October 1, 2009

It is October and we are still having unseasonally warm weather...we will just keep enjoying it until the chilly and I'm told damp weather begins.

Last night Mike and I went driving, looking for a chicken (frango) place that everyone told us is really good and an excellent place for take-out when you don't feel like cooking after a long day at work. We "thought" we knew where it was...but after driving the same streets for awhile we called a friend and got directions...and yes, we had passed it several time. We just didn't know to look for the place with the red awning. The next challenge was finding a parking place. You have to understand what that is like during the evening rush when the Portugese are going home and always seem to be stopping off for a loaf of bread or some vegetables at the (mercado) market. Picture this...narrow two way streets with cars parked and double parked on either side. The dilemma is, do we try for a real parking space and take the chance of getting hemmed in by a double parker or do we join the double parking craze and worry about getting hit by a passing car or yelled at by an irrate parker who is hemmed in...decisons, decisons!

...we decided to find a real parking space and take our chances. We lucked out, found a space not too far from the red awning chicken place and went in. Now came ordering...we were taking it home for the four of us...so how many kilos is that? Yes, you order the take out chicken in kilos.
We ended up ordering 1.3 kilos ( I'm not sure we knew how much we were ordering). As it turned out it was enough for supper plus several pieces left over for today's lunch. The chicken was cooked over a wood fired flame...it was so good. On the way home with our chicken and a fresh loaf of bread we saw several available parking spaces... with parking at such a premium we hated passing up those spaces even though we had no desire to park. Such is the way with supply and demand I guess.

Now we know where the red awning chicken place is and I have no doubt we will be frequenting it again soon.

N