Lusiadas Portuguese Restaurant, Mount Vernon

At Lusiadas Portuguese Restaurant, you might find an unfamiliar word on the menu, "bacalhau." It means "cod" in Portugal, where fishermen have been fishing and trading cod since the 15th century. As a result, it plays a big role in Portuguese cuisine. Chefs have hundreds of different ways to prepare it; Lusiadas' chefs pour heavy creamy and cheese over it, fry it and serve it with mayo, or grill it and pair it with onions and peppers.

The eatery's chefs also create a variety of other seafood dishes, as well as grill lamb chops, sauté chicken breasts with honey and almonds, and string pork tenderloin chunks and jumbo shrimp on a skewer.