The original version of Porto's most famous sandwich is just as good here as it was a century ago.
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Places to Eat & Drink
Porto, Portugal
A Regaleira
Porto, Portugal
Semea
Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Poças
Sample port and quinine-fortified wine at this fourth-generation winery near Porto.
Trafaria, Portugal
Piri Piri
Taste the precursor of peri-peri chicken at this restaurant just outside of Lisbon.
Food & Drink
Drinks
Tiquira
This violet-hued liquor is Brazil's oldest spirit.
Prepared Foods
Maultaschen
Legend has it that a monk hid meat in these dumplings to fool God.
Drinks
Pont
A town in East France still makes a beloved green-anise liquor born after the ban of absinthe.
Sweets
Lancashire Courting Cake
Before dating apps, young people used this cake to express their feelings.