The variety of fresh seafood and locally grown fruit and vegetables is available in abundance.
Fish is best when simply grilled on an open charcoal fire.
A typical cheap meal to order is grilled sardines, accompanied by new potatoes and salad. Should you prefer meat, then chicken, pork, lamb, kid and rabbit are generally better choices than beef. Many of the Portuguese desserts and cakes are rich in almonds, eggs, sugar and butter. Algarve is not an ideal wine making region and therefore most of the good Portuguese wines are from regions further north. Ros normally tends to be sweet.