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At this point in our travels, we craved a change
of pace from Portuguese specialties. We had
traveled to Japan with our companions Ira and
Barbara and loved our shared dining experiences
on that trip. So when we spied great TripAdvisor
reviews for the Japanese restaurant Ka Sushi Cave,
we made a reservation. That evening, we wandered
around the streets of the old city for 10 minutes
searching for the place when as luck would have it,
a woman appeared out of nowhere, asked if we
were the James party and led us down a back alley
to our table.
Our rescuer, Sanya, turned out to be the co-
owner of the establishment along with her
husband Rune, a Norwegian expat who knows
fresh seafood. We left the ordering in the hands of
our hosts who lived all over the world before
discovering Cascais. Neither is Japanese, but they
did their homework and hired talented chefs who
guarantee each day’s offerings are the very

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