Madeira restaurants promise a perfect blend of international and local cuisine – something that you will love to savor over and over again. Besides taste, the impeccable and excellent staff service in Madeira restaurants adds to the glory of this majestic place, where you can choose between a la carte and gourmet. The fine dining menu in Madeira restaurants competes with any world-class restaurant in any part of the world. Lovers of fresh fish and seafood find Madeira a haven. Among the plethora of popular local dishes, espada, which is fresh black scabbard fish, is well-liked. Several restaurants serve bife de atum e milho frito, which is tuna steak and fried maize; caldeirada, which is fish soup; squid, known by the name of lulas in Madeira. The local food offers 350 varieties of bacalhau. You are certain to find tomato and onion soup, known as sopa de tomate e cebola in Madeira, quite a good appetizer. Madeira food is well-admired by tourists, who forget their international cuisine and love to savor the delicacies of Madeira, especially espetada, which is meat on a spit; bolo de caco, which is a form of regional bread; pickled pork in wine and garlic, known as carne de vinho e alho in Madeira; and bolo de mel, which is dark honey cake and eaten as a dessert. Once in Madeira, do relish the vast variety of quality fruit, such as bananas, passion fruit, and avocado pear, which is the blessing of the subtropical climate here.