TripSmith knows omakase Tuesdays book out sixty days ahead. It knows the no-substitution-allowed kaiseki ryori, the Catalan vermouth hour that ends at 2pm sharp, the natural-wine bar that won't seat you without a 7pm walk-up. The plan is built around the meal — not the other way around.
An afternoon round — Canggu, Bali.
Reservation windows tracked per venue — 60-day, 30-day, day-of lotteries; we surface the right one and remind you the morning it opens.
Diet hard-constraints honored at every meal — celiac, shellfish, halal, no-pork, dairy-free. The constraint is a filter, not a footnote.
Booking links inline — OpenTable, Resy, Tabelog, The Fork, and the restaurant's own form when that's the only door.
A day in Lisbon, planned around dinner.
sample · day 02 · couple · no shellfish
Chiado → Bairro Alto · tram 28
THU · APR 17Príncipe Real → Bairro Alto
10:30
Manteigaria, Chiado
R. do Loreto 2 · €1.40 the pastel
A late start so dinner lands hungry. Two pastéis de nata, warm; the cinnamon at the counter, not on the cake. Espresso standing up.
12:15
Time Out Market — skip it on purpose
walk through, don't sit
Cross the market to Sea Me for a small plate of carabineros. No shellfish flagged on your profile — Sea Me removed, swapped to Tasca Baldracca, the tinned-fish bar two streets up. Conservas, brown bread, a half-bottle of branco.
16:00
Park bench at Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara
a deliberate gap
An hour of nothing. The kitchen at Belcanto serves at 7:30 sharp and you'll be hungry for nine courses; load the appetite, not the stomach.
19:30
Belcanto — José Avillez tasting menu
Largo de São Carlos 10 · Michelin ★★
The "Reinvented Portugal" menu, nine courses. Booked sixty-one days ago when the window opened at midnight Lisbon time. Pairings recommended; ask for the older Madeira at the close. resy →
23:00
Pensão Amor — one slow cocktail
Rua do Alecrim 19 · walk-up, no booking
A nightcap somewhere that doesn't take itself too seriously. Bed by midnight; tomorrow's lunch is in Sintra and the train leaves at nine.
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