Day 4 and I am dying for a nice dish of pasta. I've been trying to eat the local food as much as possible.
I don't hate the food here but I have not had anything worth writing about yet.
The Alentejo region is known for something called black pig. The pigs eat acorns grown around the cork trees. When in Rome and all so I ordered some last night at dinner. Served on a marble plate, it looked like this
This is not the traditional preparation but uses all the local ingredients including acorn. Those larger round chunks are the black pig.
Verdict: it was ok. A bit too salty for me.
The desserts have been very good. This is something they call "orange tree deconstruction."
Everything in the picture is made from oranges. Those things that look like balls of ice cream are actually a very doughy cake.
Here is a plate of octopus salad.
I've also had various port wines including a white one. You drink that one before dinner. Who knew? Tonight's dinner is supposed to be exceptional so I'm looking forward to that.
I don't hate the food here but I have not had anything worth writing about yet.
The Alentejo region is known for something called black pig. The pigs eat acorns grown around the cork trees. When in Rome and all so I ordered some last night at dinner. Served on a marble plate, it looked like this
This is not the traditional preparation but uses all the local ingredients including acorn. Those larger round chunks are the black pig.
Verdict: it was ok. A bit too salty for me.
The desserts have been very good. This is something they call "orange tree deconstruction."
Everything in the picture is made from oranges. Those things that look like balls of ice cream are actually a very doughy cake.
Here is a plate of octopus salad.
I've also had various port wines including a white one. You drink that one before dinner. Who knew? Tonight's dinner is supposed to be exceptional so I'm looking forward to that.
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