Portuguese delicacies
The regional cuisine of the Algarve offers almost everything a connoisseur's heart desires. In the following we give you a few terms to take with you.
| Menu | Menus |
| Wine List | List of wines |
| Cover (usually against payment) | Couvert (contains bread, cheese, olives, butter and sardine paste) |
Typical national dishes
| Caldeirada | Fish stew with potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and onions |
| Codfish | Stockfish (grilled, cooked) |
| Cataplana | Fish stew with mussels, peppers, tomatoes and potatoes |
| Carne de Porco a alentejana | Mussels and pork with coriander |
| Seafood Rice | Rice pot with seafood |
Soups (sopa)
| Green Broth | pureed soup made from kale and potatoes with sausage |
| Alentejo soup | clear broth with garlic, egg, chervil and bread cubes |
| Sopa de Galinha / Sopa de Canja | chicken soup |
Fish (peixe)
| Swordfish | Swordfish |
| Sardines | Sardines (best grilled) |
| Flounder | sole |
| Bife de Atum | tuna steak |
| grouper | Silver bass |
| Red mullet | rosefish |
| Squid | Octopus |
| Ameijoas | cockles |
| Snapper | Sea bream |
| Salmon | Salmon |
Shellfish (Mariscos)
| Lobster | crayfish |
| Shrimp | Crabs |
Meat (carne)
| Cooked | various types of cooked meat, sausage, cabbage, potatoes and carrots |
| Carne de Porco Assada | roast pork |
| Carne de Vitela | veal roast |
| Costeleta de Porco | pork chop |
| Costeleta de Vitela | veal chop |
| Estufada | Beef pot roast |
| Bife de Porco / Vaca | Pork steak / beef steak |
| Lombo de Vaca | Beef sirloin / fillet |
Poultry (Aves)
| Franco piri piri | Chicken with chili seasoning |
| Peru | Turkey |
| Duck | Duck |
Side dishes (Acompanhamento)
| Vegetables | Vegetables |
| Boiled potatoes | cooked potatoes |
| French fries | French fries |
| Rice | Rice |
| Mixed salad | Mixed salad |
| Bread | Bread |
Dessert (Sobremesa)
| Fruit salad | fruit salad |
| Ice cold | Ice Cream |
| Tarte de Amendoa | almond cake |
| Tarte de nata | Cream cake |
| Pudim Caramelo | Caramel pudding |
| Sweet rice | rice pudding |
| Cheese | Käse, |
Coffee (cafe)
| Beak | small black espresso |
| Bica Pingada | Espresso with a little milk |
| Cafe duplo | double espresso |
| Cafe com head | coffee with milk |
| Galao | large glass of white coffee |
Wines (Vinhos)
You should definitely try the local wines! In the interior of the country, preference is given to growing heavy, tannin-rich red wines, while in the north the sparkling Vinho Verde, the well-known young white wine - a real specialty of Portugal - predominates. The slight tingling and pearls are characteristic. Another specialty of Portugal is port wine (Vinho do Porto). The grapes of this wine, improved by adding brandy, grow in the rugged, mountainous area of the Douro upper reaches in northern Portugal. Port wines are white or red, with the red being the more famous and the white usually the drier (Seco). The alcohol content is 19-24%.
| Vinho Blanco | White wine |
| Red wine | red wine |
| Green wine | Green, young wine |
