In any city, locals are your key to a good time. Nick, our delivery skipper for Xtra-Link, knows a local girl named Adriana. So instead of just the two of them getting together, he invited all of us along for supper. The restaurant was Adriana’s suggestion and called Porçao. This is an upmarket buffet type restaurant, but its focus is meat!
The idea is pretty simple. If you want meat you flip a card next to your plate to “Sim” (Yes in green) which tells the waiters that you want more meat. Each waiter has a different piece of meat on a skewer (sometimes more pieces cooked to various degrees) and cuts it off as you desire. You are also issued a small picture of where the various piece of meat come off the animal (mostly beef), so if you’re Portuguese is non-existent you can still get what you want. Once you feel you plate is full enough, or can’t keep up with the pace of new meat, you flip your card to “Nâo” (No in red).
As Hans is a vegetarian the thought of going to a steakhouse was a bit of a problem, but their fish is good too (at least that is what I gather from Hans as he didn’t complain).
To make sure I got a bit of a balanced intake I set off to the table containing greens. There is quite a selection including sushi to choose from. I came back with cheese, sushi, tomato, some salad and (this is where I failed) salami :) At least I tried to make my mom proud.
While walking out, we saw their whiskey bar. It appears that you buy your own bottle and drink it when you feel like. It looks like Johnny Walker is quite popular here.
The collection of Johnny Walker Red & Black label, with what appears to be people’s names on them.
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