Tasca da Esquina

"Chef Vítor Sobral is considered one of the trailblazers of contemporary Portuguese cuisine, often recreating traditional dishes. Of all the restaurants he has opened, A Tasca da Esquina is the longest-running and most successful in reimagining popular Portuguese recipes with a twist. Check out items like bulhão pato — clams, oven-baked octopus, sweet potato, almond, and roasted tomato — or bacalhau à monção: codfish loin with potatoes, roasted onion cream, smoked pork belly, and cabbage “migas” (a dish traditionally made from stale bread)." - Rafael Tonon, Miguel Pires

"After years as a chef in many restaurants, which made him one of the Lisbon’s most acclaimed chefs, Vitor Sobral opened his own establishment in Campo de Ourique. This is a place where you can taste the Chef’s own interpretation of the great portuguese “petiscos”. Also in the neibourhood you can try the other project from the same team, the “Peixaria da Esquina” totally devoted to fish and the relation between portuguese gastronomy and the ocean." - Fluor

Cockles at Tasca da Esquina: This dish was so good I ordered it twice. It made the other five dishes look bad by comparison. No, actually, they were bad, bland, and boring. An expensive disappointment.