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Santa Clara dos Cogumelos
Cuisine: European, Portuguese, Vegetarian
Price Range: $
10Best Says
The humble mushroom is the base ingredient used at this offbeat eatery. Just about everything on the menu incorporates this healthy food source, and the variety of dishes created here is quite... Read More
The humble mushroom is the base ingredient used at this offbeat eatery. Just about everything on the menu incorporates this healthy food source, and the variety of dishes created here is quite astonishing. The kitchen uses wild and cultivated edible mushrooms such as chestnut and Portobello to enhance delicious homemade ravioli and other pasta dishes, all packed with flavour and highly nutritious. Luigi, the restaurant's owner, naturally errs towards Italian themed recipes, but surprises like the tataky de salmão (smoked salmon with mushroom and dried tomato) further flavours the meal options. A lighter, tapas-style selection includes breaded mushrooms, a mushroom sweet and sour combination of butter with herbs and sour pickles and a scrumptious raw mushroom salad of ricotta, dried fruits, cherry tomatoes and aioli sauce – there's not a calorie in sight! An accompaniment of various Portuguese wines helps it all go down.
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Address:
Mercado de Santa Clara
Lisbon, 1100-472
+351 21 887 0661
Hours:
- Tue-Fri: 7:30pm-11pm
- Sat: 12:30pm-3:30pm,; 7:30pm-11pm
Website:
santaclaracogumelos.wix.com
EXPERT TIPS BY:
Paul Bernhardt
Lisbon Local Expert
- Restaurants with Healthy Menus: "For a real treat order one of the house specialities, veal steak with sautéed mushrooms garnished with celery root puree and a rich port wine sauce."
- Best for Restaurants with Healthy Menus Because: Unique for promoting the mushroom as a principal ingredient, this unusual restaurant also affords fine views over the river from its top floor tables.