Francesinha appears as a signature dish in 1 Portugal cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Francesinha · Porto
Porto's signature sandwich: bread layered with cured meats, sausage and steak, blanketed with melted cheese and a tomato-and-beer sauce poured hot at the table.
Daniel David Silva, an emigrant returning from France and Belgium, joined the Regaleira on Rua do Bonjardim in 1952 and adapted the croque-monsieur for Portuguese palates. The francesinha (little French girl) traded ham and bechamel for cured sausages, steak and a hot tomato-beer sauce. The dish became Porto's lunch identity within a single decade, and the original Regaleira still trades on Rua do Bonjardim.
Where to eat in Porto:
- Cafe Santiago
- Bufete Fase
- Brasao Aliados
- Lado B Cafe
- O Afonso
- Francesinha Cafe
- Yuko Tavern