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Costa da Caparica Munch 'n' Brunch

Costa da Caparica is not at all impressive, when it comes to food. Rather simple fast foods are sold at every corner.
Churros, kebab, hot dogs, pizzas and lots of varieties of sea foods...

One thing that's typical to Caparica are these box-like restaurants and bars (like the one you can see below).

Most of them sell a plethora of seafood varieties, others are bars and of course, the pizzerias aren't lacking either.

This one is an Asian restaurant ("Dragão Velmelho", which literally translates to "Red Dragon").

There are probably a few dozen of these wood buildings along the coast. Different bars, restaurants and it seems, each one has public toilets as well (stinking dirty, all of them!).

Prices of the meals were rather low, there are quite large meals for around 10 EUR and a little bit above that price.

But in the burning heat I didn't want to eat anything that smells like fish.
I knew sea foods are generally fresh, but who'd want to eat fish, oysters or crabs in that terrible heat? It just didn't feel right...

After having spent a long time at the beach, I only risked brunching a fat kebab in the evening. Besides that, I bought pastry at a local supermarket.

My Döner kebab was literally meat with meat packed inside a bread. There was barely a trace of veggies, to my surprise.
It cost me a mere 4.5 EUR with a smaller Super Bock Portuguese beer (quite bitter). I must underline, beer making isn't Portugal's strong point! In 2008, when I visited Madeira, I did a few beer tours and I was stunned by how terrible some beers were...

In fact, one of my favourite pastry products is the Palmier - it was delicious. It's of French origin and it's also known as Elephant Ear or Coeur de France (Heart of France).

I can't help remembering the moments at restaurant where I munched my kebab...

The TV was running and the (2014 World Cup) Argentina - Iran match was on, live. The restaurant staff was Indian.

Dozens of Asian and Middle Eastern-looking faces were gathered with enthusiasm at the restaurant and they rejoiced each time when Iran attempted to score...

Almost everyone around me was extremely enthusiastic about Iran... I guess Iran is more popular in Asia and Argentina.

At the end, Argentina overcame with 1-0.

Besides all of the above, there were several gelaterias, pizzerias and Italian restaurants.

"Pope" was selling sweet products, including ice-creams and cookies...

Also: wicked boxed soups were on sale at a local supermarket. Haven't tried, because it would have been a headache to warm them up. But, I liked the idea...

In case you buy a boxed soup, you could warm it up by keeping it in hot water - in the sink. I'd normally use my portable water heater to heat some water up and pour it over some cans of food...

It was impossible to find a humble boxed salad at Caparica - the town.

This was a rather humble eating out experience, nothing overall impressive. Mainly because I had plenty of food with me at the hotel, which I had to consume...

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