Casa da Qiu — Restaurant in Vila Nova de Gaia

Came here for dinner last night. The place is typical/traditional look. It’s a bit warm inside - I wish they turned on the AC. The service was great. It’s run by a family. The lady (I think she’s the owner) was friendly and efficient. The boy was very efficient as well.

The food we ordered: Shrimp toast - it wasn’t my favorite because it’s not what I’m used to get - I wish they chopped of them shrimp and mix it with egg & flour. Lula fritas - I love these. Crispy batter and tender squid. Shrimp fried rice - great fried rice. I love the char/Smokey flavor from the work. It’s flavorful - I think it could use these dark soy sauce Mala tofu - we asked for the vegetarian option / they taste great. I would love it to be spicier (maybe with extra Szechuan peppercorns). Great flavor. Shrimp chow mein / it came out sizzling on a hot plate. Great flavor as well.

Overall the food were tasty. I know it’s not the traditional Chinese food - but it’s what we were looking for. The price was great too. All those 5 dishes plus a half bottle of wine and a can of coke = €42

We’ll...

We often bought take away food from this restaurant, but our last experience was not good (June, 2022). I think they lost the quality. I don't know if it is because of our bad choice or others reason.

Cons: We ordered chicken with castanha and tofu. Both food was terrible. Mala tofu costs almost €8 and just tofu, no veggies, no chicken, nothing. I could buy a rectangle of tofu in Chinese supermercado costs me €1,20 The taste was strange and too spicy for my husband. The chicken castanha was like left over food. When you see the food seemed like it was not good.

Pros: Payment by cash or Multibanco. The restaurant...

Worst chinese food I have ever eaten in my life. I have lived in Singapore and China for 5 years and travelled around the world. However this was the worst chinese food we ate without any flavours. Chicken served in tomato ketch up and dumplings were very hard and dry. Liberally made my evening sad with...