With Christmas coming, it’s time to start thinking about fizz. While Spain has its Cava, Italy has Prosecco and France, obviously, has the champagne, it may be a surprise to some that in amongst the Portugal wine selection, there is…
My sincere apologies for lack of posts here at Food and Wine Portugal. Being on Weightwatchers is not very conducive to blogging about food and wine – unless, of course, you want reviews of lettuce and rocket. Anyway, for now…
Weightwatchers and wine may seem like a strange combination but those are the things at the top of my list this week. An unpleasant experience with a set of bathroom scales at my mother’s house over the weekend resulted in…
We miss Thai food having moved here from London, where it used to feature in our diet at least once per week. We heard there was a Thai restaurant in posh / chavvy Vilamoura (delete according to your personal view.)…
Apolonia is an up-market supermarket, currently open in just two locations in the Algarve. Apolonia really divides opinion amongst foodie expats. Portugal purists (or those who readers of Expats Portugal may call the “food police,”) argue that there is nothing…
The well-known Eton Mess dessert of strawberries, meringue and whipped cream was always a favourite of ours back in England and a great way of using up a glut of strawberries. We seem to be reaching the tail-end of the…
This bar, which serves light meals and tapas is a recent addition to the newly renovated sea front in Cabanas, run by the people behind the Meeting Room night club in Tavira. The Cabanas-based play-on-words name is, I guess, either…
We enjoy placing a bowl of these tasty little yellow beans in front of guests who have not visited Portugal before. Frequently served free of charge in bars alongside a glass of beer these are lupini / tremoco beans. These…
A tray of fresh oven roasted vegetables is one of our favourite ways of enjoying all of the seasonal produce Portugal has to offer us. A couple of roasted chicken legs and a tray of roasted vegetables has become a…
It is rare in Portugal to find any restaurant that is actually bad. Eating within 100 yards of the beach certainly increases your odds, but there is still a good chance that what you end up with will be perfectly…
