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Eating in Portugal

Eating in Portugal




The Portuguese food is delicious, the soup is the first course of any Portuguese meal. the famous soup is the Minho, caldo verde(soup), made from spiced sausage, potatoes and cabbage.

Other typical food is the Bacalao, there are several kinds to cook this revered dish as there are days in the year.

The delicious fish (peixe) dishes revolve around sole (lenguado) and sardines (sardinha) although salmon (salmão) and trout (truta) are also featured heavily. These are fried, grilled or served in a variety of sauces.

In several Portuguese restaurants, if you order a salad it will come sprinkled with salt, habitually you can ask for it "sem sal" (without salt).

Drinking in Portugal: In Portugal the best drink of choice is wine. Red wine is the favorite, but white wine is also popular. Drinking wine during a meal is very common in Portugal, and also after the meal is finished. Actually the drinking is considered almost socially intimate.




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