Alright guys so if there is one meal that you have to eat when you come to Porto it
is the famous Francesinha.
We've been hearing about this sandwich forever.
Yeah.
So we're super excited to finally try it.
And basically this sandwich is said to have roots in Belgium and France.
Apparently a Portuguese man had been living overseas and then when he returned back home
to Portugal he was like I'm going to bring the Croque-monsieur to my country and kind
of give it a little twist so the locals will enjoy it.
And so the Francesinha was born.
It is a massive sandwich we've seen them preparing it out front.
It looks so so good.
It looks so amazing.
So we're going to show you a few clips of that.
ALso we're eating at the most famous restaurant of them all.
We've come to Bufete Fase yeah and they just specialize in the Francesinha.
That is all they serve.
There is no menu.
You get this and you order a beer with it.
You order beer.
You just come here for the sandwich and the beer.
It is a must so that is what we're having.
(Kitchen cooking sounds)
Alright guys so we got a little bit greedy here.
When we were ordering we were thinking should we get one, should we get two.
Oh, I'm having my own.
And Sam was like I'm having my own.
I had a small breakfast because I knew we were coming here.
So now we have two and these things are massive.
Behemoths.
So yeah I don't know how we're going to tackle this but let's talk about the ingredients.
Yeah.
So two slices of thick bread apparently the thicker the better and inside grilled bread
too.
Yeah they grill it.
It has got I believe sausage.
Oh my gosh.
Steak or roast beef.
Look at all of that cheese.
Copious amounts of cheese.
Yeah, it is three different kinds of meat.
Oh my gosh.
Let's cut it down the middle.
So you can see the inside.
This is a dissection guys.
Yeah.
This is the dissection.
And yeah it is covered in cheese.
It is all melted and the sauce that it is in it is a tomato and beer sauce.
Oh ho look at how big that is woah woah.
Can you separate it more for us?
Yeah.
Oh wow!
There we go.
Oh, check that out.
Wow!
Oh yes.
If that is not a thing of beauty I don't know what is.
Oh yes.
I don't know what is.
And they also asked us if we wanted fries for the sauce.
So a portion of that just arrived.
Oh and show us the beer too.
And the beer.
Oh yes.
I forgot to mention.
I think it is Sagres is that how you say it?
Exactly.
You've got to drink some beer with this.
Sagres.
That seems to be the most popular beer that we've seen in Portugal so far.
I had one of those with my Dad in the apartment in Lisbon.
That is pretty good.
The beer it must it is going to go really well with this.
Let's dig in.
Greasy food and a beer yeah to help out with it to help sop it up I guess.
Let's try to get a piece with a little bit of everything.
This is so thick.
Look at all of that cheese.
It is going to be a bit of a challenge.
Woah!
Look at that.
That is ridiculous.
Oh my gosh.
That is ridonculous.
And this says it is like freshly made.
Oh yeah.
It is still steaming.
Oh yeah.
Mmmmm.
What say you?
Oh my gosh.
Life changing?
Hahaha!
There is no way I would want to share this with you.
Now that I've tried it I'm glad I have my own.
We're not going to be having much else today but we need our own.
Oh and we asked for the sauce to be spicy and it is.
Okay.
That is good.
That was one of the things they asked.
Do you want spicy sauce?
I'm impressed.
I'm impressed so far.
I've only had one bite.
Oh yeah!
Mmmm.
Good stuff huh?
Alright Sam your mouth must be watering.
I've been waiting for it was really hard to film you first.
I know.
Like an enormous amount of patience.
Haha!
Self control.
And self control.
Willpower.
And everything else.
Oh my goodness.
I'm just going in for this.
Grabbing a bite with tonnes of cheese.
Taking it for a gigantic swim.
Oh yeah.
Look at that meat.
Look at that meat and the dripping sauce.
All of those layers of steak and ham and sausage.
Whoever invented this was on to something good.
And I mean this is it kind of reminds me of like if you were to challenge yourself say
during your University years with just like leftover ingredients and like how can I make
a really awesome sandwich?
You might come up with something like this.
Yeah.
It is just a mismatch of all different stuff.
You know just pouring sauce overtop melting cheese.
I know it is so good.
Why not?
Just got for it.
What do you think is this better than the Croque-monsieur?
The French original sandwich.
Oh yeah.
This is an upgrade for sure I mean just look at how thick it is.
I feel like you can't really compare the two because the French version.
The French version is just ham, cheese and some bechamel sauce.
Right?
This has so much more going for it.
This this is a perfect food considering what time of year.
We're here in the middle of January.
Yeah.
And it is so cold right now.
Especially today.
It has been like rainy and overcast and like this is just the perfect food to warm you
up.
Couldn't be any better.
Okay so let's talk about the fries as well since we ordered them.
You're meant to dip these in the sauce.
The beer and tomato sauce.
For some reason my sandwich has absorbed all of the sauce.
So I'm borrowing a little bit.
The bread is sopping it up.
Mmmm.
Yeah.
And this isn't this just like the perfect hangover food too?
Hahaha.
Or like if you were to go drink.
Have a night on the town and you still had the munchies like this would hit the spot
come here and then some.
Mmmm.
This would hit the spot and then some.
This is so good.
But honestly it is such a large portion I almost feel like I don't even need the fries.
The sandwich is enough.
Yeah, you could eat it without the fries but I think it is nice to sop up the sauce.
Yeah.
And the fries.
If you have sauce.
If you have any leftover.
I think you maybe having a lot of the fries Sam.
Hahaha that is true.
Alright last but not least cheers.
Time to try the beer.
Yeah, the beer looks great.
Portuguese beer.
What else?
Actually it doesn't just look good.
I've already been drinking it hahaha.
It goes perfectly with this.
Yeah, it does.
Greasy food and nice beer.
Yeah.
Oh yeah.
And I read online you cannot have this dish with wine.
It has to be beer.
Do not order red wine.
No.
Or else.
No.
Or else.
But yeah I think we're I love dipping the fries in the sauce.
This is great.
We'll call it a video now so we can enjoy what is left yes and we'll let of this feast.
And we'll mention about the price point in a minute.
Alright.
So we thought we were done but we're not because I know.
They just brought us more sauce for the fries.
It is like they read our minds.
Yeah, seriously.
We're like a little over halfway through our meal.
Oh yeah load that up.
And they brought us more sauce.
Pour that for me too please.
That is amazing.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah.
This is just I think we're going to need a siesta after this.
Oh.
Yeah this is so filling.
Like I'm struggling but it is so good I don't want to stop.
Well guys we sure took care of that.
Yeah!
I don't know how we did it.
I feel like we deserve like a gold star for gluttony.
Hahaha.
Yup.
Anyways that was a gut bomb for the ages but in a good way.
Mmmhmmm.
It is the kind of meal that you either have to really bring your appetite or share with
a friend.
Yeah, exactly.
That is my recommendation.
It was a bit like a challenge sandwich.
A little bit like a Gatsby we had in South Africa in Cape Town.
Oh yeah.
I remember that one.
We had it last year.
But man it was good.
It was really really good.
And price point?
Extremely filling.
Oh right of course.
Price point.
Haha.
Let's not get so distracted.
Okay so the sandwiches were 10 Euros each.
Uh huh.
And the beer was only 1.50 per it was a nice generous size of beer.
Yeah.
In a big cup.
And that included the fries.
So in total oh right it included the fries too and the gravy.
Everything.
Yes.
So in total for the meal for both of us plus two beers each it came to 23 Euros.
Yeah.
So I thought it was good value and my gosh we are stuffed.
It is like the ultimate siesta time.
I know I feel like we'll be skipping dinner tonight.
Yeah, there is no dinner.
I mean we might have a salad maybe a noodle cup.
That is about it.
And anyways we'll see you guys soon with more travel and food videos from Europe.
Tata.