Bikerscott & Jamikins in Portugal 2010/2011
Oct 19th, 2013, 11:58 PM
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Such a treat to read your report..I am laughing till I cry at some of this and seriously re-thinking the manual car rental. We will be in Lisbon over New Year's this year--terrific to get a sense of what that time of year will be like there.
. Lisbon was great over NYE...you will have a great time!
Oct 22nd, 2013, 10:36 PM
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Hope you enjoy them!!
This year we are spending a week in Tuscany just outside Montepulciano. Plan is to eat, drink, relax by our fireplace and see what rural Tuscany is like in the winter...plus photography too!
2014 the plan is to head up north to Tromso Norway to chase the northern lights and experience the arctic winter!
Stay tuned!!!
This year we are spending a week in Tuscany just outside Montepulciano. Plan is to eat, drink, relax by our fireplace and see what rural Tuscany is like in the winter...plus photography too!
2014 the plan is to head up north to Tromso Norway to chase the northern lights and experience the arctic winter!
Stay tuned!!!
Apr 4th, 2014, 11:06 AM
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Going to Portugal in may - enjoying reading your TR. on Jan 3, 11 at 4:29pm you mention the restaurant you had such a good meal at. Do you happen t recall the name? Here's some of what you wrote:
"Fortunately, the quality of dinner made up for the annoyances encountered in getting in. At this particular branch of the restaurant, they only offer a 10 course tasting menu, with no options (other than for children or allergies). It was bloody fantastic. We’ve eaten at some of the best restaurants in the world, from Michelin Three Stars to rural bistros in France run by people who simply love food, to my dad’s barbequed salmon (caught fresh in the Pacific earlier that day...not by my dad but close enough). This was up there with the best that we’d had. I could get very pretentious and comment on the finer points of the balance of flavours on some of the dishes, or plating, but that would miss the point (other than the reservation process – that was atrocious). This meal cost €35 each, but would have been at least double if not triple in London or Paris. I would come back to Lisbon simply to eat there again. "
"Fortunately, the quality of dinner made up for the annoyances encountered in getting in. At this particular branch of the restaurant, they only offer a 10 course tasting menu, with no options (other than for children or allergies). It was bloody fantastic. We’ve eaten at some of the best restaurants in the world, from Michelin Three Stars to rural bistros in France run by people who simply love food, to my dad’s barbequed salmon (caught fresh in the Pacific earlier that day...not by my dad but close enough). This was up there with the best that we’d had. I could get very pretentious and comment on the finer points of the balance of flavours on some of the dishes, or plating, but that would miss the point (other than the reservation process – that was atrocious). This meal cost €35 each, but would have been at least double if not triple in London or Paris. I would come back to Lisbon simply to eat there again. "
Apr 4th, 2014, 11:43 AM
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Hi there, it was this place http://www.restaurante100maneiras.com/?q=N/-/47
Note that they have a restaurant AND a bistro...with the same name! So be sure to reserve at the restaurant with the tasting menu as the bistro is different!
Hope this helps!
Note that they have a restaurant AND a bistro...with the same name! So be sure to reserve at the restaurant with the tasting menu as the bistro is different!
Hope this helps!
Apr 15th, 2014, 10:29 AM
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Thank you for this comprehensive, well written, and humerour trip report. My husband and I are planning a trip to Portugal and you have provided a lot of great information. We have never met a port that we haven't enjoyed and are looking forward to sampling Portugese wines that we can't purchase here at the LCBO.
Thanks again from Oakville, Ontario
Michele
Thanks again from Oakville, Ontario
Michele
Apr 15th, 2014, 07:41 PM
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MrsWally,
If you're a fan of Port, don't miss the Port Wine Institute in Lisbon. Here's an article about it:
http://anamericanbakerinlondon.wordp...-and-belcanto/
(Hi, Jamikins!)
If you're a fan of Port, don't miss the Port Wine Institute in Lisbon. Here's an article about it:
http://anamericanbakerinlondon.wordp...-and-belcanto/
(Hi, Jamikins!)
