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Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

by kumamonjeng May 13, 2019
written by kumamonjeng May 13, 2019
Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

We have been away from Asia for almost a week and I think we have reached our limit of eating western food.  We started to miss some Asian food, some rice, fried noodles and stir fry dishes. For the past few days, we had been having lots of jamon (ham) and bread toast in the morning and tapas for lunch and dinner. Glad we end up having dinner at Restaurante Wok Mundo in Lisbon.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Restaurante Wok Mundo usually serve Buffet at a very affordable price. Lunch at 7.95 Euro and Dinner at 9.50 Euro. However, what we had wasn’t buffet but freshly cook and serve on our table. I prefer this way as I was too tired to go pick up the dishes from the smorgasbord.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

The setting of the restaurant is very oriental.  At the entrance, you are welcome by the imitation of a pair of Terracotta Army. Some Chinese paper cutting was seen sticking at the wall or glass door.  Red lanterns are hanging high up the ceiling. You also find some fishes in the aquarium.  According to Chinese Feng Sui, fish and water represent wealth and abundance.

We were lucky enough to meet the owner of the restaurant and learn that he is from Fujian province China.  There are several waitresses and waiter but all are from China but speak Portuguese.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

A Football game soccer table machine with coin-operated was placed near the way to the washrooms.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Chinese fried peanut dish

As usual, the first dish come was fried peanuts. This is a traditional Chinese fried peanut dish 香酥花生米. This is very simple recipes which only have oil, salts, and peanuts. It goes well with alcohol and usually serves as the first dish before the main dishes come.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Olives

Portuguese produce a lot of olive and olive oil, we saw plenty of olive tree farms on our road trip. Olives come in a range of colors, green and black. Olives serve a good appetizer. I was just a little surprised to find olive on the Chinese table menu. LOL.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Stir fry chicken with onion & pepper

The onion tasted really juicy and the chicken cooked with special sauce so it went well with rice.

 

White Rice

This is the major staple food for most Asian countries.  However, North China people do not eat rice but prefer to eat wheat for their staple food, only South China eat rice and other southeast Asian countries.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Vinegar Octopus with Onion and Green & Red Pepper

Octopus seems like well love in Portugal.  Over here at the Chinese restaurant in Lisbon, they use octopus too.  I think this dish adopt the Portuguese recipe instead of the Chinese recipe.  Still, it tasted good and I love it as it is quite appetizing because of the vinegar touch.  The octopus is cut into small pieces cube and it tasted super juicy and tender.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Tomato and egg soup 蕃茄蛋花汤

This is a very common household dish in China and the ingredients are pretty simple, egg and tomato.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Stir Fried Beef with Onion 洋葱牛肉

Well, the beef is very tender, moist and caramelized as it cooked in a sweet-savory sauce. Again, it goes well with white rice.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Stir Fry Bean with Garlic

Another stir fry dish! Chinese love to have the high-heat fire or they call “the taste of wok” so most dishes go through stir fry, be it vegetable and meats. They usually add in some garlic which tasted good. I am in love with garlic.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Chinese Braised Fish

Chinese called “Hong Shao Yu”. The fish first went through the “wok” for frying about 5 mins when it becomes a little brownish, then add in secret recipes, such as Shaoxing wine (Chinese cooking wine), sugar, vinegar, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, and some scallions and ginger.  Well, I am glad there are no many bones.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Garlic Broccoli Shrimp Stir Fry

They called shrimp as “Gambas” in Spain and Portugal.  Glad the shrimp shell was taken away so it is very easy to eat.  The broccoli is also tasted crunchy and not too soft.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Stir Fry Sausages & Pepper

The sausages used here is not the Chinese sausage so I suspect this dish is tailored for the local Portuguese palette. I don’t enjoy the Portuguese sausages cook in this way.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Brussels Sprouts in Olive Oil

I think these Brussels Sprouts were first boiled then add in olive oil.  I don’t enjoy Brussels Sprouts so this dish is a no for me.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Stir Fry Beehoon

This is one of our favorite dish, the “wok hei” or the taste of wok is so strong and we all love it so much.  Glad that they are fresh bean sprout added into this stir fry bee hoon.  I just wish they added more of bean sprout.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Fruits

Fruits served was pineapple, melon and grapes.  The grapes are super huge.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Dessert

Well, for dessert, we have to go to the fridge and choose what we like. There are pudding, tarts, cream pie bite and many more, all serve in a little dessert bowl.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Flan and Cheesecake

Flan seems to be a popular Iberian dessert, the ingredient is only eggs, milk and sugar. We have been tasting flan almost every single night during our road trip to Spain and Portugal. However one thing I notice is the flan here is always the classic flan flavor, that is never flavored with other stuff such as cinnamon or mint or citrus. It is always the traditional combination of rich custard and bittersweet caramel.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Mango Ice cream

I end my meal with the mango ice cream.  There are few to choose from but I love mango flavor.  The mango ice-cream is a must have.

Chinese Food at Restaurante Wok Mundo at Lisbon Portugal

Final thoughts:

For  Asian travelers who missed their Asian cuisine, Wok Mundo is a great option to dine at in Lisbon.  I won’t complain too much as the price is cheap and the food is sufficient.

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9 comments

Mijia Eggers May 13, 2019 - 8:19 pm

They look quite authentic. Many Chinese food outside of China don’t really taste like they should be. However, from the looking I would think that they are tasty.

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kumamonjeng May 13, 2019 - 10:50 pm

Dear Mijia,

The Chinese food here tastes quite good and I don’t a complaint. Missing some Chinese food after a while on the road in Spain and Portugal.

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Michael David Oyco May 14, 2019 - 3:20 am

Did they have fried rice? It is a must really for asian when going inside a chinese resto lol

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mombrite May 14, 2019 - 4:23 am

I am Chinese and the food looks delicious! Haha the fried peanuts are a must! I am surprised they have brussel sprouts, not a very typical Chinese vegetable.

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kumamonjeng May 14, 2019 - 6:25 am

You are right, the peanuts are a must as an opening dish. I too not sure how to cook Brussel sprouts but they boiled them and sprinkle with lots of olive oil.

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Sania Ahmed May 14, 2019 - 6:59 am

You hardly get authentic Chinese food outside of China. It just becomes a fusion of the local taste and Chinese food.

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kumamonjeng May 17, 2019 - 12:47 am

Dear Sania,

I agree but I won’t complain much, as long as I got to taste some fusion version of them, I am quite happy about it. After all, this is Portugal. LOL.

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blair villanueva May 16, 2019 - 3:59 am

OMG you are making me crave for Chinese foods! They are always my humble food 😀
Delicious!

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kumamonjeng May 17, 2019 - 12:49 am

Dear Blair,

I crave for Chinese food when I travel too long in the western countries so I was quite happy to be able to dine in this restaurant in Lisbon. LOL.

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