Have I Just Found The Best BBQ Chicken in Portugal?

[@rhianhead6744]

During a visit to Lisbon, we visited a restaurant called Bom Jardim. It was recommended by a colleague who lived in Lisbon for many years - I’m not sure we would have chosen it, left to our own devices, as it looked quite basic. Everyone in the restaurant was ordering what you had - the chicken, chips, salad and that amazing sauce. Wow, best chicken I’ve ever eaten - fantastic. Can’t remember the cost, but it was very reasonable, especially given it was a capital city. Love the food vlogs 👍

[@spainspeaks]

Hi, simple food is often the best.

[@module79l28]

The thing about barbeque chicken in Portugal is that you can find hundreds of places like these all over the country. It's hard to say which one has the most amazing chicken because they're all pretty much on the same level. There's no secret to it, BBQ chicken is so easy and simple to make that it's very hard to mess up. 🙂

[@AngelaLeyland-x5b]

A fabulous meal - thank you for sharing it with us Stusrt! Great blog!

[@alexcopa2059]

After watching you eat I’m now famished. What a terrific review.

[@georgefarrington895]

That chicken looks so tasty, these family restaurants are the best .

[@normanchan2001]

When your definition of salad is meat and onions....I'm all in! Awesome.

[@toroverde9329]

I think you had a great meal at a great price Stu. Thank you for taking us along. 🐙

[@module79l28]

For us it's a bit high for a normal meal but that's because no one here eats a three dish meal. 😅

[@module79l28]

The potatoes that came with the cod have a funny name in Portuguese: "batatas a murro". It means "punched potatoes" because they're literally punched after coming out of the oven. 😄 I don't know if you noticed but the Maria cookies in the dessert are soaked in coffee. At least that's how the traditional "Doce da Casa" is made.

[@nigeldawson5960]

Noice. These videos are my favorites. Keep rockin the food scene. Saludos!

[@eamonsheils855]

Looks fantastic value for what you had.

[@andrewmoorhouse687]

Right up my street. Love those dishes when I’m in Portugal 🇵🇹 Earlier this year we were staying in Cascais and we visited the Jardim dos Frangos twice while we were there. It’s close to the railway station. Simple place. Cheap prices. Not fancy, but really good chicken and fries with generous portions. Good wines or beer available and really friendly staff. There’s a reason this place is stuffed full of locals, particularly families. If you want something posher there, head towards the marina, where you’ll find amazing seafood and fish, including my personal favourite and the one you chose, Stuart, polvo or octopus. 🐙

[@EdMcF1]

In Bragança in 2018, I had a dinner of starter mushroom and chestnut soup, and then a Wild Boar stew, both unbelievable, and the local high Douro red was fantastic. Sadly no room for a pud. Love Portuguese cuisine.

[@mariateresajimenez3437]

Stu, cuando vuelvas a Madrid, vete a comer bacalao a Casa Labra, xd!! Al lado del Corte Inglés de Sol. Te encantará.

[@Eddie-w5p]

Excellent selection of typical Portuguese dishes. It looked delicious.

[@georgefarrington895]

1946 that says everything.. this is proper food.enjoy.

[@lisacraig4585]

No wonder Nando’s wouldn’t get a foothold in Portugal. When I visit Australia, the first thing friends ask me to cook is piri-piri chicken (next is bifanas). Mouthwatering to watch❤.

[@goldgeologist5320]

The food looks better than anything you have shown us in Spain! Excellent value!

[@robp9129]

Thanks Stu 👍👏👏

[@Chris_Carini]

Nice one. As if I needed another excuse to visit Portugal. 🙂

[@paulogama5782]

I'm portuguese and i visit london once in a while, and i should say, Nando's chicken is a joke if we compare it with that one or with many others around lisbon. These guys really know how to cook it. Glad you liked it.

[@sandychan480]

Everything looked sooooo sooooo good!! Especially the frango.

[@janetlombardi2314]

A nice feast, Stuart 😋 👌 👍

[@andreiabastos3760]

Stu, you are 18 km from where I live. Very proud you're there. At this moment I am in the Algarve. If for any reason you come here (don't forget there are about 50000 Brits here in the Algarve) we can meet and have a meal . Regards

[@andrewmeasures2312]

Great video Stuart. Thanks for sharing it with us. I've had many meals in Portugal and I've often ordered exactly the same as you. Your meal looked delicious and amazing value for what all three of you had. I'm a huge fan of Spain but apart from Galicia, the Portuguese are better at doing octopus, cod and frango piri piri. Imo. Looking forward to your next culinary excursion. 😀👍

[@GrayGhost47]

I am envious.

[@jonniesantos]

Yum! Reminds me to make a run to the Portuguese market here (San Diego) to see if they have any octopus salad. Thanks for this fun review.

[@michaelthatcher3825]

Great video Stu - the best of Portuguese food IMO. The only thing you could have added with it was a nice cold bottle of Planalto.

[@dharma6808]

Great video Stuart the food looked amazing seemed a bit on the expensive side 61 euros but the meal looked enough for two people so at that point it would be a decent price for meal for two !!!

[@123seanaway]

Another great food vlog. Espetada was one of my favourite foods in Portugal. Absolutely love the translation on the menu😂

[@kikoempis]

I am Portuguese, and I love reading restaurant menu's translations! You find true gems! hahahahah Literal translations that make no sense at all.

[@solarlifeportugal657]

Some great Portuguese food - a little pricey but if the place is packed you do know it's good. Absolutely adore the TV behind you and one would imagine one in front as well. Doce de Casa, mouse au chocolate, fruit salad and creme caramel - you should have gone for the camel spit 😂😂😂

[@erikamartin-wallace5991]

A lovely meal... Portuguese are famous for cod dishes and I remember eating cod for 10 days... all different dishes!!!

[@TheDirkdams]

The best chicken that a know is pica polo in the Dominican Republic! Every time I am there i get it almost every day! Happy holidays and all the best for 2025

[@SISI-q1l]

We had two of the best meals of our lives in Sintra. The chef at A Raposa cooked us a meal that we are still talking about and the best steak we've ever eaten at a restaurant across from the train station.

[@GleeSmee]

Good eatin.

[@wicklawalker9495]

😳meat sweats after that meal!

[@MAX96MENDES]

8 out 10 Portuguese restaurants do make an Incredible BBQ Chicken! Its almost like the national food. - The other 2 restaurants not on my rating, just do not have the BBQ-Chicken on their menu but some other type of delicious cuisine. ALL Good !

[@RobertSmith-cv1cu]

Their frango is always superb

[@armandodiaz3485]

Hey Stuart have you ever tried Casa Mingo in Madrid? Their chicken is the best

[@jaimecardoso3491]

Meu caro amigo, bem vindo a Portugal, mas alguns pratos ( comida) sabem melhor quando se come á mão,o frango é um deles, não há que ter vergonha,eu não tenho, é assim que gosto.

[@tacowaco]

Excellent review, did you need to book ahead or do they fit you in?

[@Foxland3178]

I like Spain and I want to learn Spanish but I have not enough money to visit Spain 😢

[@drguylenegigitree1044]

Wow!!! Did you really eat all of that? Looked great but that is enough food for a party of six. Personally, I would go for just the dessert. That looked yummy. But, where was the rice? Typically in Portugal I have always gotten rice with the chips. A double carb thing. Thanks for the post.

[@module79l28]

Rice with everything is more of a big city touristy thing, which unfortunately created that stereotype. Places like these know what goes with what and rice definitely doesn't go with BBQ chicken.

[@motttta]

​@@module79l28 Not really. Pretty standard.

[@anthonyferris8912]

Certainly looks better than the Spanish fair you've been eating.

[@lfum87]

Por curiosidad, ¿en qué idioma te dirigías a los camareros, en portugués, en castellano o en inglés?

[@spainspeaks]

Hola, en portugués.

[@joe8256]

I didn't think it was cheap for Portugal, although the portions were very plentiful.

[@module79l28]

It was cheap for a 3 course meal with starters and dessert but honestly, no one here in Portugal eats meals like these. A normal meal for two people there probably wouldn't even cost 30€.

[@Garcwyn]

It’s extremely hard to forget about Nandos tbh

[@seanflewin9803]

Your showing us your food safely hidden behind your subtitles bloody marvellous that'll do I'm off

[@fastferrari3788]

I noticed you blur some faces, while others aren't, is it because they asked you to do it so?

[@carlosalbuquerque5672]

Man, you just ate a meal fit for 3 people. Were you fasting for the last 3 days to prepare for this event meal? 😂Just kidding.

[@MikiEverett-yc5fg]

You will find Franco in portugués is a baby chicken. Thats why your whole chicken was small

[@josepeso2560]

Correcting: FranGo not FranCo, Franco means direct, loyal, honest...

[@AJ-sv5qg]

Looked absolutely delicious. Nandos is fake Portuguese chicken

[@carmenfernandez5234]

Good to see that restaurants on the Iberian Peninsula are gradually adding a few more ingredients to their salads.

[@module79l28]

If you usually go to the big city touristy places, you probably will get a simple lettuce and carrot or lettuce and tomato salad. In the "countryside", salads have always been like in the video since I can remember and I'm 59.

[@carmenfernandez5234]

​@module79l28 .....Have had multi-ingredient salads in bigger cities: Madrid, Granada, (Vigo), etc. In the smaller "villas" such as towns in Galicia, the salads always seem very basic to me: lettuce, tomato, onion. It's good to see that some restaurants are gradually adding more vegetables and varied salads.

[@module79l28]

@@carmenfernandez5234 - Here in Portugal it's the opposite.

[@coffermartin77]

Who the hell eats at Nandos? Everyone in Sydney eats at Frango restaurants.And you obviously haven't tasted pulpo from Malpica, Galicia. Or percebes from Aguiño. You need to branch out more.

[@peterincork3121]

Could you give a couple of Frango restaurant recommendations in Sydney ? Thanks.

[@Hibbicon]

Looks nothing special to be honest.

[@pattheslut]

But you haven't tasted it,haven't you?