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Porto, a very gourmet destination

2020-09-12T05:25:48.064Z


Portugal's second city, steeped in a rich wine culture, is full of good restaurants that revisit the local gastronomic tradition. Enough to spend a delicious weekend in the heart of Indian summer.


The first encounter is rustic and invigorating: sausage, veal cutlet, ham, melted cheese, fried egg, “secret” beer, port and tomato sauce, all combined in a single sandwich of thick white bread. , served hot and accompanied by… fries.

Created in the 1950s on the model of our croque-monsieur, the

francesinha

(literally "little French") has become - like the tripe - the culinary emblem of Porto.

About fifteen restaurants are vying for the trophy of the best

francesinha

in the city: is it Café Santiago, Lado B, Cervejaria Brasão or O Afonso, the favorite of American chef Anthony Bourdain, who died in 2018?

Fortunately,

Portuense

gastronomy

is not limited to this calorie and protein bomb, or even to its cousin,

cachorrinho

- a kind of hot dog to taste absolutely at Gazela -, or even to the famous

pasteis de nata

, to swallow hot, at the Manteigaria.

Porto also offers all kinds of delicacies

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Source: lefigaro

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