A little bit hidden in the former Moorish quarter Mouraria, in a small street of one of Lisbon’s oldest districts, you’ll find Restaurant ‘Zé da Mouraria’, Great typical Portuguese food and, also important, very nice people and a very informal atmosphere . Lunches only. One of my favorites! (Air-conditioned in summertime).
Restaurant ‘Zé da Mouraria’, Rua João do Outeiro 34, Lisbon in June
In the month of June, all the streets in the historical center are decorated with garlands and lights: parades, sardines and party time! (Festas de Lisboa in Mouraria).
Restaurant ‘Zé da Mouraria’, Lisbon
Vimeo & restaurant ‘Zé da Mouraria’
The restaurant’s open kitchen: Marisa, Rui, Laurinda, Paula and Virgílio Oliveira, the chef, preparing my lunch.
Restaurant ‘Zé da Mouraria’, Lisbon
Delicious almoço (lunch)! Bifinhos ao alinho (garlic steak), 4 pieces (meio dose! half serving) € 11, 50. Small bottle of water (agua) € 1, 50, a glass of good wine € 1.00, half bottle of red wine ( jarro) € 4, cafe € 0.75, desert (sobremesa) from € 2.50
Restaurant ‘Zé da Mouraria’, Lisbon November ’13: lunch Dutch ladies
We enjoyed the menu of the day including duck with rice and steak with a coffee sauce with garlic, 2 bottles of the restaurant’s tasty red house wine (Lisbon region). Total price for 9 persons (in 2013) : 110:50 euro.
Restaurant ‘Zé da Mouraria’, Lisbon December ’15: lunch with Dutch friends
We enjoyed Picanha (pick-ahn-yeh) delicious! Jolanda, Liesbeth, Josephine, Margriet, Hendriktje, Gezina and Feikje. Bill including wine (8 persons): around 150 euro.
Mouraria , Rua João do Outeiro , Lisbon. July 2018
Together with Alfama, the Mouraria area is a muddle of very narrow streets and small squares, which gives the visitor a glimpse of a forgotten age. Nowadays renovation of houses, which are threatened with falling into ruins has begun recently.
Restaurant ‘Zé da Mouraria’, Lisbon
Delicious: Picanha (pick-ahn-yeh, for 2 persons, € 16. 50), a Brazilian cut of beef, generally considered to be the number one cut, even better than beef fillet. There’s much more on the menu, like Bacalhau na Brasa (codfish) or Caldeirada de peixe (Portuguese fish stew).
Mouraria, very old historical part of Lisbon
The cobblestoned former Moorish quarter, roughly between the Castle of Saint George (São Jorge) and Rossio square , is a friendly and super-central neighborhood where Fado was born and which today presents a mix of long-time residents and a multicultural community, complemented by artists, students and other young people.
Mouraria, Largo da Severa, named after the first Fado singer in Lisbon
No neighborhood in Lisbon is praised more in Fado music than Mouraria. It is said that the melancholic sounds of the music and singing of the Moorish people was at the base of Fado (meaning fate) music, often described as the Portuguese blues. Amália Rodrigues, (‘queen of Fado’) was born near Mouraria.
Restaurant ‘Zé da Mouraria’, 2017
Lunch is almost always fully booked; We waited for about half an hour in the street.
1100 Lisbon, Portugal
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