Maria Mata Mouro

Frommer's Review

One of the most elegant restaurants in Pelourinho, Maria Mata Mouro's menu is refreshingly light. This may come as a delightful change if you have been gorging yourself on moquecas and vatapas for a few days. The menu includes pastas such as the ravioli with dried shrimp and leek or the spaghetti with seafood. The meat dishes are inventive and creative; we tried the filet mignon with cassis sauce and grilled figs and the lamb in tamarind sauce on a bed of cassave purée. Fish lovers can enjoy the badejo fish in a ginger sauce, served with steamed vegetables and a potato torte, or the grilled bacalhau with broccoli and roasted garlic. The wine list is quite extensive, offering wines from Chile, Argentina, and Brazil and even from as far as Australia, South Africa, and California. The signature dessert is banana in a puff pastry flambéed with cachaça. Don't try this at home.

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