Guides to Portuguese food and drink, including regional dishes, local ingredients, wine, cafés, markets, food traditions and what to eat and drink while exploring Portugal.
Does Portugal have a national dish? Well if you look around the web, in old cooking books, or even on Facebook, you’ll find multiple answers. There really doesn’t seem to be a clear answer at all. Harder still, in modern times, Portugal hasn’t promoted one singular dish to represent its culinary heart. Similarly, it also …
In a country of exceptional wines and ports, something that is often missed off visitors’ drinking lists is Licor Beirão. It might even be a surprise to some that its slogan ‘O licor de Portugal’ and it claims to be the national liquor. Is this really the national drink of Portugal that not many outside …
Portugal might not be the first country you think about when it comes to sandwiches. When it comes to the ‘national dishes’, or simply the most famous dishes in Portugal you’ll rarely see a sandwich mentioned. Well except one sandwich, that might not be a sandwich, but we’ll get to that later…. If you’re only …
Ginjinha often shortened to Ginja, is a Portuguese liqueur made by infusing ginja berries (sour cherries) in alcohol – usually a local brandy (aguardente) or a wine spirit. A sweetener is then added, and sometimes even some spices like cinnamon or clove, it’s then left to infuse for several months or longer. What results is …