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My Meal at Harko's Japanese-Italian Restaurant

Following a long long walk down from the Moorish Castle to Sintra, aching for a bite, I encountered a restaurant called Harko's...
They sell both Japanese and Italian specialities - quite an unusual combination!
So, I dropped in for a munch...

Strange it is, indeed - to combine Japanese with Italian cuisine, but I like the idea.

I suppose Italian food attracts most clients, but Japanese is the exotic and rare cuisine that aims at the more gastronomically adventurous clients.

The venue was elegant, well-maintained, felt like new. But not a single soul was there.

Staff was very kind and as I saw - the cook was Japanese.

What did I eat here? Gyoza!

So I ordered 6 gyozas with a beer, but the dumplings were so tiny, I had to repeat the order - 6 more gyozas for me...

And things could have gone like this forever, but I decided to hit the stop button...

It was getting late and I had to get back to Lisbon with the train...

My bill was a slap in the face - 17 EUR. A mere 12 humble (smaller than average) dumplings and an ice-cold beer...

Or, did Harko's charge me heavily on those little olives that I munched before the meal was served?

Apéritifs...

My verdict is: gyozas were a bit poor. Like something "wannabe gyoza", but too much below the ones I had in Tokyo and Singapore.

My dumplings were surprisingly light. Too light.

Barely a trace of meat - which I felt was chicken.

This meal wasn't much of a strength-giver and it felt like quickly made gyoza.
Most likely, these were pre-made, taken out of the freezer and put into the oven.

Loved the sweet chili sauce with the gyoza - based on chili, containing some honey.

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