This makes me hungry. I don’t think I have ever visited them. Yet.
Before highway A1 was built, it took a long time to drive from the north of Portugal to Lisbon. To make the trip easier to endure, our parents liked to stop at a small roadside restaurant in Pombal called Manjar do Marquês. As soon as we sat down, we were served a delicious tomato rice with a choice of accompaniments, such as codfish cakes, veal milanese, or fried hake.
After a long hiatus, we recently returned to Manjar do Marquês. We entered the restaurant’s new premises just off highway A1 with some trepidation. What if the food is not as wonderful as we remember it? Would we destroy our childhood memories? Luckily, some things never change: the tomato rice is as appetizing as ever.
We asked the owner, Maria Graça, what makes her rice taste so good. She smiled and answered: “My husband really wanted to have a restaurant. I worked for the phone company and had…
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The Portugal Years 
Now that looks very, very tasty. #Hungry
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These posts make me so hungry.
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Nice, is it now?
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I could eat it up thrice and in a wink. I can’t wait to go back to Portugal again! 😀
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Again, I view a post about scrumptious looking food and I am starving. How does that work??? Oh, Susan, this food looks heavenly!!! Could you pass the dishes please? ❤
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I would be delighted to do that.
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Thank you, Darlin’. ❤
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Nice, but where’s the dessert??
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Did you look?
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Have you hidden it?
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Mmmm, that’s a delicious looking meal! 🙂
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Omg! I was just patting myself on the back for not having rice for five months and now I’m drooling. I should’ve just liked it without reading it…lol!
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😀
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