francesinha

at Francesinha na Baixa festival, Oporto.

Francesinha na Baixa it's a gastronomic festival dedicated to francesinha (literally 'little french girl'), one of the most typical dishes in Oporto - a sort of hot meat/ham/sausage sandwich with cheese and special spicy sauce, served with french fries. And, of course, beer. Ten days of greasy goodness! More next year.

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O Francesinha na Baixa é um festival gastronómico dedicado, tal como o nome indica, à francesinha, um dos pratos mais típicos do Porto - ainda que possa não ter experimentado, penso que qualquer português saberá do que se trata: uma espécie de sandwich quente com carnes, enchidos, queijo e um molho especial, servido com batata frita (para os mais corajosos, também com um ovo 'a cavalo'!) e acompanhada com cerveja. Pelo segundo ano consecutivo, foram 10 dias dedicados a esta maravilha gordurosa. Há mais para o ano!

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05/08

Diana Baby Gold Edition 110 camera; bento box & cutlery, by MonBento; Shis, at Praia do Ourigo, Foz; potato flour and pastry cream cake, recipe available at Flagrante Delícia (portuguese only).

My birthday - presents, dinner by the sea and cake!

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O meu aniversário - presentes, jantar à beira-mar e bolo!

Flagrante Delícia ♥

Flagrante delícia is portuguese for blazing delight. And is the title of my favorite desert blog, 'baked' by the wonderful Leonor de Sousa Bastos (who has an exquisite taste for poetry) and capture by Miguel Coelho. Click for the portuguese or the english version.

I've been using her recipes for a while and they never disappoint me. Last week I've tried these delicious pieces of heaven... (obviously these are my photos...don't forget to check the 'real deal'!) 

Muffins de limão e sementes de papoila ~ Lemon and poppy seeds muffins'

Areias de Cascais (little biscuits for tea, coffee...or any time of the day)

Queques rápidos de iogurte ~ Quick yogurt muffins

I'm sorry, but I haven't find the english version for Areias de Cascais and quick yogurt muffins...I think they aren't available yet.

Oh, rainy London...

we had ice cream and there were tiny footprints in the warm sand ♥

I'll really try hard to do a decent non-photo post next time...It's just I still addicted to Instagram!

this weekend we went to the capital.

food, friends and thunderstorm.

Pastel mint & pretty pink

I'm usually Saint Valentine's "grinch" but today I made lovely mini red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting to my friends. They are really easy to make and even easier to eat...find out here how to bake them!

Also, I painted my nails in my current favorite color, pastel mint, and listen to Lana Del Rey on my iPod all day long.