Top Five Eating Joints In North Portugal
Europeans are famous for their eating habits. They might be the most sophisticated creatures we might come across in life span who won't even spill a drop of their sauce on their shirts leave the rest alone. Home to a wide variety of people ,Europe is famous for its sausages,wines,breads,soups,cuisines,chocolates and other things which come into the eating criterion. Portugal ,which also comes into the european continent leaves no stones unturned in knowing how to treat their guests.
It has been a long time since the country of portugal has been overlooked by the eye of a person who came to visit Europe.All people got to see about portugal was from an airplane window to their jazzy french cafe or to the sober subtle environment of the land of the queen of london. If it wasn't for the airplane, the road travellers merely passed the town and regarded it as their fueling station to journey through the continent of Africa through the mediterranian sea. But none the less, it has been over two decades now since the visitors have been overdoing their stay in portugal so much so they cancel their plans out of their country.Lets take a look of what kept them in the country.
Ever since the European Union came into place,highways were built to connect remote regions and risky roads were placed,creating a piece of architecture that welcomes people from outside the country without harming the scenic beauty of the country. Portugal a home of young chefs and entrepreneurs to open a food chain combined with the finest foods and regional specialities gives portugal a charm nobody can dare steal.
The portuguese staple crops include imports such as chiles,peppers,corn,potatoes and tomatoes. Other ingridients include the unique dried salt cod also called bacalhau,fresh fish,sea food including the sword fish and lamprey to snails and gooseneck barnacles. Olives instead of a seasoning in the states are served as snaks and are prominent in oil based dishes too. As far as rice goes, portuguese people consume more of it than any other population of the europian continent.
Non vegeterian fanatics can also have a time of their lives in here. Pork plays a significant role in the Portuguese diet more than beef. The hierarchy for pig consumption goes something like this, the black pig (porco preto) which has fallen acorns from cork trees which gives it a 'sweet' taste. Following him is presunto and a dazzling collection of smoked sausage that include chourico,linguica,morcela,farinheira and the lighter alheira.
Being a country from Europe, Portugal cannot back down from producing cheese. Whether it be simple queijo fresco,which is accompanied with every meal of theirs or the top-notch beira alta's queijo de serra, the alentejo's luscious Serpa. And what better to accompany cheese but a lip smacking glass of sparkling vinho verdes or most commonly known as green vines , a delight of the duoro valley's port wine.