I love Seabras Marisqueira! Report on our lunch Saturday 5/26.
This restaurant is one of our absolute favorites. You could be stepping into a similar establishment in Portugal, right down to the long tables and the blue and white-tiled walls.
We had a delicious late lunch there yesterday -- gorgeous oysters on the half shell, a great watercress salad with sweet onion, sprinkled with crunchy sea salt, perfect suckling pig with fresh-fried potato chips, orange, and a very meaty, garlicky sauce, and pork in the style of Alentejo (with clams, served on a platter and not in a cataplana, as I have seen it done there and elsewhere before). HUGE portions, as in the mother country.
Pineapple sorbet (a Bindi frozen dessert, I think), excellent espresso, and too much wine (BIG glasses of dry white that were poured from a Riesling-style bottle and a bottle of the red that was on special).
Very cordial service (the waiter even brought Tabasco for the oysters unbidden).
Total before tip: $107.00. An astonishing bargain for food of this quality, with microvacation in Portugal thrown in.
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Duppie
May 28, 2012 07:05 AM
Arguably the best Portuguese food in NJ IMHO however while still a good deal for large portions the prices have raised noticeably in direct proportion to it's popularity.
I spoke to the parking attendant and he claimed that he see quite a bit more NY plates and zip cars....as I posted awhile back our little secret is out.›6 Replies-
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buttertart
May 28, 2012 08:29 AM
More business for them can't be a bad thing. That price included 4 Castello mineral waters, too.
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re: Duppie
buttertart
May 28, 2012 04:51 PM
Ooh. We still haven't tried that crab dip off-menu thingy, I'm too hung up on the oysters (7 this time, often 8 if small, for $10.50).
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re: buttertart
Duppie
May 28, 2012 04:55 PM
The crab is flown in on Thursday,boiled,chilled on Friday for the weekend and is so rich that we sometimes just order that,the grilled king crab legs doused in melted butter and the cockles in garlic sauce and just go to town with the bread and nothing more.
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buttertart
May 28, 2012 05:12 PM
I'm a bit leery of it since we've only ever been there as 2 and I bet it'd be all I'd be able to get through. Need a bigger group! Want to try.
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re: buttertart
Duppie
May 29, 2012 09:05 AM
We usually try to be 4 or more in order to try more things on the menu. If you get a group together another thing to try is the hot or cold seafood platter which they will customize depending on what really fresh that day and your preference....easily feeds 4 to 6 and is well worth the $60.00+
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