Cafe Lucia, Healdsburg

I discovered Cafe Lucia during Restaurant Week. It's a Portuguese place in downtown Healdsburg-235 Healdsburg Ave. I went back with my husband on a sunny Saturday and sat outside.

Amuse bouche--chorizo with cheese and olives.

Tasca Tasting Plate--you can choose 3 items from their small plates menu for $16, 5 for $25 or 7 for $34. We chose baby octopus, linguica and morcela. It came with olives and walnut bread. The blood sausage (morcela) was our favorite. 

Arroz a Valencia--paella-like Portuguese classic, linguica, chicken, shellfish, saffron rice. The rice was well done--nice and al dente. Nothing worse than overcooked rice in paella. The portion is small, not quite large enough for 1 but it's only $14.

My favorite thing at Cafe Lucia are the desserts. This is a trio of Traditional for $9. Arroz doce with Madeira braised figs, malassadinhas (baby fried dough) with "vos moles," and almond ice cream sandwich with fig cake

Lunch even came with a mignardise--it was a sweet coated with coconut.

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