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Tori no Karaage, Japanese Fried Chicken

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One thing I miss about a life in California is an easy access to Asian groceries and restaurants. Because Portuguese food is so delicious with umami and comfortable feeling, it is not important for me to enjoy Asian food so often. However, I crave for it, especially Japanese food so bad once in a while.

In Lisbon, Japanese grocery is more expensive and not in the same quality that I could get in California, so I have only soy sauce and miso in the fridge.

Today, I made Tori no Karaage, Japnese fried chicken with all Portuguese ingredients besides soy sauce. I used white wine instead sake (rice wine) to marinate chicken. One of best outcome ever!

Lunch: Japanese fried chicken, rice, green salad, tomato, miso soup @ 1:10 p.m.

I had the leftover, chips and rose wine @ 2:00 p.m.

Last piece @ 2:30 p.m.

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Breakfast: Chocolate & berry roll, rye bread & butter, chouriço omelette @ 8:40 a.m.

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Spaghetti Meatball in Tomato Sauce

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Breakfast: Apple, bolo de chocolate, coffee @ 9:00 a.m.

I got some bread delivered and we had a roll of berries & chocolate around 10:00 a.m. (no photo).

Lunch: Salad, meatball spaghetti,, rose wine @ 12: 40 p.m.

Most shops and restaurants are closed after 1:00 p.m. during weekends, but we went out to walk a bit around Penha de França.

We had an instant ramen split around 5:00 p.m.

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Lunch @ Pirata

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Lunch @ 12:30 p.m. at Pirata is a local restaurant/snack bar that we regularly go.

His: um copo de vinho tinto 1€ (a glass of red wine), mine: um copo de vinho à pressão 0.80€ (house sparkling wine)

Mine: Peixe Espada Frito com Arroz de Tomate 6.50€

His: Fricassé de frango 6€

Dessert: Bolo de bolacha (Portuguese cookie cake) 2€

Always enjoying an expresso (cafe cheio 0.60€) at the end of lunch

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Breakfast: Orange, bolo de chocolate (tastes like muffin), coffee @ 6:30 a.m.

Second breakfast: Chouriço omelette, bread & butter @ 9:30 a.m.

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Chop Steak (Costeletas)

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Breakfast: Caldo verde, rustic bread & butter @ 8:15 a.m.

We went to a supermarket after breakfast. In Lisbon most supermarkets have seafood sections like this. Isn’t it amazing!?

Picked up our favorite bread as well. It tastes simply like wheat by the slow fermentation process. This huge bread, probably 500-750g with a lot of love costs only 3€.

“Lanchar” (Snacking in Portuguese) @ 11:00 a.m.

Lunch: Chop steak (Costeletas) with yellow bell pepper, red wine @ 1:40 p.m.

Chocolate time!

Evening snack: Soba @ 5:00 p.m.

Ginja/Ginjinha, Portuguese cherry liquor @ 5:15 p.m.