Sometimes on Saturdays, Marcio and I go to the Mercado Publico, where we have perfected the art of eating lunch... Starting at Gambrinus, a seafood restaurant that has been serving up traditional dishes since 1886. I think. A famous local composer used to eat lunch here everyday, and his chair is still hanging on the wall inside.
The fish is so good! We always order congo or linguado, one of which is trout or flounder. It comes with a side dish of potato salad made with salted cod (bacalhau) and the most amazing crusty bread rolls ever (cervejinhas). Together with a chopp beer (unpasteurized), this is the perfect lunch. I'm putting the pictures here so that next year when I am living in San Antonio I can look back and drool over them.
After lunch, we go get a cup of coffee at the Cafe do Mercado. They roast beans from all over Brazil, and they make the best mocha in the world. It has actual melted chocolate inside! Notice that what we call the French Press, they call the Brazil Press! Which is weird because I've never seen any Brazilians make or serve coffee with this contraption.
The fish is so good! We always order congo or linguado, one of which is trout or flounder. It comes with a side dish of potato salad made with salted cod (bacalhau) and the most amazing crusty bread rolls ever (cervejinhas). Together with a chopp beer (unpasteurized), this is the perfect lunch. I'm putting the pictures here so that next year when I am living in San Antonio I can look back and drool over them.
After lunch, we go get a cup of coffee at the Cafe do Mercado. They roast beans from all over Brazil, and they make the best mocha in the world. It has actual melted chocolate inside! Notice that what we call the French Press, they call the Brazil Press! Which is weird because I've never seen any Brazilians make or serve coffee with this contraption.
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