Tuna steak
sandwich! This is the only thing I can actually tell you about this restaurant –
because it was the only thing I have actually eaten there. And still, I am writing
about it – it should tell you something…
I was having a
late afternoon drink with a couple of friends in the beautifully classic
Estrela Garden, right in the middle of Lisbon, when we decided to have dinner.
Where to go, we don’t want to get the cars, lets walk, somewhere not too
expensive but still interesting,.. – “let’s go to Cervejaria da Esquina and taste
a tuna steak sandwich!” said one of us. So, we walked up to Campo de Ourique,
one of the charmiest neighbourhoods in Lisbon, with its simple beginning of the
XX century architecture, it’s small gardens and squares, its shops and a couple
of good places to have dinner. There we would find Cervejaria da Esquina. “Cervejaria”
is the Portuguese word of brewery – though, actually, many of those places don’t
brew beer anymore. But you can expect good steaks and butter sauces in any
cervejaria, as well as fresh shellfish. Now, what was setting this place apart
from any of the others is that it is actually owned by one of the trendiest Portuguese
chefs – Vitor Sobral – who aims at blending the traditional definition of
cervejaria with a modern touch.
Now, I really
can’t speak much about all of these. The dining room was bright and sober, with
shellfish being exhibited, like it should be in a cervejaria. And I can’t speak
much about the food because we went there with a clear objective – the tuna
steak sandwich. And we focused on it. And that was a very good choice! It is
quite simple – it basically is a tuna steak in a roll bread, no rocket science.
But when the tuna is fresh, delicious, juicy, with that strong red-meaty fish
taste that fills your mouth and leaves room for nothing else, in a typically
rich and savoured Portuguese roll bread, than, you don’t need any other to know
you will come again. And that is why I am recommending, more than a restaurant,
a specific entrée, that is just actually a simple sandwich – because it is so
good and mouth-watering!
You like tuna,
you are in Lisbon looking for a quick and simple dinner – let me recommend you
this place. Then, tell me if you agree with me!
Where: Lisboa - Portugal
Address: Rua
Correia Teles, 56
Phone: +351 21 387 4644
Website: http://cervejariadaesquina.com/
Expensive: 1 tuna steak sandwich and a beer
will cost you less than €10.
Last visit: May 2012
