As Bifanas do Afonso ★ 4.5
As Bifanas do Afonso in Lisbon's Baixa: a stand-up counter on Rua da Madalena famed for one thing, the bifana, garlic-paprika pork in soft bread.
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Thin slices of pork marinated in garlic, white wine and paprika, seared on the plancha and stuffed into a soft Portuguese papo seco roll, mustard optional.
The bifana grew up in Vendas Novas in the Alentejo in the early 20th century as roadside fuel for Lisbon-to-Madrid hauliers, the pork tenderloin marinated in garlic, paprika and white wine and griddled to order. It moved into the city after the 1960s as the canonical 2.50-euro working lunch, and O Trevo on Camoes has been most-cited since the 1990s as the textbook Lisbon version on a soft papo-seco bun with yellow mustard.
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O Trevo ★ 4.4
O Trevo on Lisbon's Praca Luis de Camoes: the local consensus pick for bifanas at 2.50 euros, served with a beer at a stand-up counter, fast service.
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Casa das Bifanas ★ 4.2
Casa das Bifanas in Lisbon's Baixa: a long counter on Praca Dom Joao da Camara, bifanas with sharp Portuguese mustard and a Sagres in a sleeve glass.
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