Yasser is the current owner, but PSI was started by his mother fifteen years ago, so its well established and I kicked myself for not finding it sooner, on our many visits to Lisbon. There is seating both outside and inside and so we chose a table in the garden, as it was a lovely sunny day.
We were looked after by the always smiling Solange from Montenegro, who was so friendly and helpful and brought us the quite extensive menu see here with many vegan options, so it was difficult to make a choice, they all sounded so good.
We chose harissa olives and beet houmous with vegetable crudite to share, which were delicious and so colourful on the plate.
Steven chose Goan Xacuti vegetable and tofu curry, served with red chilli paste and rice and I chose the falafel salad, served with chapati. We loved our main courses, such fresh ingredients, well executed and fantastic presentation, so you wanted to dive in and eat.
We were really full, but I could not resist the vegan raw passon fruit cheesecake, with oat base and mango coulis. It was a big piece but I demolished the whole lot, it was so good, I could not bear to leave any.
We had a chat with Yasser, who explained how PSI came into existence and how they made all the food from scratch, including the curry pastes, falafels, desserts, everything in fact. You could see the love and attention, that went into each dish and in its idyllic setting, you certainly did not feel the hustle bustle of Lisbon just ten minutes down the road.
So any vegans out there visiting Lisbon, you really must check out PSI, I will definitely be returning, sooner rather than later.
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