Ok, so 15:00 in the afternoon really isn't a time to have lunch anymore, but since 21:00 isn't a weird time for dinner here, neither is late lunch a problem.
Now, this weekend I've been hanging around in the Amoreiras shopping mall. Partly because I needed some groceries and stuff, and partly just to make sure I get out of my hotel.
Now in the food court in this place there is a 'Milano pastelaria' where I found, apart from a charming waitress (not in picture), a very nice combimation of Milanese on Swedish bread (in picture). And I swear I spotted a couple of Pannacotta's moving around that I definitely want to try next time.
Since it would seem I will be here in Lisbon for a few more weeks, perhaps I'll make it my regular lunch spot. For the exercise, and the food, of course... ;-)
We've been trying to get our garden sorted. Nothing too fancy, but free from weeds would be a minimum. This we managed, at least for the short term, except for this little bugger.
It grows like a, well, weed, and we can't seem to get rid of it. Even the tiniest root-tip sprouts a new plant and after pulling them all, they're back within a week. They're also resistent to round-up, since they have no leaves.
Anyone got advice? We tried pulling, quartering, boiling, burning, poisoning and voodoo rituals.
So I have made the mistake of visiting a MacD twice, in the relatively short timespan of 6 weeks, but at geographically diverse locations (for the record, Lisbon, pt and Zurich, ch).
And the 'best' thing I have to say about it is that their quality is, indeed, consistent, where-ever you find them.
Both served me chewy, lukewarm, french fries, a soft drink that may have, at some time, been carbonated and a sandwhich that seemed a chemical byproduct from Union-Carbide.
So, while I seem to have difficulty in keeping to it, I, once again, vow to principally disregard MacD and chastise any one who suggests the name in the context of food.
