Lisbon Food!

Today was all about food! (and trams, and buildings, and...)

We started with a tram ride

And saw some interesting things along the way

Iconic Cream Custard Tarts

Monument to the fall of the dictatorship and the rise of democracy

Aquaduct

 Back to the LXFactory Cantina for lunch, and more vinho verde

Meatloaf with scrambled eggs in the middle

Duck leg

 Other choices were beet risotto and mackerel. We saw more street art

Joy at Work

A Bee -  More garbage art

We went East, and saw some of the riverfront (you can just make out the bridge in the distance

Skyway

Aquarium ticket center

River walk

Longest bridge in Europe

 Then, to Two Crows for craft beer!

Yum!

More interesting buildings

Our stop for pork and cheese sandwiches

With more vinho verde, and my first try of piri-piri sauce (hot hot hot!)

Church ruins

 To the elevator!

Elevator

With views from on high

Aaaaand, ice cream!

Heading home, more buildings

And the christ statue from the bridge

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Lisbon information:
The christ statue in Lisbon was built long after the Corcovado in Brasil. It and the bridge (from the Golden Gate Bridge) are homages.

The cod we had yesterday is known as bacalhau - the fresh cod is smoked and salted to preserve it; to cook it, you have to soak it in fresh water, changed often, for several days - this removes a lot of salt and reconstitutes the fish. If you're in a hurry, you can buy the reconstituted fish frozen. You can have pataniscas, cod cakes without potatoes, so they end up thinner than with.

The pork we had is porco peto, a black hog that is protected via DOP (a designation of authenticity, like wines and cheeses have). In Spain, this hog is known as cerdo ibérico, and the cured ham is patanegra.

An espresso, or bica, in a neighborhood cafe in Lisbon is about 70 cents. "Bica" has several meanings - it's a neighborhood, it's a spigot, and it's an espresso. The legend is that BICA stands for: "beba isto com açucar" - drink this with sugar.

A typical 2 bedroom apartment in an average neighborhood will rent for 750€.
Minimum wage is 580€, and the average is about 900€.

Lisbon symbols:
Crows, even though they are rarely seen.
Saint Vincent is the patron saint
Rooster, an informal symbol, related to a legend

See more photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/HGXyIHIHJwxG0HPh2