Rei dos Leitões e peixe?

on 24/02/2017 at 9:09 am

Still life – sardines in the sink [It spoils my alliteration, but I’m told these are in fact carapau – horse mackerel – not sardines].

As every Portuguese wine lover knows, Bairrada is a maritime region. And leitõe (suckling pig) will probably roll off their tongue as the region’s signature dish.

Not least because it’s such a good match for Bairrada’s signature red grape, Baga. But make no mistake, you can eat terrific fish here. Even if the restaurant is called at Rei dos Leitões – King of Leitões!

It’s a favourite haunt of the region’s winemakers and I have eaten beautiful salt baked wild sea bass there. Yesterday, crab soup, followed by grilled dover sole.