Monday, June 22, 2009

Pão, pão, queijo, queijo

This is the name of a café-restaurant in Lisbon, not far from the Jerónimos abbey in Belém. Literally translated, it says "bread, bread, cheese, cheese". It is reputed to have some of the best baguettes in Lisbon, which is a city with bakeries in almost every block, and you can smell freshly-baked bread in the mornings when you wander the streets.


The name, however, is also from a Portuguese expression, meaning simply, down-to-earth, no-nonsense, practicality.
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