Restaurante Gaio

Restaurante simpático com um staff gentil e prestável que aconselha devidamente os clientes.
A comida era agradável e substancial embora um pouco salgada.
Prestavelmente ofereceram recipientes para levar o que sobrou para casa.
Friendly restaurant with a gentle and helpful staff that advises clients properly.
The food was nice and substantial although a bit salty.
Containers offered to take the leftovers home.

While living in Portugal, I discovered there were many regional food specialties. People had their favorite foods from their hometown, their mother, or a restaurant that «made it best». My visit to Ponte de Lima was no different.
My friend was from the Viana do Castelo region. He wanted to take me there to experience the best sarralbulho which you can only find in this region. For foreigners like me, sarralbulho is a pork blood stew. I had an ill reaction to morcilla (blood sausage) weeks prior, but experiencing a culture through food is worth a future stomach ailment, right? Of course!
The serving dish of sarralbulho was huge and easily fed my party of 4. Granted, my party was two light eating women, myself, and a ravenous former local. Bring your appetites. It really did taste great, like a dish of lightly spicy chili (forgive the American analogy). I think we also had some root vegetables with this dish also. Later, we walked along the platanos lined boulevard and played billiards in the small town.