Month: March 2021

Beer & Wine, Home

Supposed to be a Rack of Lamb

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Saturday morning, we walked to Marques de Pombal to order a Cartão de Lisboa VIVA, which functions as a monthly pass or balance card for the public transportations in Lisbon area.

Stopped by the mercado on the way home to look for duck breast but only a whole duck was available. So we got pork cheek and a rack of lamb. The butcher offer to separate by bone, but somehow I refused.

Opened a bottle of Tras-os-Montes red. I love it.

Lunch: Roasted lamb, grelos, tomato @ 1:30 p.m., I roasted the whole rack in oven and cut for chops afterwards, but couldn’t. I regret I didn’t follow the butcher suggested.

I had fish roe and grelos spaghetti, he had leftover pork and rice.

Chocolate and a little more wine @ 2:40 p.m.

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Breakfast: Croissant sandwich, egg, sausage, grelos, strawberries, coffee @ 8:20 a.m.

Beer & Wine, Grocery/Bakery, Home

Grocery Shopping @ Mercado

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I went to Mercado 31 de Janeiro to buy seafood and fruit, that are not available at most supermarkets.

2 cheese (5€), 2 wines (21€), strawberries (4€), grelos (some green in season 1€), leitão (roasted pork 9€), salmonete (a whole fish 12€), fish egg (3€), Freixo (Alentejo) is our favorite!

We started with wine and cheese & strawberries. He had pork too @ 12:30 p.m.

I had salmonete sashimi and he had it sauteed.

This is Salmonete, which I found so tasty at a sushi restaurant in Lisbon.

I made “Tarako” Spaghetti with fish egg, butter and soy sauce. Simple but good 🙂

Yogurt to finish the day @ 7:10 p.m.

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Pastries from yesterday, melon, coffee @ 7:20 a.m.

Beer & Wine, Home, Restaurant/Take Away/Delivery

Pastries Delivered by UberEats @ 5:30 A.M.!?

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There is a bakery/factory that has been recommended by several articles but this place is open only from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Since we are already in bed at 9:00 p.m., I placed an order through UberEats for delivery between 5:30-6:00 a.m., which is the latest option. Here it is! It arrived on time. The delivery person was so considerate not to ring the entrance bell that would be disturbing to the entire building but to text me when arrived so he could hand me the bag without noise.

Box Santos Populares 6 Unidades (2 Pasteis de Nata, 1 Bola de Berlim com Creme, 1 Bola de Berlim Simples, 1 Mil-Folhas and 1 Palmier Recheado) 7€ + Delivery fee & Tip

Breakfast: Bola de Berlim (simple one & with cream), coffee @ 6:40 a.m., We split.

Picked up lunch at Pirata. Say hello to the senhores after several weeks absence.

Lunch: Grilled veal chop under rice and fries (Costeleta de novilho na grelha), Cuttlefish stew (Jardineira de choco à primavera) + pastel de bacalhau, chamuça + Azores white (Arinto de Pico) 1:00 p.m.

Good food and good wine

Dessert: Pastel de nata and samples of mil-folhas

Yogurt @ 6:30 p.m.

Beer & Wine, Home, Sweet & Coffee

Art, Doughnut & Beer

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New art project has been going around o Mercado de Arroios (a traditional market). Yay!

I talked to one of the team members working there. He says it’s a collaborative project of Junta de Freguesia (the Parish) and the studio. They also work on the art around Time Out Market Lisboa. It’s a bit too far to walk there, but can’t wait to see it.

Always enjoy these little pieces. Lisbon is amazing…

Doughnut from Terrapão & beer @ 4:00 p.m., Surprisingly good! I think they use slow fermented dough as for the bread. After a walk beer was a perfect pairing. Bought a piece of banana bread and brioche buns for burger tomorrow.

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Breakfast: French toast (finishing old bread in freezer), coffee @ 7:00 a.m.

Cream cheese stick with sweet & sour sauce, red wine @ 12:00 p.m.

Lunch: Leftover pasta, ginger pork & egg @ 1:20 p.m.

Home

Finalmente Desconfinamento!

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Starting today, Portugal finally started slowly opening and getting back to the “normal” life. In the afternoon, we took a walk to the park near by and now everyone could enjoy sitting on the bench and doing yoga on the lawn or whatever. Feels so good to be outside catching the sun!

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Croissant, strawberry, coffee @ 7:30 a.m., yogurt @ 12:00 p.m.

Lunch: Broccoli & anchovy pasta, Douro red @ 1:40 p.m.

More wine and more carbs :p

Beer & Wine, Home, Sweet & Coffee

Art Walk, Petiscos, Wine, Steak and more Wine

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Breakfast: Strawberries, Pão de Leite com creme de pistacio, coffee @ 8:15 a.m.

He plans a route of our walk to cover as many pieces of street art as possible. Today, we walked more than an hour through three parishes of Lisbon, Arroios, Penha de França and São Vicente.

Petiscos (Portuguese tapas) and Dão white @ 11:00 a.m.

Making French potato galette, but it didn’t turn as crispy as I wished.

Lunch: Steak, potato galette, lettuce, tomato, Douro red @ 1:20 p.m.

Baking shortcrust pastry

Shortcrust with sugar and fig jam @ 2:45 p.m.

Beer & Wine, Home, Sweet & Coffee

Easy Apple Pastry & Shrimp Two Ways

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I really like this easy recipe of Apple Pastry. No need to measure anything and ready after 30 minutes in oven.

Breakfast: Apple pastry, strawberries, coffee @ 7:15 a.m.

Caldo verde @ 9:45 a.m.

Shrimp two ways, salad & crispy shrimp with Dão white @ 12:00 p.m.

More apple pastry @ 12:30 p.m.

Lunch: Asian pork & egg, cress, rice @ 1:00 p.m.

Got hungry @ 7:00 p.m., I like this yogurt.

Beer & Wine, Home, Sweet & Coffee

Shrimp, Tuna Steak, Pork & White Wine

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Try to pair different stuff (shrimp, pistachio cream, fig jam) with white wine after grocery shopping @ 12:00 p.m.

Opened another bottle @ 1:00 p.m.

Tuna steak with sweet soy & wasabi

Lunch: Asian pork with cress, egg, carrot, onion, rice @ 1:30 p.m.

Pudding & tea @ 2:40 p.m.

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Bolo de limão, apple, coffee @ 6:45 a.m., Canja soup @ 10:20 a.m.