... holds body and soul together
And it's also fun to try new things. Embark on the adventure of tasting the regional cuisine and regional drinks in one of the numerous small or large restaurants. You will certainly not regret it.
The regional cuisine:
| elementa: | Menu |
| pa: | Bread |
| manteiga: | Butter |
| azeitonas: | Olives |
| cold green: | Cabbage / potato soup |
| sopa de tomato / cebola: | Tomato / onion soup |
| canja de galinha: | Chicken soup with rice |
| sopa de peixe: | Fishsoup |
| sopa de grão: | Chicken soup with peas, tomatoes and onions |
| Sardinhas em Azite: | Sardines with olive oil |
| lapas: | Shellfish |
| arroz de mariscos: | Rice with various shellfish |
| cocktail from camera: | crab cocktail |
| salada de atum: | Tuna salad |
| salada mista: | Mixed salad |
| alright: | Garlic |
| batata: | potatoes |
| rice: | Rice |
| inside: | yam |
| batata doce: | sweet potato |
| feijoada: | bean stew |
| caldeirada: | fish stew |
| cozida a Portuguese: | Meat / vegetable stew |
| coelho asado: | Roast rabbit with onions |
| espada: | black scabbardfish |
| bacalhau: | Stockfish |
| bife de date: | tuna steak |
| sapateiras: | crayfish |
| camarões: | Crabs |
| dust: | Octopus |
| espetada: | Ox meat on a skewer |
| carne de vinho and alho: | Pork in garlic and wine |
| franco: | Chicken / Chicken |
| franco no churrasco: | Chicken grilled on charcoal |
| frango com piri piri: | Savory chicken |
| good friend: | Fried corn flour |
| Bolo de caco: | Sweet potato bread |
| Queijo: | Cheese |
| bolo: | Kuchen |
| bolo de mel: | Honey cake (at Christmas time) |
The regional drinks:
Madeira (wine)
| Malvasia (malmsey): | sweet, heavy, aromatic, light topaz color, most valuable Madeira wine |
| Boal: | semi-sweet, dark topaz color, soft, delicious and aromatic, excellent both as an old and as a young wine, appreciated as or for dessert |
| Ink: | semi-sweet, particularly popular as a young wine with a fine aroma |
| Serial: | dry, strong and with the first sip a bit rough, amber-colored and very clear, the older the better, appreciated as an aperitif |
| Verdelho: | dry, amber-colored, strong, aromatic |
You can of course try the different types of wine in one of the many wine cellars and find your favorite Madeira. However, caution is advised. Madeira wine goes to your head quickly!
Table wine
| Red and white wine: | The best come from Portugal's largest wine-growing region, from Dão and from the vicinity of Lisbon. The Doro velho is of good quality, the Mattheus is available in white (branco) and red (tinto), the Grandama is a sweeter variety. |
| Rose wine: | The best known is without a doubt the Mattheus, it is carbonated and refreshing, other good varieties are: Messias, Casal, Mendes, Quinta dos Reis. |
| Vinho Verde: | Translated means green wine and comes from northern Portugal. A young wine that is served cold with fish and shellfish. Casal-Garçia, Lagosta, Gatão, and Aveleda are other good varieties. |
| Port wine: | Seldom drunk here in Madeira, well-known varieties are Sandemann, Croft and Cockburn. |
| Aguardente: | Liquor made from sugar cane with a very high alcohol content. |
| Poncha: | Mixed drink made from aguardente, bee honey and lemon juice. |
| Liqueur: | One of Madeira's specialties is the passion fruit liqueur, which is made from passion fruit; there is also cherry and banana liqueur as well as chestnut liqueur. |
| Beer: | The Coral beer is produced here on the island and tastes very good. |
Little coffee customer
| bica / café: | black espresso |
| cafe grande: | large cup of espresso |
| From Rio: | Espresso diluted with water |
| chinese: | large cup of white coffee |
| cafe branco: | Milk coffee (more coffee than milk) |
| galao: | Glass of milk coffee (more milk than coffee) |
| garoto: | Literally hanged, little coffee with some milk |
| cut: | Coffee with a dash of sweet Madeira and lemon zest |
| quentinha: | "Warmers" = coffee, sugar cane brandy, honey and lemon peel |
