Chapter 4
Portugal: eating and drinking
Food is a reason to visit Portugal on its own: grilled fish, salt cod cooked a thousand ways, custard tarts and strong little coffees. Lunch is the main meal, and the dish of the day is often the best value in town.
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- Custard tart in flaky pastryPastel de nata
- A small espresso, as Lisbon calls itBica
- Milky coffee served in a tall glassGalão
- Salted dried cod, cooked many waysBacalhau
- Porto's sandwich under melted cheese and sauceFrancesinha
- Fish grilled at Lisbon's June festivalsSardinhas
- Sweet fortified wine from the DouroPort wine
- Young, light wine from the green northVinho verde
- You want to pay at the café. You say:A conta, por favor
- The cheap set lunch chalked outsidePrato do dia
- Bread and olives arrive unasked: they're theCouvert