Portuguese cuisine is lusty, soulful, rib-sticking fare in which cod – the salted, dried kind called bacalhau – is God. In the wrong hands it can be tough, fishy-tasting stuff. Luckily Coimbra has a good hand with this Portuguese staple and more than a dozen dishes to prove it. Cod fritters are light, crisp, and […]
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Let’s hark back to the days when meat was served in portions the size of Hyundais. Better yet, let’s just mosey on over to Fogo de Chão, which loosely translates to “stuff of the face.” Or maybe not
Old Lisbon opened its doors in January 1991 with an open-kitchen concept and authentic Portuguese cuisine, and it’s been a staple neighborhood restaurant on Coral Way ever since. An open kitchen accents the modern yet rustic dining room, and dishes such as carne de porco a alentejana give diners a chance to taste the unexpected […]
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You may not think of naming a new kid on the block one of the “best,” but Sereia is a rare gem. Lauded Portuguese chef Henrique Sá Pessoa of two Michelin-starred Alma in Lisbon opened Sereia in May with esteemed chef de cuisine Miguel Massens at the helm. In its beautiful and bright dining room, […]
There’s good reason why the humble codfish is so prevalent at Teixeira Portugal: The history of Portuguese cuisine, which is represented in Miami in only a handful of restaurants, is filled with off-white fillets of the ubiquitous catch. The heartiness and seemingly endless shelf life of the salted, preserved fish that became the fuel for […]