Chez Antoinette

I found this restaurant on Google and wanted to experience the mixture of Portuguese and French.
The owner welcomed us by stating that he likes to be in control. At every course and wine he took the time to talk to us and explain what we were having and some background information. We started off with bread, oil and tapenade of chickpeas and paprika. First course was an octopus terrine with some coquilles and shrimp, which was very good. For main course I had neck of lamb and my wife had the liver. The liver was fantastic. Very tender and succulent. The lamb was great too. The desserts were disappointing. My sweet rice was nice but not special and my wife’s chocolate mousse and cake were too bitter for her taste. The wines were very good. I had a vino verde and a red douro. With dessert I had a very nice muscatel, not too sweet.
I would give it 4 ½ stars.