The best Seafood and Fish in the world!

The best Seafood and Fish in the world!

In Europe, only Icelanders eat more fish than we do. Superstar chef Ferran Adria says seafood from Portugal's Atlantic waters is the world's best -- and he's Spanish.

We are Europe's biggest rice-eaters, outpacing Spaniards and Italians, but while paella and risotto are globally appreciated, Portugal's rice dishes are unjustly neglected…and we cooked them perfectly!

 

Portugal is recognized as a country for lovers of great seafood, always accompanied by delicious Portuguese wines! We have made full use of our best natural gastronomic resource: miles and miles of a fantastic coastline that supplies some of the freshest, most varied fish and seafood in the world.

Arroz de Marisco is amazing: rice cooked in an onion, garlic, cilantro-infused tomato sauce, with a multitude of shellfish, that can include lobster, crab, clams and shrimp!
  

 

Cataplana is a seafood stew cooked in a copper double-pan and served with rice or chips, and It is believed the Moors of North Africa introduced the cataplana to Portugal in hopes of recreating the tagines they left behind…

We know how to prepare and cook fish in a traditional manner, simply just with salt and embers, marinated or vinaigrette, in stews and casseroles, baked in the oven or even fried..

 

I will leave you a few examples of fish that you can taste in our Restaurants:

Tuna (Atum), Atlantic wreckfish (Cherne), Dourade/Sea Bream (Dourada), Alfonsino (Imperador), Flounder (Linguado), John Dory (Peixe Galo), Turbot (Pregado), Rays (Raia), Sea Bass (Robalo), Sardine (Sardinhas), Swordfish (Espadarte), Monkfish (Tamboril), Octopus (Polvo), Lobster (Lagosta)European Lobster/Lavagante, Shrimp (Camarão), Scarlet Shrimp (Carabineiro), Stone crab and spider crab (Sapateira e Santola), Donax Clams (Conquilhas), Clams (Amêijoas), Razor Clams (lingueirão), Goose Barnacles (Percebes), also called stalked barnacles or gooseneck barnacles, are ugly crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks in the ocean. In Portugal and Spain, the species is a widely consumed and expensive delicacy known as percebes.