That'll teach me to consult my Portuguese phrasebook before ordering dinner. "Buchos," I learned after it arrived at my table, is pig stomach.
The Portuguese love meat (as pretty much all Europeans seem to). Pork features a lot on the menu. And just about everything is served with deep-fried potatoes. You won't go broke in Portugal as a cardiothoracic surgeon.
In Monsanto I had a nice steak of black pig, and in Coimbra I had a delicious goat boiled in red wine called chanfana. A full dose (portion) of anything on the dinner menu typically serves two, so unless you're very hungry a half portion will usually do. Breakfast is almost always slices of ham and cheese with bread, which gets a bit boring, but apparently the Portuguese don't go in much for breakfast.
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