Food
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Spoil your senses with the vibrant flavors and rich history of Portuguese Mediterranean-type cuisine (olive oil, bread, wine). We invite you to taste a culinary journey like no other, where every dish reflects the history of Portugal.
Maritime Discoveries
Maritime history, Moorish influences, and abundant local ingredients influenced Portugal’s culinary heritage. Portugal is a coastal country renowned for its fresh and abundant seafood, and we are the 3rd biggest consumer in the world pro capita. Delight yourself in dishes like “Cataplana de Marisco,” – a flavorful seafood stew featuring a variety of shellfish, fish, and aromatic herbs-, “arroz de marisco” – seafood rice, a rich and flavorful broth made from seafood stock, tomatoes, onions, garlic, and herbs, all with a variety of fresh seafood and shellfish-, grilled octopus, and so many other coastal fresh fish.
Explore Portugal’s diverse cuisine with our knowledgeable local guides, you’ll stroll through bustling markets with fresh seafood, taste the exceptional seafood in the piscatory village, and make a walking tour downtown with several stops to appreciate and taste the Portuguese “petiscos”, our tapas.
Land & Sea Flavors
Dive into the unique blend of flavors that make up iconic dishes like “Bacalhau à Brás” – salted cod with small fries, eggs onions and parsley-, Caldo Verde – green cabbage soup- and “Carne porco à Alentejana”, is a popular dish beyond the Alentejo region throughout Portugal, it features marinated pork cubes combined with clams, creating a unique and savory fusion of its geography with land and sea flavors.
Secret Recipes
The sweet pastries in Portugal reveal a Moorish legacy, using nuts that grow in our land such as pine nuts and almonds, and since Portugal arrived in Brazil in 1500 sugar has become part of our sweet gastronomy as well. But the best cooks were the nuns in Portuguese convents that dedicated a lot of their time to cooking the most unique sugar and yolk delicacies that would delight the most refined palate. One of those recipes is the “Pasteis de Belem”. Did you know that Pastéis de Belém, the authentic recipe of the famous custard tart, has been a secret recipe closely guarded for over a century?
For an exclusive culinary experience, in the north of Portugal, can you imagine yourself on board an over 100-year-old train where time seems to have stopped, and takes your taste buds on a culinary odyssey, where Portuguese tradition is reinvented by a Portuguese renowned Chef with several traditional experiences, an exclusive chance to be a part of an extraordinary moment enveloped in charm and refinement.
The Gloria’s Signature
Embark on a culinary experience with Glória Signature – Where Every Bite Tells a Story!