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APPETIZERS AND STARTERS |
| Black Olives |
1.99 |
Assorted
Portuguese Cheeses
house made farmers
cheese................................................. |
10.99 |
Grilled
Portuguese
"Chorico" a spicy Portuguese smoked sausage
made with pork meat and fat, wine, paprika and
salt............... |
10.99 |
Smoked "Persunto"
thin slices of dry-cured ham topped with black
olives.............. |
10.99 |
Sautéed
Mussels
a Ventura's favourite, sautéed in a pimento
marinara sauce..... |
11.99 |
Mussels
na Cataplana
sauteed with red green peppers in a marinara
sauce............... |
12.99 |
| Grilled
Calamari drizzled with olive
oil....................................... |
13.99 |
Grilled
Sardines
flavoursome sardines topped with an onion
olive oil sauce....... |
2.00 each |
"Portuguese Rissoes"
homemade shrimp or tuna fish
cakes.................................... |
1.50 each |
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SOUP AND SALAD |
Portuguese House Salad
topped with a home
made vinaigrette dressing ....................... |
3.49 |
| Kidney
Bean Soup ................................................................. |
3.49 |
| Vegetable
Soup .................................................................... |
3.49 |
| Chicken
Soup ....................................................................... |
3.49 |
Portuguese Specialty "Calde de Verde"
a soup of kale-like
cabbage thickened with potato
and containing a slice of chourico sausage,
originated
from the northern province of Minho but is now
considered
a national
dish ................................................................... |
3.99 |
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FRESH FROM THE SEA |
Grilled
Grouper
a Portuguese delicacy accompanied with
potatoes,
vegetables............................................................ |
16.99 |
Grilled
Halibut
a long time favourite
served with potato and vegetables........... |
16.99 |
Sea Food
Rice Mix
lightly breaded golden fillet, fried breaded
shrimp,
sautéed mussels garnished with lemon and black
olives......... |
16.99 |
Grilled
Gamberini
shrimp with jumbo clams with Ventura's
famous Sea Food Rice |
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for one ............................................................................. |
23.99 |
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platter for two ................................................................... |
39.99 |
Grilled
Calamari
an appetizing and popular dish accompanied
by potatoes, vegetables topped with our olive oil
house sauce .................................................................... |
15.99 |
Ventura's
Golden Fillet
along breaded shrimp all lightly fried served
with cubed potatoes and salad
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14.99 |
Grilled "Chocus"
a classic dish, cuttlefish served with
potatoes
and vegetables
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15.99 |
Grilled
Sardines
with potatoes and
salad, a traditional
Portuguese dish
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11.99 |
Grilled
Salmon
along side potatoes
and vegetables ...................................... |
15.99 |
Portuguese Style Sea Rock Bass
the entire fish grilled to perfection
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20.99 |
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"BACALHOU" THE PORTUGUESE
NATIONAL DISH |
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"Bacalhou" which is perhaps
the most consumed type of fish in Portugal and of which
it is said that there are more than365 ways to cook, one
for every day of the year. |
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Cod
Casserole
is a Ventura's
Signature appetizing specialty considered
one of Portugal's greatest recipes, a delicate
and uniquely
prepared cod dish made with thinly sliced
potatoes and
lightly fried cod mixed together in a tomato,
onion and
wine based sauce
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16.99 |
Grilled
or Boiled Cod
topped with olive oil
house sauce served with
potatoes and vegetables
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16.99 |
The
Famous Bacalhau a Bras
one of the most popular ways to prepare
codfish
in Portugal, shredded cod, onions, and thin
strips
of potatoes all bound by eggs
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16.99 |
Ventura's
Signature Fried Cod
served with fried cubed potatoes and salad
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15.99 |
Bacalhou
a Velho
accompanied with
potatoes, beans and vegetables ............... |
16.99 |
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VENTURA'S FAMOUS SEAFOOD
PLATTERS |
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Portugal is a sea-fearing nation at heart and this is
reflected in the amount of fish and seafood consumed by
the Portuguese and in Ventura's Signature Seafood
Platters. |
Seafood
Platter
lightly fried whiting, sword fish, golden
fillet, baby
tiger shrimp, jumbo tiger shrimp, mussels, along
side
rice, cubed potatoes while accompanied with a
hearty
house salad OR the soup of the day
serves two ....................................................................... |
34.99 |
Fruits of
the Sea
lightly fried
whiting, sword fish, golden fillet, baby tiger
shrimp, jumbo tiger shrimp, homemade fish cakes
known
as "rissoies", crab meat, breaded shrimp, sautéed
mussels
and grilled calamari accompanied with rice, cubed
potatoes
while accompanied with a hearty house salad OR
the soup
of the day
serves two ...................................................................... |
38.99 |
The King
Platter
lighlty fried golden fillet and cod fish
accompanied
with our famous seafood rice mix, jumbo clams and
tiger shrimp with a portuguese house salad OR
soup
of the day
serves two
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serves four ...................................................................... |
49.99
89.99 |
"Mar e
Terra" Platter
this exciting feast is our portuguese version
of a
surf and turf platter, a lightly fried golden
fillet of the
sea and the famous grilled beef a casa along side
asparagus, rice, homestyle potatoes and salad OR
soup of the day
serves four ........................................................................ |
59.99 |
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MEAT ENTREES |
The
Traditional Portuguese "Prego no Prata"
grilled slices of pork served with fries,
rice and salad
or soup of the day
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11.99 |
The
famous "Beef a Casa"
a massive piece of grilled beef steak topped
with the
customary fried egg served on a platter with
fries, rice
and salad or soup of the day
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12.99 |
"Carne
Pork Alentejana"
the classic Portuguese terracotta dish with
marinated
cubes of pork mixed in a bed of potatoes and
clams
mixed together in a spicy piri piri sauce topped
with
black olives
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16.99 |
T-Bone
Steak
served with sauce house served with fries,
rice and
salad or soup of the day
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18.99 |
Grilled
Top Sirloin Steak
marinated in a white wine then grilled to
perfection
served with rice or fries with salad or soup of
the day ............ |
18.99 |
Grilled Tenderloin
served with potatoes,
rice or salad or soup of the day ............ |
19.99 |
T-Bone
Steak with grilled Jumbo Tiger Shrimp
done to perfection served with potatoes, rice
and
salad or soup of the day
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24.99 |
Grilled
or Breaded Veal
served with potatoes
and vegetables .................................... |
14.99 |
Grilled
House Seasoned Pork Chops
with potatoes, rice and salad or soup of the
day .................... |
14.99 |
Grilled
Chicken Breast
served with potatoes, rice and salad or soup
of the day ......... |
13.99 |
Grilled
Chicken Breast with Jumbo Tiger Shrimp
along side potatoes and salad or soup of the
day ................. |
20.99 |
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