Most of my LJ friends aren’t Portuguese and i find that you know very little about my country. It’s sad because it’s a lovely little country with the best food and wines you can wish for, beautiful sea side( I’ve posted before about it http://zauza.livejournal.com/tag/beach , and some more food http://zauza.livejournal.com/tag/rice+with+octopus.)

http://www.flickr.com/groups/postaisilustrados/discuss/72157600024949657/
I found this link while browsing and i thought it was funny, if you want to have an idea of what you can find to eat around here, it’s someones blog and she challenged people to post pictures of typical Portuguese food, some of the pictures where posted by people that came here for tourism!

If you ever come to Portugal, there are 4 things you must try :

Caldo Verde

Bacalhau

Pastéis de Nata

Bica

Caldo verde ( green soup) is the best soup in the world

Don’t be fooled by the way it looks, it is delicious ( specially at 3 in the morning after a night drinking and partying, lol and if you add to this a very nice and hot “Pão com Chouriço( bread with pork sausage)…hmm, yummy)

Bacalhau,(codfish)well we here say that there are at least 365 ways of cooking Bacalhau! And that means that you can eat it every day of the year without eating the same recipe twice…lol! I love it!

Pateis de Bacalhau( Codfish cakes)

Every time my friend Izumi comes to Portugal this is the first thing she asks for at a restaurant.( Bacalhau á Bráz) It’s my favorite too, and so easy to cook)

Pastéis de nata or Pasteis de Belém( Portuguese custard cakes) ( if you are lucky to know someone that takes you to eat the genuine thing, because Pastéis de nata you can find everywhere but the Pastéis de Belem are unique and there is only one place where you can find them and they are sooooooooo amazing that the recipe it’s one of the best well kept secrets in our history)

Bica( it’s a small ,strong coffee, much like an espresso and you find it at any snack bar, coffee shop, restaurant..i mean every where, we are absolutely addicted to this)

If it doesn’t bother you i will from time to time post some more stuff about Lisbon and Portugal and our food.