Welcome to our channel we are Tina and Norm and we talk all things retirement some travel
and a lot about - Portugal these days and today we're going to talk about Portuguese food for
you to try in The Algarve and we're going to tell you some of our favourite things aren't we Norm - We
are Tina because when we go to The Algarve it's normally in the winter time and we're there for
a month or two and there are some things that we like to buy in the grocery stores to make our
time there even happier - That's true and one of my favourites to go as you know we love
coffee so one of my favorites is buying the half and half
cream which is packaged very differently in The Algarve they're in little tiny cartons - Individual portions
- So instead of buying a big carton you get these little ones which is actually really nice because
I just pop one in my coffee and that's one of my favourites - So it's a package of 10 of these little
containers and you find them in the refrigerated area where the dairy is but it took us the longest
time to find Tina her half and half because I drink coffee black - Yeah it took a lot of
hunting to find that didn't it - It did and you can get these at Continente and you can also get them
at Aldi as well (yeah) sometimes when we're out travelling when we get back to the apartment a
little later it's nice just to be able to have something like a frozen dinner that you can
pop in the microwave possibly and we found that Inter Marche they sell probably the best frozen
Bacalhau fish pie it's basically salt cod in a pie it's a national dish of Portugal
and we find it's the best one - It's absolutely delicious isn't it and really you're getting your
own version of one of the main dishes that's done in a lot of the restaurants isn't it - It is but
it's almost better than take out because you can have it in your freezer back in your apartment
and if you don't fancy cooking for one night it's a quick fix so Bacalhau fish pie - Excellent !
another of our favourites that we found is they do big packs of frozen mushrooms
and not just ordinary mushrooms they have all different shapes and sizes and makes of mushrooms
and they come in a big purpose easy bag to keep in the freezer don't they we think it's great
- It is it's a real variety of different types of mushrooms and we normally get those in Continente
and we like them because they don't go off so if you want to have some for breakfast or you
just want to put them into some dish you just pour out as many as you need and then keep them
so in the freezer it's I don't know why Canada doesn't have frozen mushrooms
- We have looked everywhere haven't we but a big plus for Portugal isn't it - It really is
- Ooh so this is definitely one after my heart Norm and that has to be J.P. wine
- But there's always the story behind what we're saying so we were in Albufeira looking for
a shortcut way to get into Lidl Supermarket from we'd been to the windmill which is quite difficult
to find (yeah) so we're walking down this street and there's a few houses and there was a gentleman
who was doing some work in his house and so as we walked by he said hi and turned out to be from
Quebec (yeah) in Canada and he bought this house and so he was just chatted for half an hour or so
and he said oh if you like a really nice wine I can recommend the J.P. red wine and it's on sale
in Lidl right now and he says I've just been there to buy a case of it because it's so inexpensive
and it's a great wine so what did we do Tina - So what did we do we listened to his story and we
went straight over there and we bought some J.P. wine and we actually bought red and white because
they do both and I tell you it as he said it was a fantastic deal - And it's nearly always on sale
every few weeks you'll see one of the supermarkets have it on sale so J.P. wine highly recommend it
- It's wonderful - So the other must-have when you're in The Algarve Portugal is Pastel de Nata
we sort of think of them as custard tarts because we used to have something similar in England
so once again you'll probably find these on a Friday evening on sale in Continente supermarket
and depending on when you go they'll either be in 4 packs or 6 packs and they're normally
right in the front of the entrances as you come in because they want to sell a lot of those and
they are just absolutely wonderful they're baked in store and goes great with coffee - Oh wonderful
aren't they - So we always look out on a Friday because Continente nearly always has them on sale and it's
something like €1.99 for a pack - Great deal isn't it - It really is so it's well worth stopping by
Continente and stocking up on your... - We rent an apartment often there isn't
that special little glass is there Norm to have a Scotch or a glass of wine in
- A lot of them they do a good job with the with what's available but it tends to be you
know a couple of wine glasses some coffee mugs, some plates and there are often things missing
like for instance a flipper for the frying pan to (oh yeah) flip your eggs over and - Yeah we really need
- And I do say I quite like to have a glass of Scotch at night so we just go and buy a glass at
a Continente Supermarket or one of the supermarkets that have a housewares department and
you can normally get a really nice class for €1 - I know it's amazing isn't it - And if you're going
to be there a couple of months you might as well do that - It's nice to have your own glass isn't it
- Or if you don't mind what Scotch you're drinking a lot of the whisky's and other liqueurs will
have box sets where it comes with a glass or 2 glasses so we've done that as well in the past
don't be afraid if you need a can opener go buy a can opener - Yeah we definitely made use
of the flipper for the eggs - We did - That was great we brought them home with us in
our carry-on as well - Yeah so we didn't leave them behind did we - No we're not that wasteful
- It was very handy - The problem with doing videos that involve Portuguese names is
we do not know how to pronounce them so you know cut us a little slack in the comment section below
one of the things we really like when we're in The Algarve is to buy the Portuguese liqueur
Beirao and it's just an exquisite flavour it's uniquely Portuguese there's nothing quite like
it it's not an orange based one that's popular around the world it's their own recipe and it's
there's nothing nicer than watching the sun go down in the evening and having a nice glass of
Beirao as your watching that and we would highly recommend it to you they do all different sizes
we got a little gift pack there with 2 souvenir glasses so it's very much like a a sherry type
liqueur where you don't drink masses of it but you savour what you do and the taste is just exquisite
- It's beautiful isn't it it's almost a little warming isn't it Norm when you have it it was
we fell in love with it didn't we - Very much so so that's definitely something
that we always buy when we go over to stay in The Algarve during wintertime
- Another one of my favourites is a Galão coffee and it's really a sort of latte coffee isn't
it Norm - It's very milky coffee - And it's turned into one of my favourites and we were actually
introduced to it when we went into a little coffee shop in Armação de Pêra (yes) and the lady we were
describing what sort of thing and she said you should have a Galão and we were like oh wow
and it really is wonderful it's a favourite of mine it's almost like a three-layered coffee with
lots of frothy milk - And it comes in a beautiful glass normally so it's a bit like an Irish coffee
that you might get in a high-end restaurant but you get this in every cafe in Portugal
and in The Algarve and it's for those who like cream in your coffee or a latte
order a Galão and that'll be the nearest thing to a latte that you're going to get
so another must try in The Algarve specifically is stopping at one of the roadside stands
and buying a bag of oranges fresh off the tree and the fortunate thing is
that in the wintertime when we're there sort of January February March it's their season they're
you can see oranges growing on the trees and so you can stop by the roadside and they'll sell well
three different sizes of packs of oranges and they're beautiful to eat just as a fresh orange
or juice them but just be careful you don't drink too much of that juice otherwise
it might have bathroom issues as we already found out - Yeah we did - But there's nothing quite like
eating Portuguese oranges in The Algarve in February and getting that little taste of
summer so the regular beer in Portugal and down in The Algarve is really just what we would call
like a lager or a pilsner something akin to Heineken and they're very good at doing it
and you can get the little stubby bottles you can get extremely cheap in comparison to Canada but
they do some speciality ones as well the big breweries do so one of the ones that we
discovered was a Guinness style stout that Super Bock does well Sagres does it as well but
we just happen to get the Super Bock and it's like a black beer very similar to Guinness
and it's available everywhere and it has a very very nice flavour it's sort of
not quite as bitter as Guinness so it's a bit of a mix between a Heineken and a Guinness if you
can kind of get the drift of that, how does Tina get her tea in bed in a Portuguese country where you can't
understand the language on the box of the teas and it seems totally
foreign so how do you get breakfast tea in a supermarket so you can take the tea bags
home to your apartment and brew tea so what is it Tina - It is I forgot the name - Cha preto - That's it - So Cha Preto
and you'll see it under the brand of Tetley there's not an English word on the box other
than Tetley but that's your breakfast tea if you'd like to get that in the supermarkets and
it's readily available everywhere it's just we had a young couple come up to us they were English we
were buying some coffee actually but it's still in the same section and they said did we happen to
know what British breakfast tea what they should be choosing so we'd already found that out so we
pointed them in the direction of the Tetley Cha Preto - So they were very happy with that
and in actual fact we were introduced to it Norm when we the first time we actually went to stay in
The Algarve the place that we stayed at gave us like a little sample pack didn't they of
coffee filters coffee and actually these tea bags which was wonderful because otherwise we
wouldn't have known about them would we - No we were very fortunate that first apartment did have a
they just had a basket of things for the first 24 hours until you've managed to get to a supermarket
so at least you could have a cup of tea or a cup of coffee - It was great wasn't it yeah - So remember
Cha Preto and we know we're pronouncing that wrong too - I hope that you enjoy some of what we've found
- So we hope that you're all staying safe - And keeping well - Until the next time bye bye, bye bye