The Darjeeling Express — Restaurant in Lisbon

Lots of Indian/Pakistani/Nepali/Bangladeshi places in Lisbon are quite generic and indistinguishable (while still being good! - same with lots of Portuguese, and others) and I sometimes struggle to remember their name and location. The Darjeeling Express is clearly not one of them!

The menu, while not being extensive, offers options that are less than obvious, clearly with Christian (beef!) South Indian influences, and altogether delicious. The creative names and clear winks to Wes Anderson and other pop culture icons only make it an even more refreshing option within South Asian cuisine and we loved our meal, between beef, shrimp and lentil curries/stews. The small samosas were delicious (great truly spicy sauce to go with them!) as were the paratha (not very fluffy) and the bolo de bolacha for desert. It's close to the best stadium in the world, as well as the subway, and will remain a post-game option for me or for any...

I had lunch once there, ate one of the curries. It was well cooked but nothing I would consider memorable (both in terms of flavor or originality), is pricier than similar dishes in a Indian-owned place like many that exist close by, and nothing in the experience is remarkable enough to justify it. Would eat there again if I was around, but I have nothing making me want to go...

Good service but really disappointing dishes. The chicken curry was like an imitation of a chicken curry, the other dish, Edith Bunker, was just rice mixed with meat, almost no sauce, luckily they have available spicy sauce. The chamuças, chicken and vegetable, were delicious, but very-very small. It seems that it is some sort of fusion ...