Most Algarve cooking is as unaffected as a fisherman's barbecue: grilled or fried fish, chicken, steaks and chops. If you want fancy French sauces, you'll have to find a fancy French restaurant. Which is not to say the Portuguese are not inventive. Who would have thought that a combination of clams and pork would make such a wonderful dish, or for that matter sole and bananas, or pork and figs.
You'll also find the spicy taste of Portugal's former col¬onies has crept into the nation¬al cuisine. Chicken piri-piri (made from Angolan peppers) is an ethnic-inspired dish and very popular on the Algarve. Fish and ........