Best Foods You Have to Try In Lisbon

Portugal is heaven for everyone who loves food. Everything is fresh, tasty and unique. The country is best known for its amazing seafood, together with warm pastries. We wanted to share the best foods in Lisbon which you have to try next time you visit.

Pasteis De Nata

This is one of those traditional foods in Lisbon which you can find everywhere. It all started way back in the day when monks wanted to find a useful way to use the egg yolks they had left after using the whites for other purposes.

Bacalhau A Bras

If you are huge on seafood, Lisbon is the right place to be. Bacalhau a bras is made with dried codfish, mixed with potatoes, eggs, and more. You can find it in numerous restaurants and it’s definitely a must.

Bifana

Bifana is officially one of the best foods in Lisbon. It’s a very simple dish, a sandwich with pork meat. The thing is that you can’t even imagine how tasty it is.

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I wanted to try the Porto famous “bifana”, this pork meat sandwich with a hot sauce. So I started looking online for the best place to do it. Everywhere you look, the answer is Conga, that is entitled as the house of bifanas. I went there and ordered it. I must say it was good, but I didn’t think it was outstanding. And watch out for the sauce, if you are not used to eat spicy things! But I kept wondering if there was another place where I could get it. That’s when, asking around to Portuguese people, I got the name of a small place called “O Astro”, near Campanhã station. I thought their bifana was much tastier than the Conga one. So if you’re around, you should definitely try one. Both are really cheap, less than €2 per sandwich, so you can have 2 or 3, or a potato and cabbage soup called “caldo verde”, that may calm your tongue after the spice! 🔥 . 🇧🇷Eu queria muito provar as famosas bifanas do Porto, que são esses sanduíches de carne de porco com molho apimentado. Foi então que comecei a pesquisar online onde seria o melhor lugar para tal. E onde quer que você olhe, a resposta é o Conga, que inclusive se entitula a Casa das Bifanas. Eu fui lá e pedi então o tal sanduíche. Devo dizer que foi bom, mas nada muito espetacular. A carne em si não tinha muito sabor, só picância, aliás bastante! Cuidado se não está acostumado. Mas continuei me perguntando se um prato tão emblemático não teria mais sabor em outro lugar. Foi aí que, perguntando aos portugueses, conheci o nome do “O Astro”, um botequim pequenino perto de Campanhã. Eu realmente achei a bifana de lá mais gostosa que a do Conga. A carne tinha mais sabor, sabe? Mas ambas são boas, e baratas! Uma bifana sai por menos de €2. Então dá pra comer 2 ou 3, ou então completar com um caldo verde, que vai até ajudar a aliviar a ardência! 🔥

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Azeitao Cheese

The name comes from the town of Azeitao, located close to Lisbon. The craziest thing is that it is only produced there. That is why you should not miss the oporunity to taste it, especially if you are a cheese fan.

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