Now the good weather has arrived in the Algarve, we cook outside on our gas barbeque more than by any other method. As a side dish we usually go for jacket potatoes or sometimes homemade potato wedges but this weekend…
Firstly, an apology for allowing this blog to lie dormant for a little while. Life has been a little complicated of late, as readers of my other blog www.movingtoportugal.org will be aware. Have a look at the other blog to…
I think sometimes it is good to push the boundaries of just how cheap you can go in Portugal and still have a decent glass of wine! Vinha Dos Frades is one of the cheapest of the cheap, and if…
An old favourite of ours, and of many other people, Dona Barca is an award-winning seafood restaurant recommended in most of the Algarve guidebooks. The restaurant is on the pretty square of Largo De Barca in Portimao and, since our…
This place was recommended to us by several readers of the blog and a few guidebook as well. The night we visited we hadn’t intended to go out for dinner, but the smell of grilled fish filling the pavement outside…
When we lived in London, we could have pretty much any food we could imagine delivered to our door in under an hour. There wasn’t any certainty it would be any good, but it was an option. I would estimate…
As well as trying new recipes, living here has brought us many pleasing day-to-day food discoveries. Moving to another country for a foodie is a bit like being reborn – along with the new dishes you discover you also find…
For the last of today’s wine reviews, I’m finishing with a Portuguese classic – Monte Velho. This wine from the Alentejo is hugely popular and available everywhere, including the majority of restaurants. Available in both red and white, it is…
This cheap and light rosé has become something of a mid-week staple in this house (it IS pink, we just drank it and took the photo in the wrong order!) Marketed as a low alcohol, low calorie kind of wine…
This does exactly what is says on the tin (or the bottle!) We were attracted to it for two reasons – we wanted a light fruity red to go with a chicken dish AND Continente were (and still are) giving…
