Appetizers include classic Japanese bar food such as ika no shiokara, strips of raw squid dressed in sauce of its own fermented viscera.

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Its speciality is lulas e camaroes grelhados con arroz, the local grilled squid and prawns, with rice and a lime sauce.

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Barbecue chicken on a stick, sausage, grilled squid and octopus, corn on the cob and tteokbokki (rice cakes in spicy sauce) are available for only a few thousand won (a few dollars).

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When the moment of truth arrived, it was delectable, a perfectly al dente, subtly flavored pasta (with mussels and squid, it turned out) dressed, not drowned, in a piquant, bottarga-laced tomato sauce.

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Choose your own ingredients from tender squid, plump prawns or juicy pork, topped off with bonito (fish) flakes, a thick brown okonomiyaki sauce and mayonnaise.

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