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Lisbon: Cafeteria at the Museum of Modern Art

Phone: 21 7823000

Reviewed by: hanan sher from Israel, review #3655

When: 2010

We didn't understand her at the moment, but the lady knew what she was talking about

Directions: In the Museum of Modern Art, which is just around the corner from the Gulbenkian, in central Lisbon

It was a rainy November day in Lisbon, but the middle aged lady stopped on the street to give us directions to the Gulbenkian, one of the world's most famous art collections/museums. In addition to pointing us in the proper direction, she repeated one word: "Comer." My Portuguese is almost non-existent, but I wondered out loud to Sara whether she was telling us about the museum or asking us if we wanted to eat.

A few minutes later we were at the Museum of Modern Art, which is around the corner from the Gulbenkian (not sure if it is technically part of the same complex). Sara says one should eat something before going into a museum, since hunger can distract you from what you are seeing. So we peeked into the cafeteria, which was full of people, many of whom seemed to be locals having lunch. It was easy to understand why.

The cafeteria offers a pretty standard looking hot plate, a choice of meat and a couple of veg, and a cold plate that is absolutely sensational -- a selection of six items, I think, from an assortment of salads, croquettes, cold meats and fishes. I don't recall everything that I had, but it included a kind of breaded croquette of spinach, a perfect salad of green beans and almonds, a kind of fish ball, and three other really good items. The bill for the two of us was around 15 euros, for a filling and delicious meal -- one that was out of the ordinary, different from the usual fare you'll get as a tourist. The museum is nice, though it concentrates on Portuguese artists, but the cafeteria is a real attraction. In short, the lady on the street was right.

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