This first line of text serves as a warning that in these five restaurants you will find some of the spiciest food you have ever tasted in Lisbon.
Malagueta, chili, piri-piri, or any other type of pepper are all synonymous with things we love to add to our favorite dishes at these restaurants.
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And since January 16 is International Spicy Food Day, today’s guide will take you to five of our favorite restaurants where they serve generous doses of this ingredient, which makes many people sweat and many others cry… including us (watch the video).
While for some, spice is just an extra flavor to food, for us it’s the perfect way to experience food even more intensely.
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Oven
Vindaloo. | @ovenlisboa
Oven is the only Indian/Nepalese restaurant with a traditional copper oven where, through this lunch menu, you can travel through the flavors and aromas of these countries without even leaving Lisbon.
In this friendly and comfortable space located in downtown Lisbon, you can sample three delicacies where the spice really stands out:
- 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Chicken/lamb/tiger prawn vindaloo (€12.95/€14.95/€16.95): traditional vindaloo sauce , cooked with potatoes, tomato gravy, garnished with fresh herbs and fresh chili peppers;
- 🌶️🌶️ Special Goat Curry (€16.95): goat cooked slowly over a low heat;
- 🌶️🌶️ Chicken/lamb/prawn madras (€12.95/€14.95/€16.95): strong flavor of madras sauce, cooked in tomato gravy, garnished with fresh herbs.
Address: Rua dos Fanqueiros 232 (Downtown)
Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.; closed on Mondays
Taqueria do Chiado
@taqueria_chiado
Located in the heart of Chiado, Taqueria do Chiado is the ideal place if you are looking for authentic Mexican flavors in Lisbon.
Specializing in tacos with a variety of fillings, the menu also includes quesadillas and tostaditas, perfect for sharing. For a complete experience, you can also opt for this menu for two.
Address: Rua da Trindade 36C (Chiado)
Opening hours: Sunday to Wednesday, from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m.; Thursday to Saturday, from 12 p.m. to 1 a.m.
SOI
Tom Yum Goong soup. | @soi_asian_street_food
When we go to SOI – Asian Street Food, it’s usually to enjoy the executive menu, which allows us to try a different dish from each region of Southeast Asia every day of the week .
For International Spicy Food Day, you can try some dishes with different levels of spiciness:
- 🌶️/🌶️🌶️ Korean Chicken Wings/Ribs, fried chicken wings sautéed in spicy Korean sauce/slow-cooked pork ribs with Korean barbecue sauce;
- 🌶️🌶️ Thai Panang Curry with Tiger Prawns, panang curry with roasted peanuts, tiger prawns, coconut milk, and Thai basil;
- 🌶️🌶️ Tom Yum Goong, aromatic broth with lemongrass, galangal, chili, kaffir lime with coconut milk, shrimp, tomato, mushrooms, and cilantro.
Address: Rua da Moeda 1C (Cais do Sodré)
Opening hours: Sunday to Thursday, from 12pm to 6pm and from 7pm to 11pm; Friday and Saturday, from 12pm to 6pm and from 7pm to midnight.
Panda Cantina
If you’ve been following what we’ve been writing here, you’ve probably already heard about the spicy challenge we did at Panda Cantina, which serves one of our favorite ramen dishes in Lisbon.
Panda Cantina is a Cantonese restaurant that serves incredible and very spicy ramen, with a level ranging from the mildest 1 to the most courageous and strongest 5 (🌶️ to 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️).
Address: Rua da Prata 252 (Praça da Figueira); Rua Joaquim António de Aguiar 73D; Rua de São Marçal 86; Rua de Entrecampos 14A
Hours: Monday to Saturday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Tambarina
@pxhere.com
One of our favorite places to eat Cape Verdean cachupa couldn’t be left out of the section on Lisbon’s spiciest restaurants . It’s located on Rua do Poço dos Negros and offers three varieties of cachupa: meat, fish, or the special.
The restaurant is very similar to a Cape Verdean tavern,simple and very satisfying in terms of the portions of this African delicacy.
And if you go between Wednesday and Sunday, get ready to hear some of the best Cape Verdean rhythms,with live music.
Address:Rua do Poço dos Negros 94 (Santos)
Hours: every day from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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