Nordeste, Portugal
Casa de Pasto O Cardoso
A parish-road casa de pasto in the rural east of São Miguel, Casa de Pasto O Cardoso sits in Lomba da Fazenda, where volcanic pasture and Atlantic weather define what lands on the plate. This is the kind of address that Nordeste locals return to repeatedly, not because it chases any dining trend, but because the cooking stays close to what the land around it produces. Visitors who make the drive out from the main coastal road tend to eat better than those who stay in town.
