Porto

Hotel Sao Jose, Porto, April 4, 2013—

A FAVORITE DISH, one of the Hundred Plates, bacalhau, and served in as autheentic a style and location as you could ask. A few savory croquettes and a bowl of nice thick kale soup — caldo verde — started us out well, and then we dove into this Gomes de sá, salt cod layered with potatoes and garnished with hardboiled egg. Chocolate marquisse and a glass of Graham's LBV, 2007, made a more than satisfactory dessert.

Albarinho, "Contacto," Alberto Mendes, 2012: silky, soft, nice varietal nose and palate

• Restaurant Abadia, Rua Ateneu Comercial do Porto 22, Oporto;
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