I came across this wonderful Portuguese food shop quite by accident the other day when Nog & I were out for a walk and made a special trip back on Friday because I was told they have fresh Portuguese bread brought in that day. Memories of Lisbon and Tavira came flooding back after making a simple lunch of crusty bread, a selection of cheeses, black olive paste and salad.
Actually, that’s the typical starter in most Portuguese restaurants. I swear I could almost live on bread & cheese alone. Well, with a nice wine and some sort of fresh veg. But they just don’t have good bread in Sevilla. I can’t remember what it was like when I lived in Salamanca, but in Barcelona the bread has a lot more character and flavour. Maybe it’s an Andalusian thing? White “cotton wool” tasteless pap with a pale and very uncrusty crust. Bleh.
You can see more photos below (including lunch!) …
[also posted on azahar’s Sevilla]
wine & beer
oils, vinegars and preserves
cheese & bread
bread & cheese with black olive paste and salad
casa azahar 
nice pictures… I really enjoyed the seafood when I visited Portugal. I remember grilled sardines – yum – and squid on a stick and grilled freshly caught fish in Peniche
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Bread and cheese eh, you and mrs bb. the bread (and variety) in Norway is outstaning!
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I’m traveling on the train, to the farmer’s market, for my fresh bread fix in the morning.
Acme Bread Company, which is located in the bay area, makes the most crunchy, crusty sweet epi loaf I’ve ever had! Considering I’m close to San Francisco, the ‘home’ of sourdough, I’d better try some of that soon.
Rats, now I’ll never get to sleep! 😉
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I never had squid onna stick! Though I know I’ll be having sardines when I go to Málaga, mister anchovy.
I’m surprised the bread selection in Norway is so outstanding, BB. I wonder why?
Yes, you must have SF sourdough bread, SC.
The Portuguese loaf is almost gone. It makes rather fabulous toast too, so that was a late night snack after coming home from an impromptu 2-hour walking tour of the old centre of town, complete with poetry and tall tales. It was actually quite fun and also unusual to be out walking around after dark.
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Very nice pics
I must agree with Mister Anchovy, the seafood is not to be missed, try a stuffed crab (sapateira) or black mussels (ameijoa preta) and you will get the picture.
For seafood, if you want a stunning wine, try Joao Pires (that is a white) for about 9-12 Euro, if not in the mood for wine, the beers like Sagres or SuperBock will do fine still.
For meat, the wine I would recommend would be Esporao, or a Dao (region)
Great Blog, keep up the good work!
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