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Visiting a Friend

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Breakfast @ 6:40 a.m., Brunch @ 9:45 a.m, Lunch @ 12:30 p.m. He is off but we still got up very early and ate a lot in the morning till early afternoon.

I visited a friend at her place for the first time. It was a beautiful apartment and she decorates with a lot of plants. Time flies as usual when we chat. Discussed the project too.

We walked from her neighborhood to Chiado

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Yuzu Ratan Ramen @ Afuri

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Lunch with two girlfriends: Menu Executivo, drink, main, cafe 12€, I pick a glass of white wine to start.

Two orders of 8 pcs gyoza (8€ each), Very authentic. Very meaty.

Top to left: Yuzu Shio, Yuzu Ratan, Tonkotsu Tantan

I had Yuzu Ratan, spicy shoyu broth with yuzu flavor. It’s quite spicy for me but good 🙂

We order a bottle of Gradil Alvarinho (20€). I love it!!!

Dessert & Tea @ A Brasileira, This place was opened in 1905 and started selling a cup of cafe espresso. In Lisbon, cafe is called BICA standing for “Beba Isto Com Açúcar = Drink this with sugar.” We had the original BICA too.

We moved to a rooftop cafe to continue chatting…

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Vegetarian Lunch @ Oásis

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I got together with a friend for the first time after 3-month “lockdown” at a vegetarian restaurant. We shared a half bottle of white wine (6.50€). By the way, two ducks were wandering on the sidewalk. They probably reside in the park across the street.

Prato do Dia (today’s special): Tofu com legumes e cogumelos, Rolo belga, Seitan em molho de cenoura, Lasanha de beterraba. We both ordered Prato Misto with 2 choices of main (8.25€). I had rolo & seitan, she had tofu & lasanha. All of them were so tasty.

Sides were farro, salad and cole slaw. Food was good and service was nice. I would definitely come back soon!

On the way to next place, we found a cool bookstore/art gallery.

I have been curious about this store and finally took a look inside today. They have products from all over world by a fair trade and the store attendant/owner (?) was very nice.

Coffee time at this amazing place, you never know what’s inside from out side. After an hour we have to leave because they close at 4:00 p.m.

We kept talking in the park for 2.5 hours. Time flies when having fun.

Stopped by a favorite grocery store, where all the products are made in Portugal 🇵🇹

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Sake & Soba @ Friends’ House

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Invited to friends’ house: Starting with Sake, they brought from Japan. We love sake. Yay!

Japanese delicacies such as eel bone chips, nori, dried squid etc along with sake. Then we had soba, sangria, ham, cheese, Portuguese white wine, queijada, fruits, baked banana etc. It was a blast!

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Breakfast: Bolo de arroz, melon, coffee @ 7:45 a.m., brunch: Curry rice with egg @ 10:30 a.m.

Opening a box of truffles from Chocolataria Equador @ 11:00 a.m., So good 🙂

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Another Esplanada Meeting

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The friend, I met yesterday invited me to another meet-up with a new friend, she had known through SNS. I usually would say, “No thank you” but went to meet them since it was a great opportunity in many ways. I had never tried a restaurant/cafe in the Comercio Square because it’s a tourist spot. It was actually nice to see Tejo River from the spacious terrace (esplanada) with few people. At the same time it’s sad to see everywhere sort of empty…Spent 2 hours here.

I stopped by a favorite chocolataria and a Asian market, then walked home.

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Breakfast: Easy apple pie, coffee @ 7:30 a.m. I repeatedly make this recipe, so easy and so good.

Leftover pasta (so hungry couldn’t wait for lunch) @ 11:45 a.m., Lunch: Take out (chicken stroganoff for him, roasted pork for me + soup, wine, got stuffed and no room for dessert) @ 12:40 p.m.

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Tomar Cafe na Esplanada

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Meeting a new friend for the first time at cafe in a park. It’s not typical me but I have made several friends through online during the pandemic. I hit it off with some of them by regularly having “Zoom” meetings. We spent 2.5 hours in the terrace and I had strawberry lemonade, latte & cheesecake :p

We went to the supermarket at El Corte Ingles. She showed me all the good stuff. There was a wine specialist, Jorge who answers customer’s questions and suggests which wine would be good for them. I bought one bottle, I was looking for and another, he recommends. I really wanted to try empanadas (empadas in Portuguese) in the last photo, but my husband and I don’t eat in the evening, so I will wait for the next time.

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Breakfast: Bolo de chocolate, orange, coffee @ 7:40 a.m., Pizza bread with wine @ 10:50 a.m., Anchovy & garlic pasta @ 11:35 a.m.

It was not a good idea to open a bottle before a 30 minute walk to the park, but I couldn’t resist. This is an organic wine and it’s fairly good but not a wow factor.

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Meeting up with Friends in Belém

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Since yesterday restaurants could open to offer food and drinks at outside terrace (esplanadas) . Museums and monuments are now open as well. We met up with friends in Belem area. It was very nice to catch up with them and enjoy the breeze and sun.

Best & original pastéis de nata (Portuguese egg tart)! It’s called ‘Pastéis de Belém.’

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Bola de Berlim & Rolo de canela @ 7:40 a.m., Hawaiian breakfast @ 11:30 a.m., Lunch @ 12:40 p.m.

Picking up ‘Lisboa Viva’ card at Marques de Pombal

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Spending a day in a hotel…

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Breakfast: Bola de Berlim, apple, coffee @ 6:40 a.m., Instant noodle with egg @ 8:30 a.m.

Since a contractor/plumbers work in our bathroom all day, the landlord reserves a hotel room for us. He chose to stay home and I took the offer. It was perfect to get relaxed alone.

I went back to home to feed him and myself @ 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Spent the afternoon in the hotel. Yay, it has a tub!

I went back home and enjoyed beer & chips. It was such a guilty pleasure @ 6:10 p.m.