Cafe restaurant ‘O Corvo’ Mouraria Lisbon: great food & a ‘sweater-wearing’ tree
Cafe/restaurant ‘O Corvo’ (The Crow) in area Mouraria Lisbon is one of my favorites. This part of the city is still quite authentic, although tourism has increased the last few years.
Largo dos Trigueiros, historic area Mouraria Lisbon & a ‘sweater’ wearing beautiful tree 🙂
A bit hidden in Lisbon’s city center there’s a wonderful small square surrounded with colourful old houses, and a small old fountain in the middle. Just lovely!
Square Cafe/restaurant ‘O Corvo‘ (The Crow)
Wonderful very old fountain. Largo dos Trigueiros, Lisbon
May 2023: Cafe/restaurant ‘O Corvo‘ (The Crow) Largo dos Trigueiros, Lisbon
Small terrace pleasantly shaded by a tree
Square Largo dos Trigueiros, once forgotten and lined with cars, is nowadays one of the coolest places of Lisbon. In march 2016 cafe/restaurant ‘O Corvo’ opened his doors.
Cafe/restaurant ‘O Corvo‘ (The Crow), December 2018
Knitted graffiti
In summertime the terrace is shaded by the spreaded branches of a beautiful tree with a colourful ‘sweater’ wrapped around the trunk : knitted graffiti 🙂
September 2017: Cafe/restaurant ‘O Corvo‘, area Mouraria Lisbon
Menu
The menu offers affordable meals: a variety of dishes, also vegetarian. Opened in March 2016, cafe-restaurant ‘O Corvo’ is a friendly, easy-going place serving homemade foccacia among others, and homemade cakes.
August 2018: Dorade (larded with peppers) € 12, 50. Delicious!
Entrecôte (500 gr) for 2 persons, potatoes and salad € 28; um copo de vinho tinto/vinho branco (a glass of red or white wine) € 2,60; small bottle of water € 1,80, coffee € 1,00.
September 2017: Cafe/restaurant ‘O Corvo‘, area Mouraria Lisbon: entrecôte for 2 persons
Mix and match of antique furniture
Inside the restaurant there ‘s a mix and match of antique furniture, vintage pieces, wooden movie chairs, stone-clad tables and sofas from the last century. Everything recovered and in good condition.
Home made chocolate cake € 3:60
When entering restaurant O Corvo it seems that it ‘s only one space and an open kitchen (very nice people!) but there’s another, greater room. The place is suitable for a group (50 seats).
September 2018: Cafe/restaurant ‘O Corvo‘ Lisbon & Margriet de Vrieze
Historic area Mouraria
The cobblestoned former Moorish quarter, roughly between the Castle of Saint George (São Jorge) and Rossio square, is a friendly and super-central neighborhood where Fado was born and which today presents a mix of long-time residents and a multicultural community, complemented by artists, students and other young people.
Cafe/restaurant ‘O Corvo‘, area Mouraria Lisbon & nearby street with photos on the walls
Area Mouraria in Lisbon is a muddle of narrow streets, stairs and small squares, which gives the visitor a glimpse of a forgotten age. Houses painted in several pastel colours or covered with antique tiles (Portuguese: azulejos).
Area Mouraria Lisbon & photo printed on wood
Photographer Camilla Watson : fabulous photos printed on wood
Um tributo à Mouraria (‘A tribute to Mouraria): a permanent exhibition of fabulous photos printed on wood on the walls of the streets in a tribute to fadistas or people with a strong connection to the neighborhood. Amazing!
British photographer Camilla Watson has been living in this area for 6 years.
Cafe/restaurant ‘O Corvo‘, area Mouraria Lisbon & one of the spaces
Location & how to get there:
10 min. walk from startingpoint tram 28, square Martim Moniz: walk via Rua da Madalena, then go up the stairs (Beco dos Surradores) until Largo dos Trigueiros , and turn right.
YouTube: Square Largo dos Trigueiros & stairs to reach the restaurant
Cafe/restaurant ‘O Corvo‘, area Mouraria Lisbon
Lovely Portuguese ceramics shop at Lisbon’s fleamarket: ‘Armazém das Caldas’
There’s a store where you step into Lisbon’s famous fleamarket, ‘Armazém das Caldas’. The traditional Portuguese ceramics and the warm service of the owners makes me feel like buying a lot.. !
April 10 2021 : Portuguese ceramic shop: ‘Armazém das Caldas’, Campo de Santa Clara 112, at the fleamarket in Lisbon
Armazém (lit. warehouse) das Caldas opened his doors in November 2014, selling traditional Portuguese ceramics from Caldas da Rainha, the ‘capital’ of portuguese pottery, popularized by artist and designer Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro. (also known for his illustrations, caricatures and sculptures).
Portuguese ceramics: ‘Armazém das Caldas’ Lisbon, November 2019
People who visit Lisbon a few days, usually like strolling through the fleamarket (Feira da Ladra, lit. thieves market), where you can find this lovely little shop.
I heard Chinese, Russian- or French people say: ‘How wonderful, but how do we get all this into our suitcase?’
Portuguese traditional ceramics: ‘Armazém das Caldas’ , located at the fleamarket in Lisbon, November 2019
The shelves are full of crockery, tableware and decorative objects, in an explosion of colors and iconic products such as pumpkins, cabbages, swallows, roosters, frogs, lizards, sardines and hanging codfish.
Portuguese traditional ceramics: ‘Armazém das Caldas’, Lisbon
June 8, 2019. Picture: Christel Leenen
Designer Bordalo Pinheiro had a great sense of humor.. 😉 many of his designs, for example the collection of cabbage leaf dinnerware, are very funny…. !
Portuguese traditional ceramics: ‘Armazém das Caldas’ Lisbon & swallow nest (€ 30)
Swallow nest (andorinha): symbol of loyalty and love
In 1891 designer Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro decided to produce a set of ceramic pieces that looked like swallows. They integrated into Portuguese homes and became a symbol for a Portuguese house which lives on still today. Why it had such a massive success? It represents family, loyalty and love! 🙂
Portuguese traditional ceramics Lisbon: ‘Armazém das Caldas’ , hanging salted codfish (bacalhau, € 25)
Dried and salted codfish (bacalhau), a faithful friend (fiel amigo) & history
The Portuguese adore codfish and it’s said that are 365 different ways to cook it…one recipe for each day of the year!
Portuguese traditional ceramics Lisbon: ‘Armazém das Caldas’ & designer Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro
There’s a very long history with Portugal & codfish: shortly after Columbus (about 500 years ago) discovered America, the Portuguese were fishing for cod near NewFoundland. More…….
Portuguese ceramics Lisbon: ‘Armazém das Caldas’, rooster (galinha, € 35)
The legend of the ‘good luck’ rooster (Galo de Barcelos): a national symbol of Portugal
If you visit Lisbon you see brightly coloured roosters in all souvenir shops in all kind of variations and sizes. According to the legend, it brings you good luck, but you must receive it as a gift…
Portuguese traditional ceramics: ‘Armazém das Caldas’ Lisbon, November 2019
YouTube – The legend of the Galo de Barcelos has been passed from generation to generation and while the stories differ, the ending is always the same.
Portuguese ceramics: ‘Armazém das Caldas’ Lisbon, sardines (sardinhas)
Grilled sardines (sardinhas) & party time in June: Feast days of the popular saints
Sardines play an important role in Portuguese culture. In the month of June traditionally millions of big and tasty sardines (sardinhas) are grilled outdoors. The streets of the historical areas in Lisbon are filled with a delicious smell (but also the smoke!) 😉
On the eve of Saint Anthony’s day, June 12, Lisbon turns into one big party!
‘Armazém das Caldas’ Lisbon, my favorite: crockery in beautiful soft colours
‘Armazém das Caldas’ Lisbon
Campo de Santa Clara, 112
Open from 11:00 – 19:00 (also on Sunday). Closed: Monday & Wednesday
Tuesdays and Saturdays (fleamarket days): open from 09:00 – 19:00
www.facebook.com/armazemdascaldas
Fleamarket Lisbon, Alfama district. View from ‘Armazém das Caldas’ more…..
Lisbon’s unique Aqueduct (1731, 65 m tall), serial killer Alves & exhibition Frida Kahlo
Really worth a visit!
Water was in scarce supply even for Lisbon’s earliest inhabitants. In 1731 Portugal’s King João V (John V) decided to build an aqueduct (Aqueduto das Águas Livres, ‘free waters’). The project was paid by a special sales tax on beef, olive oil, wine and other products.
Aqueduct Lisbon (Aqueduto das Águas Livres), October 2022
Magnificent construction & misunderstandings
The magnificent construction caused constant misunderstandings between the royal power, engineers, architects and municipal institutions; abusive clerical interference found its way into the fray.
Aqueduct Lisbon (Aqueduto das Águas Livres, October 2022
Water Museum
Today, what the Portuguese think of as the Lisbon Aqueduct is that gigantic set or arches spanning the Alcântara valley, ending at the Mãe d’Água das Amoreiras Reservoir (Water Museum) of Amoreiras..
View from the Aqueduct Lisbon, October 2022
The main course of the aqueduct covers 18 km, but the whole network of canals extends through nearly 58 km. Its source is known as Águas Livres and is located in Caneças.
Aqueduct Lisbon (Aqueduto das Águas Livres, October 2022
important sources of water supply
The aqueduct consist of a complex series of underground galleries, arches and skylights linked to the visible principal body, known as the General Aqueduct. These are scattered all over the city, giving rise to numerous fonts which, in times gone by, were important sources of water supply for the city.
Entrance Water Museum Lisbon, Calçada da Quintinha, 6, Lisboa
Concluded in 1834 (although it began to supply water to Lisbon in 1748), displays visible Gothic influences in a period dominated by the Baroque style.
More information about architects and engineers
Water Museum (Mãe d’Água), Lisbon
Video Museu da Água YouTube
After the earthquake of 1755, architect Custódio Vieira was granted pardon for the profligacy for which he had been accused owing to the amount of iron he used to strengthen the arch’s structure, for, despite being located on a seismic faultline, it had resisted the quake.
Water Museum (Mãe d’Água) Lisbon, October 2022
Diogo Alves, the ‘Aqueduct serial killer’
The public walkway along the interior gallery, named Arches Walk, which once offered a wonderful panoramic view to pedestrians, has been closed since 1844 due to the large number of suicides and murders, including those committed by the famous bandit Diogo Alves , the ‘Aqueduct serial killer’.
Aqueduct Lisbon. Picture: Paulo Juntas (Wikipedia), Aqueduct arches (65 m tall) over the Alcântara valley.
‘ Water Museum‘, Calçada da Quintinha, 6, Lisboa, in charge of the aqueduct, organizes guided visits and tours.
Exhibitions: from October 27 Frida Kahlo ‘The Life of an Icon’
After more than 150.000 visitors worldwide, the unique exhibition about the life of the iconic Frida Kahlo arrives in Lisbon. One of the most influential artists of all time! TICKETS
Opening Hours | Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 5:30 pm (closed for lunch from 12:30 to 1:30 pm). More: Wikipedia Facebook
Useful information
October 1st 2022: Aqueduct Lisbon & members of NV Lissabon
Unique bar ‘Pensão Amor’ (brothel) Lisbon: former red light district & pole dance
Closed two years ago, Bar Pensão Amor reopened on Thursday July 14, with several new features. Lisboa Secreta
Rua Nova do Carvalho in Lisbon, located near the river Tagus, was for decades known as a street in the city’s red light district with bars named after European capitals (like Copenhagen, Oslo or Roterdão (Rotterdam) and Jamaica to attract the sailors who stepped off their boats here.
Bar ‘Pensão Amor’ Lisbon: wonderful drawings on the walls of the stairs
Former red light district In Lisbon
‘Pensão Amor’ is located in a typical Portuguese 18th-century building. Once a cheap pension with rooms rented by the hour to prostitutes and their clients to enjoy a short moment of love 😉
Along the 5 floors of the building you can admire remake copies of old posters from burlesque shows and peep shows.
Bar ‘Pensão Amor’ Lisbon: burlesque decor & ceilings with frescoes
Wonderful décor
The ceilings of this former ‘guesthouse’ are painted with frescoes, the walls are covered with mirrors, paintings and old posters, and decorative pieces give the space an old burlesque, relaxed atmosphere. Amazing! The wonderful décor is recalling the history of the building.
Bar ‘Pensão Amor’ Lisbon: the pole dance room
Pole dance & YouTube: Marina mey
Now ‘Pensão Amor’ is one of the most popular bars in Lisbon with various spaces for events like concerts, ateliers, a book store (love/erotica), a trendy hair saloon, bars and a bar with Peruvian specialties. The pole dance room is decorated with leopard and gold. Pole dance workshops are held here to learn the tricks of seduction…
Rua Nova do Carvalho, hip and trendy street in Lisbon
Nowadays this area is a hip and trendy region in Lisbon. YouTube
Rua Nova do Carvalho is a street lined with hip bars and clubs that become crowded after 2AM when the bars in the legendary area Bairro Alto start to close.
Rua Nova do Carvalho, hip and trendy pink street in Lisbon
More remarkable bars in this street:
bar/cafe Sol e Pesca, and Bar da Velha Senhora (Old Ladies Bar).
‘Pensão Amor’ Lisbon – Erika Reusens admires the bar in burlesque style
The bar has two entrances: Rua do Alecrim 19 including an outside café terrace) and on Rua Nova do Carvalho.
YouTube ‘Pensão Amor’ & culture Lisbon
Open: every day. More information : Facebook
Bar ‘Pensão Amor’ Lisbon – stairs to the bar
Bar ‘Pensão Amor’ Lisbon : drawing stairs to the bar
Lisbon’s legendary flea market Feira da Ladra & Ronaldo’s sexy underwear
‘Feira da Ladra’ in Alfama at Campo de Santa Clara , is Lisbons legendary flea market, held on Tuesdays and Saturdays. More or less it means ‘market of thieves’. You should take this quite literally and keep an eye on your wallet .
Fleamarket ‘Feira da Ladra’ in Lisbon & ceramics shop ‘Armazem das Caldas‘ 2022 (worth a visit!)
If you are looking for buying ‘opportunities’, or things that fell of a lorry, make sure you go there early, cause like on all flea markets, the good stuff is sold first.
‘Feira da Ladra’ in Alfama Lisbon: famous fleamarket
Don’t be afraid to negotiate the price. It’s part of the game and if you don’t you’ll pay far too much. The market is held every Tuesday and Saturday, from dawn to dusk.
‘Feira da Ladra’ in Alfama Lisbon: famous fleamarket
This nice Portuguese lady speaks French and English. Good stuff!
‘Feira da Ladra’ in Alfama Lisbon: famous fleamarket, January 2019
Alberto Gourgel , designer & Margarethe de Vrieze
‘Feira da Ladra’ in Alfama Lisbon: famous fleamarket
December in Lisbon: 18 degrees and these dogs wear hand-knitted sweaters 😉 More about Dogs in Lisbon
Esta e do Ronaldo (‘This one is Ronaldo’s’) and ‘this one is Eusebio’s’.
Cristiano Ronaldo & underwear
Maybe Portugal’s famous soccer star and sexy sportsman Cristiano Ronaldo has swapped his hotpants here for something more erotical than Armani’s underwear 😉
‘Feira da Ladra’ in Alfama Lisbon: famous fleamarket
Michael Jackson‘s bestselling album of all time, ‘Thriller’. Price 50 euro, but you can always try to negotiate 😉
‘Feira da Ladra’ in Alfama Lisbon:
Fleamarket with lots of second hand stuff: it’s always fun to stroll around 🙂
Friend and tourist guide Josephine Lucassen & children Frederico and Alicia, February 2016
For a small fee anyone who wants can offer his stuff on this market.
Fleamarket Feira da Ladra Lisbon: Loek Polack & Ans de Graaf 🙂
Fleamarket easy to reach by tram 28
The best way to enter Feira de Ladra is through the arch ‘Arco de São Vicente’ where tram 28 stops.
Feira da Ladra and the nearby National Pantheon
Important Portugese personalities are buried in the National Pantheon , like f.e. Amalia Rodrigues, the famous fado singer.
Cafe/terrace ‘O Panteao’ near the fleamarket June 2018
Popular restaurant with a sunny terrace near the fleamarket ‘O Panteao’ : cheap and good!
Breathtaking views Lisbon: Art Center ‘Casa da Cerca’, unique location & ferry trip
Contemporary Art Center ‘Casa da Cerca‘ is located at the south side of the river Tagus. Views on downtown Lisbon and the 25 April Bridge are amazing!
Superb Lisbon city views! 🙂 Garden Art Center ‘Casa da Cerca‘, Lisbon, February 2019 & tourist guide Josephine Lucassen. YouTube
How to get there?
Take the ferry from Lisbons’ Cais do Sodré (every 10 minutes, weekend every 20 min.) to Cacilhas, a 10 min trip. (Return ticket : cheap). YouTube Ferry ride
Time table ferry from Lisbon Cais do Sodre to area Cacilhas and vice versa
Cais do Ginjal , Cacilhas Lisbon, February 2019
As you get off the ferry, it takes about 15 minutes to walk along the river (Cais do Ginjal) to reach the elevator, after passing lots of ruinous warehouses (could be a place for a movie set…!), and a few restaurants, both worth a visit 🙂 : Atire-te ao Rio and Ponto Final.
Picture: Margaret Schöttelndreier. July 2019
The elevator (elevador ‘da Boca da Venta‘, mouth of the wind) is convenient and free.
Magnificent view of the 25 April bridge, Cristo Rei (Christ the King statue), the city of Lisbon and the river Tagus .
View 25 April bridge. Picture: Margaret Schöttelndreier, July 2019
Former palace Casa da Cerca : art gallery, botanical garden & small cafetaria.
There are several exhibition spaces, a patio gallery, a cistern, a wonderful sculpture park, a chapel and a Botanical Garden – which, separately or jointly, present a regular program of individual, collective or thematic exhibitions.
Former palace Casa da Cerca & contemporary Art Center Lisbon, February 2019: tourist guide Portugal Josephine Lucassen
The former Cerca Palace is considered to be the most characteristic example of civil architecture from the 18th century, constructed between the 17th and the 18th century, with Baroque and Romantic influences, being restored in the end of the 20th century.
Art center Casa da Cerca Lisbon & tourist guide Portugal Josephine Lucassen, February 2019
February 2019: exhibition ‘O futuro do Passado’ (‘the future of the past’): Portuguese artists Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Ana Jotta, Jorge Queiroz & poet Matilde Campilho
Wonderful! Source: Wikipedia
The property was acquired by the City Council in 1988. Refurbished and adapted to the expository purposes for which it was intended, opened to the public in 1993 as a Center for Contemporary art. The first exhibition focused on a core of Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso’s work.
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Art center Casa da Cerca & garden. Picture: Margaret Schöttelndreier, July 2019
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Casa da Cerca, Rua da Cerca, 2800-050 Almada, Lisbon
Exhibitions, cafetaria & lovely botanical garden ‘O Chão das Artes’ (‘floor of the arts’): Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm
Center for Documentation and Research Mestre Rogério Ribeiro:
Tuesday to Friday from 10h to 12h30 and from 14h to 17h
Art Center Casa da Cerca Lisbon & ladies room 😉 😉 , February 2019
Restaurant/winery Vestigius Lisbon: riverfront dining & vintage decor
Located in the Cais do Sodré area in Lisbon with a privileged view of the Tagus River, restaurant/cafe Vestigius offers a fabulous terrace space!
Vestigius cafe/ restaurant Lisbon near the Tagus river
Vestigius offers Portuguese and Italian cuisine: pizza’s hamburgers, tapas, Portuguese petiscos and snacks, to accompany the great diversity of wines, gins and cocktails. In addition it’s a meeting place for arts & culture, music and literature.
Vestigius restaurant Lisbon near the Tagus river & wonderful vintage decor
Former warehouse in ruins & artistic charm
Originally this place was a port warehouse in ruins from the nineteenth century near the river Tagus. Now it’s turned into a space with a wonderful vintage decor, made from abandoned warehouse wreckage and second-hand parts, acquired in auctions and fleamarkets like the legendary Feira da Ladra in Lisbon
Vestigius restaurant Lisbon near the Tagus river & 2nd floor terrace
Stunning river views
The terrace on the second floor gives stunning views of the April 25 bridge and the Cristo Rei statue, but the (good) music from the speakers near our table was too loud to talk with each other.
Vestigius restaurant Lisbon near the Tagus river & wonderful vintage decor
Exhibitions & Music
An essential component in Vestigius are the exhibitions, whether painting, drawing, photography or other areas and supports. Every month there’s a new exhibition.
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Hamburger Vestigius: € 11.50; Spark water € 3.50, coffee € 2.50
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Fridays – Live music at 8.30 pm & DJ’s at 11:00 pm
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Blues and rock from the 60’s to the 80’s, as well as adapting electronic music to an acoustic version.
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Vestigius restaurant Lisbon near the Tagus river & tapas
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Delicious tapas
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Calamares (squid), pão (bread), baked potatoes; glass of white wine: Portal da Calçada Reserva (vinho verde, young wine).
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Vestigius restaurant Lisbon near the Tagus river & remarkable bathroom
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Vestigius restaurant Lisbon: location near the Tagus river
National Museum of Ancient Art Lisbon, amazing river view garden & cafe
Behind one of the most famous museums in Lisbon, the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, there’s a wonderful, a bit hidden garden overlooking the Tagus River and a small self service restaurant.
Garden Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Lisbon overlooking the Tagus river
From this beautiful garden a marvelous view across the Alcântara harbor area to the Tagus can be enjoyed. Open from Wednesday – Sunday 10:00 – 18:00.
Garden Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Lisbon
It’s really worth the time to wander through the sculptured garden after visiting the beautiful Museum or take a break for a drink or a lunch in the self service restaurant.
Garden Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Lisbon overlooking the Tagus river
The self service restaurant inside the building serves daily plates for students and the Museum’s staff, but also as a visitor you can put together a meal of your choice to enjoy in the garden.
Garden Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Lisbon overlooking the Tagus river
Here there are great views of the port of Lisbon, the Docas (nightlife area of Lisbon) the April 25th bridge and Christo Rei statue.
Garden Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Lisbon
Plate of the day (prato do dia): lasagna €6.50, cod fish (bacalhau) €6.50, salad €1.50.
Garden Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Lisbon overlooking the Tagus river
Beautiful sculptures! View on the the Alcântara harbor, port of Lisbon cruise ships docking and the Santos area.
Garden Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Lisbon overlooking the Tagus river
April 25 bridge and Christo Rei statue.
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Lisbon
The main entrance lies on the west side of the building on the Jardim 9 de Abril .
‘Casa das Janelas Verdes’ (house of green windows)
The Museum, spread through 60 rooms, has been housed since 1884 in a palace built by Count Alvor in 1690/ Both the name of the street and the common nickname for the museum, ‘Casa das Janelas Verdes’ (house of green windows) originate from the building’s shutters which were formerly painted green. More…..
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Rua das Janelas Verdes.
Opening hours Tuesdays: 14h00-18h00
Wednesday to Sunday: 10h00-13h00 and 14h00-18h00 (closed on Monday Holidays)
Portugal’s long history with codfish & recipe favorite Bacalhau á Gomes de Sá
The Portuguese have a very long history with codfish: shortly after Columbus (about 500 years ago) ‘discovered’ America, the Portuguese were fishing for cod (bacalhau) near NewFoundland. They were the first Europeans to do so. The nickname of bacalhau is ‘fiel amigo’ (faithful friend).
Lisbon luxury food shop Manteigaria Silva , Rua D. Antao de Almada 1 Lisbon
365 different ways to prepare codfish
When you stay in Lisbon or in the wonderful country Portugal, a must-try is bacalhau (dried and salted cod). The Portuguese adore it and it’s said that they know at least 365 different ways to cook it…one for each day of the year!
Lisbon luxury food shop Manteigaria Silva , Rua D. Antao de Almada 1 Lisbon
The smell of dried and salted bacalhau is odd and penetrating……pfffffff… but the taste is absolutely delicious when cooked!
Bacaolada, traditional Portuguese bacalhau dish.
Bacalhau deserves a good wine: green (Vinho Verde) or mature wines, from Alentejo, Dão or Douro.
History
For at least 500 years ago the Portuguese learned how to salt cod at sea and sun-dry it. It keeps for many months this way without refrigeration. And then it requires being soaked for 24 hours in changes of water before being used to prepare a dish. The soaking reconstitutes the fish and gets rid of the excessive salt also.
Lisbon luxury food shop Manteigaria Silva , Rua D. Antao de Almada 1 Lisbon
Even today, where refrigeration isn’t a problem, the Portuguese have not lost their love for bacalhau. Dishes based on this main ingredient are sure to be a part of most holiday and other celebrations.
Jose Maria & Paula & bacalhau à Brás, a very popular dish
One of the reasons for the popularity of bacalhau in Portugal and other catholic countries, was because of the many days on which the Church forbade the eating of meat.
Bacalhau á Gomes de Sá, cooked in a casserole with thinly sliced potatoes and onions, garnished with hard-boiled eggs and black olives.
This recipe was invented by Jose Luis Gomes de Sá Jr., the son of a rich nineteenth century merchant (apparently he dealt in cod) in Porto. The family fortune dwindled and the son had to find a job at the famous restaurant Lisbonense in downtown Porto. It was there that he created the now well known recipe.
Besides: Pastéis de Bacalhau (codfish pastry), croquetes.
A delicacy and a good idea with a cold glass of Portuguese white wine or beer on tap(imperial)!