Seafood is popular, especially in Lisbon, but can be expensive. Soup is a main dish. Caldeirada is a fish stew with as many as nine kinds of fish, cooked with onions and tomatoes. Also typical is carne de porco Alentejana , in which bits of fried pork are covered with a sauce of clams stewed with tomato and onions.
Table service is normal.
Portuguese table wines are good value. The most popular regional names are D o for red wines and Bucelas and Colares for white wines. Sparkling ros wines are mostly produced for export. Mateus Ros is a famous lightweight ros . There are no licensing hours.