When in Porto, drink port

Porto, Portugal is the birthplace of port wine. It’s a beautiful city with steep cobbled streets and port cellars galore across the Duoro river in Vila Nova di Gaia.

We had a wonderful visit at Taylor’s Fladgate and lunch at their restaurant, Barao Fladgate.  The views were breathtaking, the service friendly and the food delicious. The 30 euros prix fixe is a tremendous value offering a starter, main course, glass of wine and dessert. We started off with a crisp dry white port from Taylors, followed by a coconut pineapple cream cold soup and salmon salad.  The baked hake was cooked perfectly.  And most importantly, do not miss out on the chorizo bread, they are super tasty and addictive as well!!

Our fav - Very Old Single Harvest Port at 280 euros

Beautiful views of Porto from the restaurant

Refreshing Chilled Pineapple Cream Soup

Delicious Salmon and Avocado Salad

Tasty Seared Beef with Bok Choy 

Perfectly Cooked Baked Hake with Pea and Tendrils

A very nice dry White Port for Aperitif

Don't miss out on these chorizo breads - ask for seconds!

Chocolate dessert with ice cream

Classic Portuguese Tarts

Port Tasting at Taylor's Salon

After lunch, we opted for a port wine tasting in their salon. It's wonderful to be able to taste ports side-by-side. Our favorite was the 1966 Very Old Single Harvest port. We saw the bottle in their boutique retailing at 280 euros. We were glad or maybe not so glad that we were not drunk enough then to part with 280 euros to buy a bottle!