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Friday, August 1, 2014

TASTES OF PORTUGAL

Category: Eat


Portuguese cuisine is in fact simple and quite healthy - it's mainly based on d various seafood (all kinds of fish, shells, crustaceans and other wonderful ocean stuff). D most popular fish is definitely cod-fish, they eat it in numerous forms and it's widely available there. What I also noticed is they don't eat meet that much, especially chicken and turkey r rarely found on d menus. You can encounter pork (especially different type of sausages) or Brazilian beef. They r also proud of their high quality olive oils and wines. Porto would probably be d most recognized wine (in fact it's almost a liqueur how sweet and strong it is). Deserts r also quite popular, especially lovely little pastries filled with sweet cream and cinnamon (sth between Yorkshire pudding and Croatian "rožata"). They commonly eat dinner later @ night and food/drinks r quite affordable so this is a great destination 4 all fans of fine wining n' dining. 

Here r some wonderful stuff I had a privilege 2 try during d recent visit: 

1. COD-FISH

                Cod-fish in various forms: boiled- 9/10             fried - 8/10

                           packed in pastry - 9/10                            polpetti - 6/10

2. OTHER SEAFOOD 

                            Grilled octopus - 11/10 !                          Oysters - 7/10

                                Clams - 8/10                              Marinated shrimps - 9/10
                            
                               Tuna sticks - 8/10               Tuna stake in porto sauce - 9/10
                           
                                 Flatfish - 8/10                                Seafood soup - 8/10

MEAT
                         
                            Brazilian beef - 9/10            Pasta putanesca with chicken - 7/10

STARTERS 

                     
                        Fish pate with olives - 8/10                 Goat cheese - 8/10 

 VEGE STUFF
                           
                            Tomato quiche - 8/10    Spinach, goat cheese and grapes salad-7/10

DESERTS


                            Traditional pastry - 8/10           3 type chocolate cake - 9/10

DRINKS

                                Red Porto - 8/10                      White Porto - 7/10

White Sangria - 9/10


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