My Portugal Trip: Our First Restaurant

Hours after our rather hectic arrival in Portugal we finally got settled down in the Moov Hotel in the Oeiras district of the greater Lisbon area. I asked the person at the hotel desk if there were any restaurants within walking distance and he told us there was a pizza place and a restaurant called Casa Da Silva. Naturally we chose the latter in order to experience Portuguese food. Annnnnd WOW!!!

It knocked my socks off including the fantastic house wine. Casa Da Silva would be a big hit in any city in the USA and yet Portugal, as we found out, had many such restaurants. Food excellence there is the norm, not the exception. For us Casa Da Silva it will always linger as a fond memory of our very first restaurant we experienced in Portugal. Our first entry into food and wine heaven!