June 27, 2022
Post-Colonial Lisbon: Mozambique
LisbonEditor’s Note: Though integral elements of Lisbon life, communities from Portugal’s former colonies can sometimes be an invisible presence in their adopted land, pushed out to the periphery. With our “Postcolonial Lisbon” series, CB hopes to bring these communities back into the center, looking at their cuisine, history and cultural life. In this installment, we…
August 25, 2017
Post-Colonial Lisbon: Mozambique Edition
LisbonLisbon’s communities from Portugal’s former colonies provide the strongest link to the country’s past, when it was the hub of a trading empire that connected Macau in the east to Rio de Janeiro in the west. Though integral elements of Lisbon life, these communities can sometimes be an invisible presence in their adopted land, pushed…
August 25, 2017
Mozambique in Lisbon: Taste
LisbonThe Mozambican community in Lisbon may be small, but the city is blessed with several delightful restaurants serving the food of their home country – one of them even a neighborhood landmark. Cantinho do Aziz: The Pioneer Despite the relative discretion of the community in the Portuguese capital, one of Lisbon’s most well-known restaurants is…