Some serious Portuguese cheese
By PATRICK STUART patrick.stuart@open-media.net After picking my wine for this week’s column at Apolónia this weekend, I headed straight for the cheese counter. For me, great quality complex whites such
Marquês dos Vales’ wines get gold at Fatacil
Marquês dos Vales’ wines have again achieved success in the 6th competition of ‘The Best Wine of the Algarve’ held on August 17 at the Fatacil, which runs until August
Portimão is capital of tasty snacks
Food lovers with a hankering after tasty savoury snacks and something sweet to follow will be in for a treat at the ‘Rota do Petisco’ event which runs at 70
Seafood and top class entertainment at Olhão festival
Olhão’s 28th seafood festival ‘Festival do Marisco’ was considered an outstanding success by its organisers who declared that it achieved the goals it had previously set for the event –
Menta Pimenta opens in Golden Triangle
The Golden Triangle boasts a new “must try” restaurant. Menta Pimenta is located on the road from Almancil to Vale do Lobo just before the first roundabout. The renovated space
Picanha The taste of Brazil
By Chris Winstanley I was sitting in one of my favourite little bars in Portimão the other evening sipping my first caipirinha of the summer and it got me thinking
Boutique opens in Ferragudo
Ferragudo’s Rei das Praias restaurant and guesthouse now has a new sister business in the area. Rei das Praias Boutique recently opened at Largo da Angrinha in Ferragudo, next to
French master chef at Vila Vita Parc
Celebrated French chef Jean-Pierre Vigato, from the two Michelin-star Apicius Restaurant in Paris, will be in the Algarve this week to present his culinary specialties at Vila Vita Parc. Jean-Pierre,
Mouth-watering sweets
With so many gastronomy-oriented events taking place in the Algarve, it may be financially draining to attend them all. However, Mexilhoeira Grande’s 12th Show of Arts and Flavours of Our