ENGLAND - MANCHESTER - CANTO
CANTO We came to Canto, which is a recent creation of Simon Shaw of El Gata Negro Tapas fame, on an unusually sunny Sunday Lunchtime In...


PORTUGAL - ALGARVE - MONTE REI GOLF CLUB - RESTAURANTE VISTAS -
One Michelin Star RESTAURANTE VISTAS We had a short hop over the border into Portugal for a round of golf at Monte Rei Golf & Country...


PORTUGAL - LISBON - BAIRRO DO AVILLEZ
BAIRRO DO AVILLEZ For our third and final lunch on our short Lisbon trip, we decided on something more modern and trendy after two very...