Category: Grocery/Bakery

Beer & Wine, Cheese, Grocery/Bakery

Grocery Shopping @ Mercado & Mercearia

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I went to Mercado 31 de Janeiro, a traditional market in Lisbon.

A good place to buy fresh fruits and seafood. Of course Portuguese cheese and wine too.

Today I didn’t go to a supermarket but shopped all grocery @ mercado and mercearia (little grocery store).

Cod egg & shrimp from mercado

Lunch: Queijo fresco (fresh cheese), olive, bread, strawberries, leitão (roasted pork), wine @ 12:10 p.m., This Dão white wine has a clean taste. Everything else tasted so good.

I was taught at a fish market that Portugueses either boiled or grill cod eggs, so I grilled. It tasted good without any seasoning but better with a little bit salt or soy sauce.

Portuguese shrimp pasta seasoned with garlic, butter & lemon

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Breakfast: Vegan pancakes with pistachio cream, coffee @ 6:45 a.m.

Grocery/Bakery, Home

A Walk to the Viewpoint on A Beautiful Day

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We live close enough to walk here and have been this park so many times but it was the first time to climb all the way up here on the viewpoint this afternoon.

It was a perfect day to take a walk and get relaxed a bit. It’s prohibited to hang out in the park but walking through is enough to breathe fresh air and get refreshed inside out.

Purchased bread, chocolate and cherry tomatoes at the grocery store near-by.

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Breakfast: Bolo de caco with pistachio cream, melon, coffee @ 7:10 a.m.

I go to Lavandaria (self-service) to use a dryer especially for sheets and towels. In Lisbon it’s very humid and rainy in winter. Not common to have a dryer at home either.

First time to buy breads from a bakery on the way to grocery shopping. It’s a tiny place and there are always 3-4 people waiting outside, so I was interested. It’s very cheep like 0.78€ for 4 good-size bread but I am not a big fan of it. I enjoyed it with Sardine pate and wine anyway…@ 10:45 a.m.

Lunch: Shio-koji sauteed pork, cabbage, rice, wine @ 1:00 p.m.

Followed by Italian snack

After the walking I finished pate with Bola de mistura (brown bread) and wine @ 4:30 p.m. I like this bread much better than one (carcaças) I had in the morning.
Grocery/Bakery, Home, Restaurant/Take Away/Delivery

Tamboril (Monkfish) & Coelho (Rabbit)

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We have been here for lunch several times and I find something I am interested to try on the facebook page today.

Takeaway lunch: Coelho à Caçador (Hunter style rabbit), Arroz de Tamboril (Monkfish rice), Sopa de cenoura cremosa (Creamy carrot soup) 15.40€ @ 12:50 p.m.

I like Monkfish rice but am not a fan of rabbit. It tastes a little bit gamey for me. The meat (front in picture) is liver.

Late afternoon some grocery & dessert I ordered a couple days ago was delivered (Remi, Italian Cafe)

Cannoli classic (3.50€) & Paris Brest Pistachio (4€)

Dessert @ 5:30 p.m.: Cannoli is crunchy and nice, but the filling is a bit too sweet for me. I really liked Paris Brest, cheese filling with raspberry, white chocolate and pistachio.

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Breakfast: French toast with Nutella cream, coffee @ 7:40 a.m., Soup, chips, wine @ 10:50 a.m.
Grocery/Bakery, Home

Oven Roasted Stuffed Fish

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I went to a supermarket. When I was thinking what fish to buy in front of seafood section, a store attendant greeted, “Olá bom dia!” I said, “Não sei qual eu queria comprar. (I don’t know what I want.)” Then she recommend this stuffed fish and said, “É muito bom! (It’s very good!)” First I was not sure, but why not! I could try and trust. She said something like “Add salt & pepper, then put in the oven and enjoy with wine wine.” It was all Portuguese, so I understood “mais ou menos (more or less/so so).”

It was actually a good idea to buy a ready-to-cook fish. Easy and quick! Roasted in the oven for 25 minutes.

Appetizer: Avocado salad, Spanish cheese, canned octopus, vinho verde @ 12:50 p.m. We ate and drank while enjoying the jigsaw puzzle.

Mini folhados Alheira de caça (Portuguese bread sausage puff). Again it’s easy to bake.

Shoot! I forgot to take a picture of the fish out of oven…It was beautiful…

It was very good. Since the fish itself tastes very light and bland, bacon gives a flavor with freshness of cilantro & lemon. @ 2:10 p.m.

Dessert: Tarte de Amêndoa @ 2:40 p.m.

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I slept in this morning till 7 a.m. and had a breakfast (yogurt, bolo de laranja, coffee) @ 8:00 a.m.

Finally!!! It’s a beautiful scenery of Porto. It took us 5 days.
Grocery/Bakery, Home, Sweet & Coffee

Japanese Food & Pistachio Bolo Rainha

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We went shopping for his clothes and food for the new year weekend.

Soba & more from Goyo-ya

Pistachio Bolo Rainha & Fancy Croissants

Duck Confit for new year’s eve

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Breakfast: Omelette, broccolini, bread, coffee @ 8:40 a.m.

Quick lunch: Instant pizza @ 12:30 p.m.

Late lunch: Miso soup & Origiri @ 4:40 p.m.

Dessert & Tea @ 5:00 p.m.
Cheese, Grocery/Bakery, Home, Seasonal, Sweet & Coffee

Another Pick-up @ Italian Grocery

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Breakfast: Bolo Rei, bolo de chocolate, coffee @ 8:30 a.m. Second breakfast: Soup, apple @ 10:40 a.m.

20 minutes walk to pick up an order at a little Italian place

They have so many good stuff

5 kinds of cake bars, two kinds of cheese, guanciale, total 25€

Lunch: Pork cheek curry rice, burrata salad @ 1:15 p.m.

Dessert: Carrot, salted caramel, pistachio @ 2:40 p.m.
Beer & Wine, Cheese, Grocery/Bakery, Home, Seasonal

Shopping Portuguese Grocery for Christmas

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Breakfast: Chocolate & berry roll, orange, coffee @ 7:30 a.m.

Presunto, cheese, olive oil, bacalhau pate, green tea from a local grocery store that deals products only made in Portugal

A vinho verde (green wine) that I will try for the first time

Sonhos (Portuguese doughnut with cinnamon) from A Padaria Portuguesa

Milk soup @ 11:45 a.m.

Late lunch: Salad, leftover pasta & chicken, white wine @ 2:30 p.m.
Grocery/Bakery, Home

A Traditional Market in Lisbon

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This morning I went to a traditional market, Mercado de Arroios in Lisbon to buy pork cheek (bochechas) and bread.

Our favorite bread, Trigo (3€) from Padaria Terra Pão. It’s just out of oven and rock hard outside but fluffy and a bit chewy inside. The best part is you can taste and smell wheat (trigo). We never can go back to a-mass-produced-bread…

Second breakfast: Cabbage soup, Trigo bread & Açores butter @ 11:00 a.m.

Snack: Salmon & mushroom pasta, chips, red wine @ 12:45 p.m.

Spontaneously bought skewered beef with bacon, chouriço and bell pepper (7€), which is a great deal. The funny part was Q & A about this product between the butcher and me that made me realized a huge cultural difference between Portugal and US.

I: “How long does it stay good?”
B: “Oh, it stays good for a long time.”
I: “Like two or three…(I was gonna say ‘weeks’)”
B: “Sure, it will be good for two or three days!”
I: “(oh wow, a few days means a long time for them…) How about a week?”
B: “Mmmm, more or less…(It seems he doesn’t recommend)”

In the end, we had it on the same day of purchase 😛

Late lunch: Beef kebab, salmon & mushroom pasta, red wine @ 3:10 p.m. It was so good! I think it would be better if I cook less time (5 min in oven or just grilled on pan).