They are healthy and tasty, popular and affordable, and fit in a small tin. They can be found everywhere and there are few who can resist them. Have you guessed what we're talking about? If not, it's because you haven't yet experienced Portuguese tinned seafood. And you don't know what you're missing!

This tasty little morsel of Lisboa cuisine has come out of its tin and is now served as a snack or meal at the tables of prestigious restaurants, taverns and gourmet snack bars around the city, where it has become a gourmet delicacy.

Praised by the surprised American chef and TV presenter Anthony Bourdain during his visit to Lisboa, Portuguese tinned seafood has attracted a legion of fans and become a star attraction at the city's annual culinary event, Lisbon Fish & Flavours.

So book now a visit to Lisboa in your agenda and participate in this top "mouth watering" seafood culinary festival. Usually held in April, "Lisbon Fish & Flavours" features every year some of the most distinguished Portuguese and international chefs. And it's at the tables of Lisboa's finest restaurants which every year are present here where you can enjoy haute cuisine dishes. With a mix of innovative and traditional dishes, there are sure to be creations made with the renowned Portuguese tinned seafood, whose versatility and intense flavors delights one's palate.

With tuna and sardines, seasoned with lemon, curry, tomato or cloves, being the true classics of this delicacy, there are also plenty of others to die for such as sardine roe, anchovies, cod, squid and mussels. All of them are flavors from the Portuguese seas, of excellent quality, concentrated and preserved in tins with traditional labels, now regarded as vintage design.

Let yourself succumb to temptation and take a little taste of Lisboa in as many tins as you can buy at any local supermarket, as well as in specialty shops and delicatessens. The hardest thing will be to choose your favourite delicacy from the wide variety of flavours and unusual combinations.