Conventual

Frommer's Review

For years, this restaurant has been popular with dozens of government ministers who often take foreign visitors here to showcase Portuguese cuisine, even though its prices are 25% less than those at many of its competitors. Conventual is on one of the loveliest residential squares in town, behind a plain wooden door. Inside you'll see a display of old panels from baroque churches, religious statues, and bric-a-brac. Delectably flavored dishes include creamy coriander soup, stewed partridge in port, duck in rich champagne sauce, grilled monkfish in herb-flavored cream sauce, frogs' legs in buttery garlic, and -- one of our favorites -- stewed clams in a sauce of red peppers, onions, and cream.

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