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Meetup with My Classmates

November 30, 2020December 1, 2020 myeverydayeats

We’ve been taking Portuguese class online for several months together and finally saw each other in person for coffee @ 11:00 a.m.

Pastel de bacalhau (salted cod croquette) and risole de camarão (shrimp dumpling)

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Breakfast: Ladyfingers, dark chocolate, coffee, apple @ 7:45 a.m.

Second breakfast: Portuguese duck rice (Arroz de pato) @ 8:15 a.m.

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I Made Pasteis de Bacalhau for the First Time

November 29, 2020 myeverydayeats

My Portuguese teacher shared a recipe of Pasteis de Bacalhau and we learned cooking vocabularies. The recipe is pretty simple so why not trying since it’s usually difficult to get freshly made ones at restaurants.

Ingredients: potatoes, bacalhau (dried salted cod), eggs, onion, garlic, cilantro, salt, pepper, cooking oil

Basically mix them all, shape with two spoons and deep fried.

Lunch: Pasteis de Bacalhau, arroz de tomate, salada @ 1:30 p.m.

It was good for the first time but one thing I could’ve done better is how to desalt bacalhau. I soaked it in the water too long. The bacalhau has lost sufficient salt and flavor 😦

Sweet and a bit sour from cheese or yogurt

There is not much chocolate I expected in the big box…but it’s only 4.49€. I understand.

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Breakfast: French Toast + coffee @ 8:30 a.m.

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Stay Home after 1pm on Weekends

November 21, 2020November 26, 2020 myeverydayeats

Breakfast: Instant Yakisoba @ 7:45 a.m. Suddenly I wanted something junky.

Lunch: Simple salmon, spinach, rice + red wine @ 1:00 p.m.

I made easy Tiramisu. Ingredients are only mascarpone, ladyfinger, coffee and sugar.

Evening snack: Bread with sardine pate + red wine @ 6:45 p.m.

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Thai Food & Pasteis de Nata

November 19, 2020November 26, 2020 myeverydayeats

I took a longer walk to the center of Lisbon to pick up lunch and pasteis de nata.

I was going to take out but was too hungry to hold.

This Thai place has best reviews in Lisbon.

Lunch Set x 2: Pad Thai, Khao Pad Tom Yum (egg roll & rice cracker included)

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Lunch @ Calçada 28

December 5, 2019December 6, 2019 myeverydayeats

Dessert: Mousse de chocolate e Tarte de amendoa, this Almond tarte goes well with red wine since it’s not sweet but nutty and earthy.

Of course we had a cup of coffee as well. Today, we talked a bit more with the gentleman who is always nice to us. He doesn’t speak English at all but he informed us about the holiday schedule and drawing for 2€ possibly to win a huge bacalhau or gift package. Hoping we will not win a bachalhau (salted cod fish because I don’t know what to do with it).

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Sobremesas @ Pirata

December 3, 2019December 6, 2019 myeverydayeats

Second Breakfast, Lunch is the same but with a chicken thigh.

Bought a half bottle to try Ah-so opener and glasses, but it was a disaster. Cork was too small and I pushed it in the bottle and made splashes everywhere 😦

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Portuguese Tapas Night At Home

November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 myeverydayeats

We were taking easy and enjoying wine and tapas this evening. Starting @ 5:30pm. Queijo Fresco and Presunto (fresh cheese and prosciutto)

Fresh cheese tastes mild and smooth like dessert. Not sweet but texture is like pudding. 5 or 6 pieces of prosciutto was 1€.

I was going to try a really cheap Portuguese wine between 1-2€, but I was not brave enough and chose one 5€ from Douro. Very smooth and easy to drink.

Sauteed Chouriço with garlic, onion and bell pepper. He loved this dish.

We tried Sardine Pate, a friend recommends

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Lunch @ Sabores Da Penha

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 myeverydayeats

He suggested to go to one of our favorites for lunch today. It’s located on top of hill but we need to go pick up the rest of our stuff at Airbnb nearby, so it was actually a great idea.

We ordered pratos do dia and two glass of wine, red for him and white for me. The lady asked us if “natural (room temperature)” is ok. I asked for “fresco (chilled)” instead. We understood almost everything she said and it was so smooth to choose side order. I was tearing because we knew nothing at the first time here.

Glasses are full of wine as always. Portuguese wine never disappoints us!

Mine: Tiras de chocos con arroz e salada 5€

His: Alheira con ovo 5€ (bread sausage under egg)

If they don’t have Doce da Casa, we would skip a dessert but they did! Happy!!! It’s interesting to taste Doce da Casa at all different restaurants. This one tastes more cream instead condensed milk.

Total: 15.10€ + 1€ tip

The gentleman in the counter thought I was Chinese and was so surprised when I told him I didn’t speak Chinese. Japanese is so minor in the world and I share a hurtful feeling when a Portuguese person is being confused with Spanish…

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My Dish Inspired by Arroz de Pato

November 28, 2019November 29, 2019 myeverydayeats

Second breakfast @ 8:50am, Internet was down since last night and waiting for Vodafone again.

Lunch @ 12:50pm, almost same thing with breakfast

I tried to cook something like Arroz de Pato (Duck rice), which tasted amazing at Casçada 28.

I used baked chicken instead of duck and add onion, garlic, bell pepper, olives, chorizo, tomato paste and bouillon.

It was not bad, but more chorizo and chicken would be better.

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The Best Doce Da Casa!

November 27, 2019November 29, 2019 myeverydayeats

A gentleman, looking like the boss or owner here asked us if we would like English menu, but I asked Portuguese. Then he brought this one.

I noticed that the menu didn’t include Today’s special so asked a lady to bring the other one everyone else had. Here it is! I feel a little bothered all good stuff and lower priced items are not available on the menu that we are initially provided. It happened at other places. I really want to stick with restaurants who don’t care about English but do business in only Portuguese 🙂

There is no lunch set here. We ordered a glass of wine anyway. Now we realize that price changes depending on a neighborhood, of course.

We want to try our favorite dessert, Doce da Casa, but they didn’t have one.

Total: 18.45€ including glass wine 1.10€ x2

It’s still a good deal for good quality of meal, but Calçada 28 is the best for overall. No one can beat their 8€ all inclusive lunch with 500ml amazing wine, dessert and cafe.

We are happy about the new apartment but definitely miss the neighborhood of Airbnb.

Good thing we still need to go there to move rest of our stuff. Then we saw a familiar face here at the snack bar and asked him if they had Doce da Casa. They did!

How gorgeous it is!!! It looks and tastes amazing. He says this is the best Doce da Casa among three of them we tried. I agree. Total 5.20€ (I assume 2€ for the dessert).

We should definitely come back this neighborhood often in the future.

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