Cape Verdean food: 10 flavours you must try

1. Cachupa — the national dish, a stew of corn, beans, vegetables and meat or fish. The next day it is eaten “refogada” (fried) with a fried egg.
2. Pastéis de atum — fried sweet-potato pastry filled with spicy tuna.
3. Fresh grilled tuna — Sal has excellent tuna.
4. Lobster — cheaper than in Europe and delicious grilled.
5. Goat's cheese — served with papaya or guava jam.
6. Grogue — sugar-cane spirit, mainly from Santo Antão.
7. Ponche — grogue with cane honey and lime, sweet and treacherous.
8. Caldo de peixe — a comforting fish soup with cassava and green banana.
9. Búzio — sea snail cooked as a stew.
10. Cheese pudding — a traditional dessert.

Taste the local food at the lunch stop on our Island Tour →