Shredded salt cod tossed with thin-fried potatoes, sweet onion, garlic and scrambled egg, finished with black olives and parsley, eaten hot.
Invented by a Bras family tavern keeper in Lisbon's Bairro Alto in the late 19th century as a thrift dish, combining the new fad of potato chips with leftover bacalhau and bound with creamy scrambled eggs. The dish travelled the country in 20th-century cookbooks and now anchors lunch menus from family tascas to chef-led rooms, with Solar dos Presuntos plating the canonical classical version that Bairro Alto regulars cite as the benchmark.
4 editor picks for Bacalhau a Bras in Lisbon, ranked by editorial score. All Lisbon signature dishes · Bacalhau a Bras across every city.
Solar dos Presuntos ★ 4.5
Restauradores · Rua Portas de Santo Antao 150, 1150-269 Lisboa
Solar dos Presuntos in Restauradores, Lisbon: a family seafood institution open since 1974, famous for cured ham, Minho cuisine and a celebrity wall.
O Velho Eurico ★ 4.5
mouraria · Largo de Sao Cristovao 3, 1100-179 Lisboa
O Velho Eurico in Lisbon's Mouraria: Ze Paulo Rocha's neo-tasca behind Sao Cristovao church, modern takes on Portuguese classics, books months ahead.
Pap'Acorda ★ 4.4
cais-do-sodre · Avenida 24 de Julho 49, Mercado da Ribeira, 1200-479 Lisboa
Pap'Acorda in Cais do Sodre, Lisbon: a Bairro Alto classic reborn at Mercado da Ribeira, still cooking Manuela Brandao's signature seafood acorda.
Casa do Alentejo ★ 4.2
Restauradores · Rua Portas de Santo Antao 58, 1150-268 Lisboa
Casa do Alentejo in Lisbon's Restauradores: a 17th-century palace with a Moorish patio serving the bread soups, migas and pork of the Alentejo.