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| Resources & Information - Food & Drink on Madeira |
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The Madeirans love to go out and eat, and whilst it is
very affordable for many western europeans, it is
comparatively expensive for many people on
Madeira on minimum wage of under €500 per month.
Madeira has snack bars and restaurants in vast
numbers from one end to the other. Most of the
snack bars prepare steak sandwiches and burgers,
but there are a great many restaurants specialising
in local recipes, and others serving more familiar
dishes, including italian, indian and chinese food, with
some excellent seafood establishments.
Vegetarians are catered for on Madeira, but mostly in
Funchal, where there are several restaurants serving
a variety of dishes.
All restaurants and snack bars serve a large variety
of soft and alcoholic drinks, and tea and coffee also.
The wines are both Madeiran and imported, the main
beers on offer will almost certainly come from Coral,
a local producer that has a huge dominance over the
market, and produces light and dark beers, as well
as non-alcoholic brews.
Many of the soft drinks will be familiar too, with Coca
Cola being a major brand. Most of the other juices
and fizzy drinks come from Brisa, who also
manufacture on the island, with a huge range of the
usual and more exotic flavours.
Most of the locals and visitors like to eat outdoors
when out for the night. The people of Madeira tend to
eat quite late at night, often with friends and families,
including children.
Service charges are not normally included in the bill,
and tipping is optional.
very affordable for many western europeans, it is
comparatively expensive for many people on
Madeira on minimum wage of under €500 per month.
Madeira has snack bars and restaurants in vast
numbers from one end to the other. Most of the
snack bars prepare steak sandwiches and burgers,
but there are a great many restaurants specialising
in local recipes, and others serving more familiar
dishes, including italian, indian and chinese food, with
some excellent seafood establishments.
Vegetarians are catered for on Madeira, but mostly in
Funchal, where there are several restaurants serving
a variety of dishes.
All restaurants and snack bars serve a large variety
of soft and alcoholic drinks, and tea and coffee also.
The wines are both Madeiran and imported, the main
beers on offer will almost certainly come from Coral,
a local producer that has a huge dominance over the
market, and produces light and dark beers, as well
as non-alcoholic brews.
Many of the soft drinks will be familiar too, with Coca
Cola being a major brand. Most of the other juices
and fizzy drinks come from Brisa, who also
manufacture on the island, with a huge range of the
usual and more exotic flavours.
Most of the locals and visitors like to eat outdoors
when out for the night. The people of Madeira tend to
eat quite late at night, often with friends and families,
including children.
Service charges are not normally included in the bill,
and tipping is optional.
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| Buying Food & Drink on Madeira Madeira is well blessed with 3 large supermarket chains, with one or more represented in most larger towns. Modelo and Pingo Doce are Portuguese national brands, whilst Hiper Sã is a local supermarket, just trying to reach out and establish itself in mainland Portugal. There are plenty of other smaller privately owned supermarkets and food shops to choose from, but the larger ones have a significant pricing advantage, and small businesses struggle in the competition. However, on Madeira, there is a third source for fresh vegetables, fruit, meat and fish, and that is direct from the farmers and fishermen, of which there are many, If you live outside of the city, and you get to know your neighbours, for sure there will be packages and boxes turning up with bananas and oranges, as these are plentiful and often surplus to requirements. Once you know your way around a bit, you will probably find that a lot of your heavy and fresh shopping comes home this way, with a bit from the neighbours, something from the man in the fish van, some wine from a local winery, and so on. Having established your bulk food sources, you go out and buy everything else in your local shops or supermarkets, and quite likely end up with some goods imported to Madeira. The quality of food is good, the fruit and vegetables are wide in variety, and usually good in flavour. Prices fluctuate widely, due to seasonal availability and importation costs. The meat (limited in choice)and fish prices usually stay more steady. |
| Here are some rough price guides for basic food & drink from 2007: Potatoes €0.40 - €0.80 / kg Oranges €0.50 - €1 / kg Tomatoes €1 - €2.50 / kg Bread €0.70 - €2 medium loaf Lean beef €4 - €6 / kg Chicken €2 - €2.50 / kg Small fish €1 - €3 / kg Large fish €4 - €8 / kg Milk €0.40 - €0.70 / litre 30cl local beer €0.20 - €0.45 Wine starts at €0.70 / litre, up to several Euros for a reasonable bottle The average Madeira family shopping bill for 2007 was €399 per month - see article |
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| Fruit & Vegetable stands like this one in Funchal are common on the island |
| There is a wide variety of fresh fruit & vegetables on Madeira, both local & imported |
Food & Dishes like these
are popular on Madeira
are popular on Madeira
This bread, called Papo Seco is very
popular on the island
popular on the island
Popular Shopping - A market stall in Funchal, handy
for those with healthy eating & drinking habits
for those with healthy eating & drinking habits
| For those not so concerned about healthy eating & drinking ... |