My trip to Porto: Mercado do Bolhão

Mercado do Bolhão in Porto, Portugal

Another recommendation from our tuk tuk tour guide was the Mercado do Bolhao in the city center. This is an impressive open market, with its two floors, the first one full of tourists avid to eat seafood (especially oysters and shrimp), charcuterie, cheese, bread, pasta, you name it, and the second floor being a bit more quieter, with restaurants serving Portuguese specialties (one of them was vegetarian) and that seem to cater also to tourists. We just stopped by for sweets, having a meringue that was well made (Jodi loves those) and trying a queijada de leite (2 Eur) or milk tart, so we could see if we preferred it over the pasteis de Nata (Portuguese egg tarts). I am not sure we got a good milk tart as it was not sweet as I read it is supposed to be and you certainly do not get the wow factor when you get your first bite. To the contrary. It is not that it was not good: it lacked the sweetness I was looking for. The pasteis de Nata remains my favorite for sure…

Mercado do Bolhão in Porto, Portugal

Mercado do Bolhão in Porto, Portugal

Meringue at Mercado do Bolhão in Porto, Portugal

Queijada de leite at Mercado do Bolhão in Porto, Portugal

Enjoy (I still did)!

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Mercado do Bolhão - R. Formosa 322, 4000-248 Porto, Portugal