Solar dos Presuntos ★ 4.5
Solar dos Presuntos in Restauradores, Lisbon: a family seafood institution open since 1974, famous for cured ham, Minho cuisine and a celebrity wall.
OrderThe plate of presunto first, then arroz de marisco for two.
A puréed potato-and-onion soup with finely shredded couve galega (Galician collard) and a slice of chourico, drizzled with olive oil, eaten hot.
Caldo verde originates in the Minho region of northwest Portugal in the 15th century, where the dish moved south to Lisbon with rural migration in the 19th century. The dish is now the canonical Santos Populares supper, served in paper cups at street stalls during the June festivities and at every casa de pasto across Lisbon's working bairros. The thin slice of chorizo (chourico) on top is the Lisbon variation; the Minho original served the soup plain.
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Casa do Alentejo ★ 4.2
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.
OrderAcorda alentejana, the bread-and-coriander soup, with a poached egg.
Cervejaria Trindade ★ 4.1
Cervejaria Trindade in Chiado, Lisbon: an 1836 beer hall in the old Trinitarian convent, blue azulejos walls, prawns, steaks and Sagres on tap.
OrderSteak Trindade in beer sauce and a Sagres on tap.
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