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WhoopDeeDoo Basil's avatar

Oh. My. Gawd.

We went to Porto and Lisbon a year ago October and absolutely LOVED Porto! And luckily for us, our AirBnB was literally directly across the street from Mercado do Bolhão!! We went there every single day, sometimes more than once. We were *obsessed*. My husband still talks about the breaded chicken sandwich he would get every morning for breakfast. (Did you miss the Cone of Cheese?!) There was a fabulous wine bar right around the corner that we went to every night, too.

I STILL think about the pastel de nata and every now and then contemplate trying to recreate them here, but I know they would never be the same. And Super Bock on riverside patios. <sigh>

We also tried the odd Francesinha sandwich, just to say we did. If you missed it, don’t worry. (If you tried it, I understand why you didn’t bother to mention it 😏 )

We did a tour of Augusto’s port winery and visited a couple of the big ones for tastes and souvenirs.

What a treat it was to get ginjinha in a tiny chocolate cup out of the back door of a home in a narrow winding alley from a huggable local woman whose family had probably been doing this for decades.

But my favorite memory was the private boat tour on the Duoro with just the six of us and our jovial captain, who taught us much and kept our glasses full while we snacked on charcuterie and enjoyed the views and the sun and the breeze.

Thank you for this trip down memory lane and giving us spots to go to next time. Because, as we said from Day 1 there, we simply HAVE to go back.

Saúde!

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Alyse Russell's avatar

I am so jealous of you! My wife and I are both half Portuguese and going to Portugal has been on our bucket list for years. We grew up in Massachusetts where our grandparents settled and we both miss Portuguese food terribly. I think I've only met one other Portuguese family in the springs since we moved here in 2011.

I love that you shined a spotlight on Portuguese food because it's basically non-existent out here and everyone is missing out! Reading this entry alone has let me know that subscribing to you was the right decision. I had already heard great things about your reviews, and I took a chance on purchasing a subscription. But, I figured, "what the heck, you only live once can't hurt to follow a popular foodie". I've heard about you recently and wanted to check you out. Glad I did 😊

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