Francesinha

In addition to Port wine the other speciality of Porto is francesinha, or “little French one.” Though there is nothing little about it. Nor French. Well there is a story of a French guy and his ham and cheese sandwich but I really don't know what that has got to do with this heart attack on a plate.

So basically it's two slices of bread around some combination of steak, sausage and ham (I guess normally it's at least five different kinds of meat inside the sandwich). It's then covered with melted cheese and tomato-beer sauce. Adding fries and/or egg makes it “especial.”

This is half portion: 

It's not something I'd eat too often, but it's good. Very meaty. My photo doesn't do any justice to the meat part, check in Google for better pictures. This time we went to a place that was a bit touristy, next time I'll find a more autentic place to eat it. And there are a lot of places to try in Porto. They even have a webpage for it, http://francesinhas.com/.