MINe 109 a écrit :

Read (or watch) the chapter in "A Cook's Tour" by Anthony Bourdain.

The friend of mine who went was more interested in the pilgrimage sites
than in sight-seeing, but found the people friendly and the food and
wine wonderful.

I have been several times in Portugal for job & holidays.
People are modest, friendly and open-minded.
Porto and Lisboa are very interesting cities.
They surely have one of the nicest vineyard of the world (Douro Valley).
The food is not at the level of the wine except for fish cooking.

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Lionel wrote:

MINe 109 a écrit :

Read (or watch) the chapter in "A Cook's Tour" by Anthony Bourdain.

The friend of mine who went was more interested in the pilgrimage sites
than in sight-seeing, but found the people friendly and the food and
wine wonderful.

I have been several times in Portugal for job & holidays.
People are modest, friendly and open-minded.
Porto and Lisboa are very interesting cities.
They surely have one of the nicest vineyard of the world (Douro Valley).
The food is not at the level of the wine except for fish cooking.

What's wrong with beans? :-) Vinho verde is a popular summer wine among
local pianists.

Portugal was the home of the first great piano composer, Domenico
Scarlatti.

Stephen

From: Paul Dormer
Date: 5/23/2004 8:02 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

"S888Wheel" emitted :

I can't say that I have sampled everything London has to offer within the
past
10 years. It is obviously better but still not in the same league as New
York
or San Fransisco to my taste buds.

With so many world class restaurants to choose from in London.. I find
your verdict surprising. Which of the following have you found
lacking?

Mirabelle
1 Lombard Street
Gordon Ramsay
L'Escargot
The Savoy Grill
Lindsay House
The Connaught
Foliage
Le Gavroche
Glasshouse

Gosh, I don't remember the names of the places I went to. I tend to only
remember the places I think are outstanding. I do know one of them was in the
theatre district and was built from parts of an opera house. Nice ambience,
average food. I also remember one had a disco down stairs.