The Taberna do Doutor owes its name to a friend and client of the owner, who was a cardiologist, but also a writer and painter, and who always encouraged him to expand the business. After Sinatra’s, in the surroundings, he opened the “Taberna do Doutor” (Doctor’s Tavern), to create a space that pays homage to the traditional Portuguese cuisine, where codfish is the protagonist. In the menu, you will find codfish boiled with chickpeas, à la Braga (fried codfish served with chips and fried sliced onions), à la Rosa do Adro (boiled codfish which is then roasted; it can be served with mashed potatoes or boiled potatoes), à la Brás (Portuguese dish made from shreds of salted cod, onions and thinly chopped (matchstick-sized) fried potatoes, all bound with scrambled eggs. It is usually garnished with black olives and sprinkled with fresh parsley) or baked on the plate, without forgetting other versions of the faithful friend, as the codfish salad, cakes or ‘pataniscas’ (they consist of pieces of shredded cod fried in wheat flour, seasoned with salt and sometimes pepper and parsley; they have a flattened or spherical irregular shape, if fried in abundant fat and are about 8-12 cm in diameter). There are other options, mainly of meat, as the steak à la ‘doutor’ (cooked in a very specific house manner), of veal, but there are also ‘Tripas à moda do Porto’ (the most representative dish of Porto that dates back to the time of the Portuguese Discoveries is cooked with tripe and fat meat, accompanied with thick slices of dark bread; today instead of bread white beans are used), cooked as the tradition dictates, as if it was the grandmother cooking.

Bulha is a group of two restaurants in the city of Porto, specialised in traditional Portuguese food. In their restaurants there are always fresh products used in the confection of the menu and, among the existing offers, there are the cod dishes with bread and cod à la Bulha (house special dish). This is also the only place in the city that works with octopus flower.
This Bulha restaurant is located in Rua de Sá da Bandeira. Here, it is possible to find several meals based on codfish (such as codfish rice or codfish à la Brás (Portuguese dish made from shreds of salted cod, onions and thinly chopped (matchstick-sized) fried potatoes, all bound with scrambled eggs. It is usually garnished with black olives and sprinkled with fresh parsley)), octopus (octopus rice or octopus ‘à lagareiro’ (octopus cooked in olive oil)) and seafood (seafood rice or ‘açorda de marisco’ (typical Portuguese dish composed of thinly sliced bread with garlic, finely chopped coriander, olive oil, vinegar, water, white pepper, salt and poached eggs; this one also has shellfish).

Sarmas is a restaurant with a sophisticated and modern decoration, which gives it a warm and cosy atmosphere, inviting to abstraction and to take an effective break. The bet is clear, confection of dishes based on traditional Portuguese cuisine, with a varied and different offer every day. There are options of soup, there may be cream of vegetables, cabbage soup, green beans soup, julienne soup, there are options of fish, such as codfish ‘pataniscas’ (they consist of pieces of shredded cod fried in wheat flour, seasoned with salt and sometimes pepper and parsley; they have a flattened or spherical irregular shape, if fried in abundant fat and are about 8-12 cm in diameter), roasted sea bass, hake velvet, “bacalhau à Gomes de Sá” (a casserole of codfish, potatoes, eggs, olives, olive oil and onion),hake fillets, among others, and meat options, with stewed veal, breaded chicken, lasagna, roasted ribs, “carne de porco à Alentejana” (pork with clams), among many others.