Our first restaurant in Porto, Almeja https://www.almejaporto.com/ , is well known for its contemporary take on Portuguese cuisine with relaxed, yet focused service. We went for their tasting menu covering the regular and vegetarian ones. The dishes were tasty, sometimes playful takes on familiar flavors and memories. The service was really engaging and struck the right balance between explaining the dishes but also simply having a nice discussion - overall highly recommended
Olives, anchovies (or apple gelee for veg), vermouth sorbet
Brioche, crab, caviar (or goat cheese, basil, pine nuts, seaweed caviar for veg)
Goat cheese, banana, honey, truffle
Pig’s head terrine, toast, escabeche, apple
Zucchini, toast, escabeche, apple
Bread, fermented butter, olive oil
Salmorejo, tomato, kimchi, cucumber
Eggplant, garlic, harissa, cilantro, cereals
Cuscos, spinach, asparagus, cheese, peanuts
Gnocchi, green beans, egg, parsley
Croaker, stew, roots, cornbread
Mushrooms, plums
Pork, plums, blood sausages, mushrooms
Sweet curry, coconut, mango, lime
Chocolate, cherries