TRUEBLOOD "LISBOETA"

​In Praça do Comércio, challenge your taste and take your dining experiences one step ahead in this restaurant and bar that features the traditional snacks of Lisbon tavern with the author's luxurious twist. For more often than lunch or dinner here can always discover flavors, textures and different times.

​From 3 pm, all snacks are served to share or individually, to accompany cocktails and wines by the glass that you have the most classic flavors of Portugal. But the wines are also one of the stars of this Lisboeta: with more than 120 references of national wines, foodies and wine lovers can make the travel to Portugal an unique experience.

As for a drink, are the national and gins appetizers that set the tone to your early afternoon here. The wines by the glass, the most prestigious houses, are divided by region and grape varieties, for better identification. The 2004 eternal Barca Velha, a remarkable harvest or Pera Manca 2005 can add a sublime note to an amazing dinner.

In the summer, the warmth force to eat gazpacho and the ideal is not to escape him. There are few things more refreshing that this cold soup of tomato and cucumber with delicious croutons and typical Portuguese olive oil. The famous "peixinhos da horta" with Greek yogurt sauce blink an eye to the more traditional neighborhoods, while the salmon ceviche with fruit, that is very fresh, is glued to the recent fashion of the city's cevicherias. Sausage croquettes are also very popular. The hamburgers and nails in shard cake are some of the snacks more requested to give energy to the late afternoon and evenings extending until morning.

The plates, the focus is on fresh cod sautéed - very different, with baked potato and crumble sausage and spinach; and absolutely must. The dish of braised bluefin tuna with peas' risotto is an explosion of freshness and originality in traditional Portuguese flavors, treated in an innovative way. The Lisboeta-style steak is a classic, and a pastel de nata reinterpreted as a petit gateau, or a glance at the importance of the relationship between Portugal and Brazil in the form of a coconut panna cotta with tapioca may conclude a delicious, sophisticated, and unique lunch in Lisbon. Presented in a simple and clear way, you can choose a wine according to the weather, your personal taste and your meal.