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Cuisine and restaurants of Portugal

Lisbon

Mestrias, Nova Tasca restaurant specializes in popular Portuguese dishes. There are also common European dishes on its menu. Here you can try hearty meat dishes with a garnish of rice and vegetables, interesting salads, and traditional pastries. Fans of sea delicacies will surely like the restaurant, as special dishes in the Mediterranean style are prepared especially for them here. Guests can complement their meals with the best Portuguese wines. One of the most unusual local restaurants is … Read more

Albufeira

Restaurants located in the Old Town are considered the best place to try the most popular dishes of the national cuisine. Seafood makes up the basis of the local restaurants’ menus. Local chefs are skilled in cooking fish, squid, mussels, prawns, and many other types of seafood. Fish Espada is a very interesting local dish that local chefs cook with crispy bacon. In local restaurants, the octopus is usually stewed in wine, and that makes its coarse meat incredibly tender and juicy. Many fish … Read more

Porto

The choice of restaurants is really big in Porto. Numerous travelers enjoy visiting cafes that belong to The Traveller chain. It is possible to find them in different parts of the city. As a rule, these cafes serve visitors from early in the morning until late at night. In the morning, they always offer breakfast consisting of several national dishes. Cafes in this chain also have a great selection of pastries. Not many travelers, on the contrary, know about Confeitaria Paparoca Da Foz … Read more

Funchal

Funchal is pleased to offer its guests a wide range of dining places for every taste and budget. Among local restaurants and cafes there are quite original places, such as Cantinho dos Amigos. Its main distinguishing feature is a tiny hall with just a few tables, but the restaurant's menu is pretty extensive. Interesting entrees and fresh salads, meat and fish dishes, desserts and soft drinks are served at reasonable prices. Sweet tooth will appreciate the Opan Carmo cafe, as a selection of … Read more

Lagos

Lagos is a large port city so its cuisine has been based on seafood for many years. In local restaurants specializing in regional cuisine, one can discover dozens of types of fish dishes. Cod and sardines are the most common fish here. Fish can be fried or grilled, cooked for various soups and other hearty dishes. Local cuisine is distinguished by the fact that many types of seafood are served with original sauces, which make regular seafood taste truly unusual. Most attractive restaurants … Read more

Portimao

Globally popular Portimao resort is noted for assortment of restaurants of different standards. The most popular restaurants are located in Alvor district; however other resort’s districts have a lot of interesting gastronomical establishments. One of the most prestigious resrt’s restaurant id Ruccula, clients have to book the table earlier. Its menu is based on national dishes, cooks can make fantastic delicacies with meat of young lamb and chicken. The main feature of dishes is picante … Read more

Vilamoura

The regional cuisine of Vilamoura is fully based on seafood – there are dozens of seafood types in the region. Local restaurants offer excellently cooked shrimps that are usually present in the menus under the name Camarão. If you happen to order a dish named Lingueirão, be ready to get a large plate with seafood of different shapes and sizes. Local restaurants specializing in the regional cuisine also offer lobsters, devilfish, squids, and octopuses cooked in accordance with different … Read more

Braga

Classic Portuguese cuisine is the most widespread in Braga, and seafood remains the basis of the regional cuisine restaurants’ menu. It is also important to mention that Braga restaurants mostly use locally sourced ingredients. Some restaurants even have their own garden where they grow seasonal vegetables. The majority of popular fish dishes include cod. Some ways of cooking cod are truly unique. It can be stewed with beans and various vegetables. Cod is also a popular stuffing for pies. Some … Read more

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