Arriving late at night in Porto doesn't lend itself to many eating options. I'd read about the Rua Galerie de Paris as having a lovely bar to relax, have some drinks and listen to some lounging music played by the DJs. The area does have a certain element of dark coolness about it. On a heavily raining evening, it seemed appropriate that aimless wandering looking for something to eat wasn't an option, and something in the area would be ideal. Luckily this place was not only open until late, the food was good and located very near the Era uma vez en Paris bar where I tasted my favourite port all trip (it was a red, is all I remember...)
Eating before drinking is also recommended (as well as after) so onto the food:
- Green Cabbage Soup
- Codfish Pancakes
- Peixinhos da Horta (Fried Greenbeans) - delicious salty bar snack;
- Black Pork Neck with Acorda, Mushrooms, Asparagus - acorda is a bread-based stew creamy, warm and filling. It well complemented the pork.
There's a lot of good sounding dishes on the menu making use of the region's regarded seafood. I'd probably lean that way more next time (although black pig is always difficult to refuse). Stay in the area for a few drinks afterwards.