Category: Portuguese Cuisine

Beer & Wine, Home, Portuguese Cuisine, Seasonal

Há Caracóis! (We have snails)

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The season of snails has come to Portugal. Everyone hangs out and enjoy caracóis e imperial (snails & draft beer) at the table outside. So we did too late afternoon on Sunday. When we tried them last summer I really couldn’t take it because they look just like snails. This time I really didn’t enjoy but it tasted better. I just wanna do as Portuguese people do 😛

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Breakfast @ 8:20 a.m.

Lunch: Canned Sardine & Avocado Pasta + Vinho Verde @ 12:30 p.m.

Nespresso

Beer & Wine, Portuguese Cuisine, Restaurant/Take Away/Delivery, Travel

Seafood Lunch in Costa Nova – Day 2 in Aveiro

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Breakfast buffet @ 7:30 a.m. Apparently we are only guests today.

Walking around the park for 30 minutes

Took a bus for 30 minutes to Costa Nova

Colorful and stripped houses are so pretty

After checking all the restaurants on the main street, we settled in one with the famous eel dish for a better price

Starting with Sapateira (crab) and drink. He had a draft beer and I had a half bottle of vinho verde.

It’s very rare to see a dog not behaved well like this in Portugal.

This is what we wanted to try. “Caldeirada de Enguias,” a pot of eel stew. It looks intimidating but tastes very good. Eel is so fluffy and flavorful.

The dog was cute and curious. After dessert and cafe, total was 63.70€.

Back to hotel room, took a rest and walked a bit in town. In the evening we took an easy like drinking tea and watching TV in the hotel. We are so used to live without having dinner. Less opportunity to enjoy food. Kind of sad but feels healthier.

Portuguese Cuisine, Restaurant/Take Away/Delivery, Sweet & Coffee, Travel

Ovos Moles & Gondola Tour – Day 1 in Aveiro

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Arrived in Aveiro 12:10 p.m. First, we went to a restaurant on his list but had to wait for 2 hours without a reservation. So tried a restaurant my friend recommends. Steak and white wine were very good.

Next we had ice cream and famous sweet, Ovos Moles in Aveiro

After check in the hotel, we took a Gondola Tour, 45 minutes, 13 per person

Wandered in town, had more wine and ended up at Salt Pond.

Home, Portuguese Cuisine

Bacalhau com Natas & Sardinha Avocate Don

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Lunch: Bacalhau com Natas (Creamed salted cod), salad, Alentejo chardonnay @ 1:45 p.m.

Sardinha Avocate Don @ 2:50 p.m.

Simply heat up canned sardine with ginger, garlic and a little bit soy sauce then add avocado. Yummy 🙂

Still hungry @ 7:00 p.m.

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Breakfast: Easy apple pie, coffee @ 8:30 a.m.

Brunch: Smoked salmon, avocado, cream cheese sandwich, chardonnay @ 11:00 a.m.

Beer & Wine, Home, Portuguese Cuisine

Frango Panado (Portuguese Chicken Katsu)

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Wine tasting & snacking @ 11:00 a.m., I love a couple of Freixo reds and chardonnay, so why not try Freixo Chardonnay (11€) !? To be honest, it’s good but my expectation was too great to exceed…Or maybe there are too many good and cheaper wines in Portugal. Or Chardonnay was my favorite white in California but Encruzado and Verdelho are my new favorite here in Portugal.

Lunch: Frango Panado with salad @ 1:10 p.m. At first round I enjoyed the chicken simply with salt and lemon.

Second round: Japanese style, with rice, tonkatsu sauce and some green

In the afternoon, we walked to Saldanha area to get some Japanese grocery.

Dashi soy sauce, shredded nori, ramen, green tea soba, dogtooth violet starch, total 23.41€, Japanese grocery is much more expensive with much less variety comparing to Los Angeles. What I miss most about life in LA is 1) Asian food and 2) Driving (surprisingly!)

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Breakfast: Pão de deus, leftover french toast, strawberries, coffee @ 7:15 a.m.

His second breakfast: Cheese & chouriço sandwich