{"id":14104,"date":"2018-08-16T21:10:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T21:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flavorsandsenses.com\/en\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2019-02-05T09:59:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T09:59:20","slug":"almeja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/en\/almeja\/","title":{"rendered":"Almeja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-21-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21381 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-21-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-21-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-21-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-21-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-21-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-21-1-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-21-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-21-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-21-1-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-21-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These past few years, with the tourism development, Porto has been through an ocean of changes, for better or worse. From the real estate bustle, new hotels, new roads, and of course, many new restaurants. Good restaurants, young and talented cooks, nice decorations and even some bold projects that we hardly imagined would work; And, of course, there are many bad businesses in the mix and lots of spaces that for whatever reason didn&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lack of success or simply the acceptance of failure wasn&#8217;t on Jo\u00e3o Cura and Sofia Gomes&#8217;s plans when they decided to open their first restaurant, with a name that anticipated the wish to conquer and leave their mark&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well, the truth is the success came, maybe even faster than they expected, so much is the receptivity and the many and good reviews <em>Almeja<\/em> and the cuisine of Jo\u00e3o Cura has been getting. Jo\u00e3o is still a young cook, of those who abandon a college degree to follow their passion in front of the stoves. From the Hospitality school in Coimbra, he went to Barcelona, where he worked at the starred\u00a0<em>Dos Cielos<\/em>\u00a0e\u00a0<em>Cinc Sentits<\/em>\u00a0and the at the famous <em>Monv\u00ednic<\/em>, creating a project of &#8220;at home chef&#8221; and the rest is his present, being drawn at the number 819, of Rua Fernandes Tom\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a fine dining concept, <em>Almeja<\/em>\u00a0intends to ally a signature cuisine with a good price\/benefit relation. The decoration translates just that, simple but tasteful, keeping the old lines of the former Japanese grocery store located in that place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-9-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21388 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-9-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-9-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-9-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-9-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-9-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-9-1-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-9-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-9-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-9-1-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-9-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Croquettes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The experience starts in fine dining mode, with the snacks arriving quickly at the table, first, a croquette, with panko crusting, crunchy outside and very creamy inside, could&#8217;ve been just a bit less greasy and more flavorful. Followed a great madeleine with chorizo and apple gel &#8211; very good!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-8-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21392 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-8-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-8-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-8-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-8-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-8-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-8-1-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-8-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-8-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-8-1-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-8-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Chorizo madeleines, with apple gel\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And then the bread, a homemade sourdough, with good aroma and texture, very well accompanied by a butter with milk crunch and salt flower, and a great <em>Ang\u00e9lica<\/em> olive oil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-11-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21394 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-11-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-11-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-11-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-11-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-11-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-11-1-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-11-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-11-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-11-1-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-11-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><strong>Toast,<\/strong><em>\u00a0cabe\u00e7a de xara (traditional Portuguese pate), marinade and apple\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presentation transports us to French pastry, but don&#8217;t be fooled by the accurate aesthetics of the plate, here is present a good Portuguese tradition. Nicely prepared <em>cabe\u00e7a de xara<\/em>, elevated by the acidic touch of the marinade. A very good dish, in which I just missed some crunch, once the toast and the apple didn&#8217;t much present that texture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-13-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21396 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-13-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-13-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-13-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-13-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-13-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-13-1-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-13-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-13-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-13-1-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-13-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><strong>Mushrooms<\/strong><em>, parsnip, and lemon<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em>One of the best moments of the evening was this &#8220;simple&#8221; plate of wild mushrooms, with a velvety parsnip puree and lemon sauce, which freshness contrasted with the earthy notes of the remaining elements and took the dish to a beautiful level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-12-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21398 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-12-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-12-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-12-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-12-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-12-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-12-1-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-12-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-12-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-12-1-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-12-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><strong>Chicken Soup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A comfort dish on a cold night, simultaneously a reinterpretation of our famous chicken soup. A good consomm\u00e9, low-temperature egg with a perfectly cooked yolk, and the pasta replaced with small ravioli. The touch of leek gave more flavor to the dish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-16-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21400 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-16-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-16-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-16-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-16-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-16-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-16-1-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-16-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-16-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-16-1-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-16-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><strong><em>Mondego<\/em> Rice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jo\u00e3o Cura&#8217;s &#8220;Portuguese cuisine&#8221; is not just the reinterpretation of classic recipes, but also the attempt of presenting new products and national producers that few may know, a good example of that is his homage to the <em>Mondego<\/em> rice. Using probably the best national rice &#8220;Arroz da Ereira&#8221;, to create a great, great dish! Rice, cockle, razor shell and squid, all perfectly cooked and enrichened by the intensity and salinity\u00a0of the\u00a0samphire and the plankton. A great dish!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-17-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21402 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-17-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-17-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-17-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-17-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-17-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-17-1-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-17-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-17-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-17-1-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-17-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><strong>Pork belly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Flawless pork belly, moist with crunchy skin, nicely paired with pak choi and some fun potato souffle in the shape of piglets that must take more time than the rest of the dish together! Very interesting also the <em>demi glac\u00e9 jam<\/em>\u00a0elevating the entire dish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-19-1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21406 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-19-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-19-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-19-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-19-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-19-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-19-1-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-19-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-19-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-19-1-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-19-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><strong>\u00a0Mango<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>coconut, and lime\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A light and fresh dessert, as I like, but a bit lost among the creamy and gelly textures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-20-2.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21408 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-20-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-20-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-20-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-20-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-20-2-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-20-2-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-20-2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-20-2-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-20-2-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/flavorsandsenses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Almeja-20-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><strong>Banoffee<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>banana, peanut and white chocolate\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last dessert brought back the level of the previous dishes, here with a great combo of textures, from the cake to the gel and the purees, the crunchy and the excellent caramelized white chocolate. A great ending!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our choice of wine went to a\u00a0<em>Riesling Duriense<\/em>, 2015, by Marcos Hehn. An elegant wine, showcasing its caste very well, and an acidity and elegance that worked very well along the meal. About the wine list, it&#8217;s based mostly in small national producers, where everything is good, but also a bit too &#8220;right&#8221;. A bit more boldness in the choices, to go with the boldness of the plates is something to think for the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">About the service, I was expecting a bit more &#8220;casual&#8221; and less fine dining, from the beautiful tableware to the white gloves, or the little service details, everything was very close to a top restaurant. Also here,<em> Almeja<\/em> wished more and better, revealing a nice surprise, especially for presenting a differentiated service to a broad public.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Final Remarks<\/strong><br \/>\nIn less than a year, Jo\u00e3o Cura has made this<em> Almeja<\/em> one of the most interesting projects in the city, good products, nice technique, an accurate aesthetic sense and honest prices (rarer each day). Besides the menu, <em>Almeja<\/em> can be discovered through a tasting menu (55\u20ac) or in a very interesting lunch menu (15\u20ac), where some tests for new menus are made. The cuisine is Portuguese with some and obvious influences of the chef&#8217;s life in Spain. Showing knowledge but with a restraint capacity rare in young chefs, that usually try to show everything at once and eventually fail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If <em>Almejar\u00a0<\/em>is to wish or want something very badly, this <em>Almeja<\/em> dreamt, wished and became a refuge in this competitive Porto of gastronomy. So we&#8217;re just left with accompanying the work of this young talent and his team because the future is theirs to draw&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.almejaporto.com\">Almeja<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">Average price: 30\/35\u20ac pax without wines\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">Rua Fernandes Tom\u00e1s,819 &#8211; Porto<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">22038120<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flavorsandsenses.com\/experiencias\/restaurantes\/restaurantes-porto\/almeja\">Vers\u00e3o Portuguesa<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Photos: Flavors &amp; Senses<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These past few years, with the tourism development, Porto has been through an ocean of changes, for better or worse. 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