
At first sight Lisbon doesn’t yet offer the enormous variety of food vans, trucks, parties and festivals that most other European Cities have.
But according to José Borralho, vice- president of Street Food Portugal (yes, that’s a real organisation) there are at least 250 street food concepts in the country where 60 per cent of them are found in Lisbon (we have 2 in Graca – on Miradouro da Senhora do Monte).
Since April 2015, Borralho has held two successful European Street Food Festivals just outside the capital, and he says the market has grown exponentially.
[caption id="attachment_12423" align="aligncenter" width="502"] One of our 2 super cool and charming food trucks at our Miradouro da Senhora do Monte 20 meter from Tings Lisbon’s door.[/caption]
Hopping across the puddles on Rossio Square, Lisbon, my tour guide turns to me with a troubled expression. I’ve come to Portugal’s capital city on a street food mission, but given the miserable weather she’s worried today might not be the best for alfresco eating. Read Victoria Stewart’s Street Food story in The Evening Standard