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• The best place to go in Faro

Our experience of eating here was a bit like this: it’s down a lot of unlikely winding roads and is on two floors. First floor is like a shop with a lot of vegetables and there is a woman and Anya would like all of them including the little apples but she can’t. She asks, ‘Restaurant? Restaurant?’ and we say yes and she points us upstairs. It’s huge and has two levels upon one is various soft Indian cushions some of which are white. It’s all decorated in an expensive hippy style, fancy cushions hanging off the walls and we go and sit down. The man approaches. He gives us a wine list and no menu. We order rose wine. We have a discussion about a bottle but go for two glasses and he asks us if we want large ones with a big smile and we say yes. Then the woman comes over and says, ‘Do you know how it works?’ and she recites that it is cooked on a wooden stove like her grandmother cooked on and it is 10 euros for everything. Duncan agrees with everything with a big smile as he is enjoying this greatly. We get a carrot with vinegar soup. Main dish is cous cous and we love it as it is really our cup of tea and it so cumminy. We love spicy food and it well-prepared. She asks if Duncan want some more and Duncan is back like a little kid and she scrapes what is out of the pan onto the plate. She says that Duncan has to eat it all up with the emphasis on up. Two desserts – first one is a small vegan dish followed by blended papaya fruit which is more than the right number of desserts suggesting we are getting overly spoilt. The man comes with coffee by which time nobody says no to anything – in this little metal cup is the most brilliant coffee with coconut sugar. Overall - a brilliant experience that left us with a warm glow of good food and having being treating like royalty as we walked off into the streets. This is a once in a life-time experience.