Comments by "Module 79L" (@module79l28) on "Spain Speaks " channel.

  1. The potatoes that came with the cod have a funny name in Portuguese: "batatas a murro". It means "punched potatoes" because they're literally punched after coming out of the oven. 😄 I don't know if you noticed but the Maria cookies in the dessert are soaked in coffee. At least that's how the traditional "Doce da Casa" is made.
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  2. Rice with everything is more of a big city touristy thing, which unfortunately created that stereotype. Places like these know what goes with what and rice definitely doesn't go with BBQ chicken.
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  3. The thing about barbeque chicken in Portugal is that you can find hundreds of places like these all over the country. It's hard to say which one has the most amazing chicken because they're all pretty much on the same level. There's no secret to it, BBQ chicken is so easy and simple to make that it's very hard to mess up. 🙂
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  4. I can tell you that for the past 2 months the water temperature has been on par or higher than the air temperature in the majority of the west coast, despite the unusual warm temperatures that we've been having during these two months (only the highs, the lows have been relatively normal for the season). Unfortunately, both are a consequence of the climate changes we're experiencing.
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  5. Nor forgotten, it's just not interested in being full of tourists like Óbidos and some other cities/towns in the area.
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  6. It was cheap for a 3 course meal with starters and dessert but honestly, no one here in Portugal eats meals like these. A normal meal for two people there probably wouldn't even cost 30€.
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  7. If you usually go to the big city touristy places, you probably will get a simple lettuce and carrot or lettuce and tomato salad. In the "countryside", salads have always been like in the video since I can remember and I'm 59.
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  8.  @carmenfernandez5234  - Here in Portugal it's the opposite.
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  9. For us it's a bit high for a normal meal but that's because no one here eats a three dish meal. 😅
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  10. "Batatas a murro" always have the skin on, those are just normal roasted potatoes. Too expensive for most wallets, you can eat the same amount of food and repeat as many times as you like for 12€ a person in Torres Novas (drinks and coffee included).
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  11. Funny, I pass quite often in that street and I've never noticed there's a restaurant there.
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