Lisbon

We've been hanging out in Lisbon for just shy of a week. This city has its ups and downs... literally! Lisbon has got to be the hilliest city I've been to. There is no getting from point A to point B without having to go up one hill only to have to go down another. That being said, Roch and I both love the vibe of Lisbon. It's a good place to hang out a while.

The choices for vegans are much better here than in a small city like Figueira da Foz but we've not really come across anywhere to rave about in terms of quality and price combined.

Our first night in Lisbon, we dined at "Jardim das Cerejas". They had a mainly vegan dinner buffet for 9.50€ which is an amazing deal. We found the food to be quite good, particularly the lentil soup, but nothing was knock-your-sock-off wow.

We had lunch one day at Santapiadina. They make a vegan piadina with hummus and grilled veggies which is absolutely scrumptious. The portions aren't huge though... or maybe we were just really starved. In any case, we found ourselves still hungry after we scoffed down a whole piadina each so we hiked up the hill to a little pizza joint that sells pizza but the weight. Roch had a slice of pizza margarita and I had a slice of mushroom pizza. Both were quite delicious but they were no bargoon either. The piadinas were 6€ each which Roch had with a pricy glass of wine at 3€. The two slices of pizza came out to $11.24 CAD.

We've become regulars at the "Pingo Doce" supermarket where we can buy ready-to-eat salad greens and fresh soups that taste homemade. Occasionally we buy cooked broccoli or spinach or rice at the deli counter as well.

We've shopped at the Mercado da Ribeira but generally find that the prices at the frutarias to be just as good if not better. There's a frutaria on Avenida Infante Santo that we like in particular. They have the most amazing persimmons and the best prices for chestnuts. We've been happily taking advantage of the small oven we have at the "quirky" apartment we rented through AirBnB to roast our own chestnuts rather than pay 2.50€ for a small bag of 10-12 chestnuts from the street vendors.Read more