car converted into a restaurant that stays open until 4 a.m. If you
are familiar with Portuguese cooking, salted cod is a staple that is
prepared 1,001 different ways. This dish is called "bacalhau (salted
cod) Gomes de sa" and it also has sliced potatoes, hard boiled eggs, caramelized onions,
olive oil and parsley. Although it was deelish, I daresay I had the
best meal at the table.
The entire trip was full of zany adventures, to put it lightly. We
walked an hour through Chinatown and Little Italy to find our favorite
palmiers. Then we realized $2 would get us around on the city
bus...seated, not walking!!!! While riding the BART, Tia Anita clawed
(literally) Tia Teresa's arm off when she thought she was going to
fall. Tia Teresa thought she had a homeless man attacking her. And
then there was the inside joke about "Hello Kitty" undies that got a
little out of hand.
For those of you who think I'm eccentric, you haven't met my family.
Or is it just my aunts?
Guy Fieri at Grubstake Diner
Excellent palmiers and cannolis and decent espresso. But worth walking uphill?
Linguica and bread as an appetizer. I am very picky about my linguica (as any good Portuguese girl should) and it was top notch. I'm sure the owner, since he's from Lisbon, has a good supplier.
Upon entering any home in the Azores, a robust (more like ro-butt) woman will insist you drink a "Cerveza, Angelique or 7-up." If you insult her and say, "No, gracias, senora" she will ask you again, as if you didn't hear her. When you insult her even further and say, "Agua por favor," she will go in her kitchen and come back with a cold Sagres. This is how it works and you pretty much know she won't listen to you. It's good manners.
Portuguese white table wine called "Vinho Verde" and literally means "green wine." I know. Weird. However, it's a nice substitute for beer on a hot day and it tastes a lot like Coppola's Bianco. Normally, Tia Anita turns her nose up at white wine, but she loves this bad boy. Of course, according to her husband, if there was a piece of $%@#* with a Portuguese flag stuck in it, she'd buy it for her curio.
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