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do Manel has been serving the working-class blend with the savory Arroz de Pato or duck
Portuguese comfort food. We arrived at the rice. Created in Braga in northern Portugal, this
tasca well before the traditional dinner hour, so satisfying dish became a national favorite, of-
we had the place and its owner to ourselves. fered at restaurants throughout the country.
We started with Sopa de Tomate or Por- Before we left, our affable host literally
tuguese tomato soup, rich and soothing, and pulled out the stops to serve shots of very clear,
matched with Vino Verde, the country’s most potent Portuguese aguardiente. Translated,
prolific white wine. The pairing worked, as did aguardiente is “firewater,” and it more than lived
the owner’s own homemade, robust red wine up to its name.
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