ELEMENTO, PORTO, PORTUGAL

Posted: April 15, 2026 in Uncategorized
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My second night’s dinner, after my day-long tour of the Douro Valley, did not disappoint!

Elemento is a live-fire restaurant, just a stone’s throw from the Hard Rock Cafe in Porto, and it was fun to sit at the bar where you could watch all the chefs work to create some very unique dishes.

A series of starters for the tasting menu. They bring you a wooden box with all the utensils you’ll need throughout your meal.
A beautiful piece of beef after a couple of seafood dishes. And it was hiding an ingredient I haven’t seen in a long time…
Crosnes! (Also known as Chinese artichokes.) Found mostly in Asian and French cooking, my first taste of them was at a high-end French restaurant in Quebec City many years ago.
They look like little caterpillars, but it’s a root veg that is really tasty and crunchy. (A relative of mint.)
I grew some in my garden for several years. You don’t see them in the US very often.
Two desserts, because one’s never enough!
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  1. keirsten391's avatar keirsten391 says:
    April 15, 2026 at 10:16 am

    Wow! The presentation on these dishes is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing! I don’t always comment but I read your blog every day!

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