Buffet de Sopas e Massas
We have spent a lot of time in Lucila's Restaurant. Not only have we had cooking lessons there, but we have lunch there2 or 3 times a week (which is a buffet and you pay by the weight on your plate). The buffet lunch is delicious and usually costs us a maximum of £5 (both of us) with a drink and cafezinho.

However we don't usually go there at night, when it is possible to have an A la Carte menu, but also possible on Thursdays to Saturdays to have a buffet of soups and pastas. We tried this for the first time last night.

We could have as much soup and pasta as we wanted for £3.50 each. The soups were very good, as were the pasta dishes, but I have to say that I found the whole notion of having a variety of bowls of soup strange. The restaurant was really crowded though, because it was a cool evening and evidently everyone here likes soup to warm them up.

Usually we go to Cris' Bar (to the left of Lucila's in the photo) in the evening, where the food is even cheaper and we either eat steak, salad and chips, or camarao (prawns) all washed down with caipirinha of course!

We are very lucky to have this row of restaurants, bars and cafes, which serve such good food at a fraction of the price you would pay in England, just 2 minutes walking distance from the apartment. We will miss them!