If you pass through these pages several times a day, you’ re probably a lot like us: you also love culture and the arts, events in the city, and you always want to know what the best gastronomy is in Lisbon.
You know that we love all kinds of food and that we travel the capital from one side to the other in search of the best restaurants, from taverns to gourmet fine dining. That’s right, we’re not weird at all!
There’s a new roast chicken in the capital
Someone who also knows that we love a good roast chicken is Temos Pena, a new brand that has been delivering this delicacy to our homes since the summer, completely boneless.
We confess that we’re more fans of “gnawing on the bones”, but a feast landed on our desk that we couldn’t refuse, with some of the new specialties from this house, which only sells exclusively through the Uber Eats delivery platform.
Among the vast and delicious menu, which doesn’t just include completely boneless chicken, we were given a taste:
- Boneless Chicken (€8.50): roast chicken cut into strips with Toasted Butter, Lemon and Rosemary Sauce
- Mini Boneless Chicken Sandwiches (5€): brioche sandwiches with grilled boneless chicken, cheese, cucumber pickles, iceberg lettuce and truffle mayonnaise
- Truffle Loaded Fries (€9): fries coated in truffle oil and topped with grated Parmesan cheese, fresh oregano, parsley and basil, two cured egg yolks and grilled chicken cubes, finished with garlic and saffron mayonnaise.
- Chicken croquettes (€1.75/piece): small fried rolls filled with shredded chicken meat
- Arroz Temos Pena (3,50€): with fresh herbs, onion and crunchy black beans
- French fries (€3.50): chips with house seasoning
The menu also includes Regular Roast Chicken or Half Roast Chicken (€13.50 and €8.50), Nuggets (€4), Breaded Chicken Sandwiches (€5) , salads ,bowls and wraps, for those looking for a lighter and quicker meal at lunch or dinner time.
As you wouldn’t expect, Temos Pena also delivers chicken soup, their way: Canja Thai (4€), a modern interpretation of the traditional Portuguese canja with chicken, coconut milk, ginger and green curry with noodles, carrots and fresh herbs. We didn’t try it, but I’m sure we will next time, now that it’s getting cold and a little soup is always the most comforting choice.
We loved almost everything! Boneless roast chicken is always perfect for those who don’t like to get their hands dirty or are in a hurry, but the Toasted Butter Sauce and the Honey Mustard Sauce didn’t convince us.
Perhaps one of the other two sauces was more our thing: Piri Piri Sauce and Fat Free Spicy Sauce, each for an extra €1.80. They’ll be our choices next time!
The french fries were our biggest treat, along with the “loose” rice, from which we highlight the lightness and crunchiness of the onion and beans.
The small sandwiches, served with brioche bread, stuck to the roof of your mouth a little, but proved to be very interesting in terms of taste and filling. Definitely one to repeat!
The croquettes are soft and filling, although they don’t stand out like a good suckling pig croquette, for example.
As for the Truffle Loaded Fries, my God, what is this? It’s a sin of gluttony, that’s what it is! There wasn’t a scrap left in the huge portion we were sent, for which we are once again grateful.
Temos Pena’s boneless roast chicken is sure to be on your list of take-home orders: it’s delicious, varied and a lot of fun, especially when you get all your family and friends together in the living room, on the sofa, watching the football or any other program you can’t take your eyes off.
If you don’t believe us, we’re sorry… but why not try it today? You can do it every day from 12:00 to 14:45 and from 18:30 to 21:45.