How to order a beer?
You can ask for a fino (phihnu): “um fino, por favor! “; which is 20 cl, small wider necked glass, this is the most common request when it comes to beer, served with “tremoços” (En:LupineLupinus albus L) a kind of big peas only pigs eat elsewhere, but a treat for the portuguese palate. Mind you, they require an eating learning process, if you want to be seen as a regular guy in town: you’ll have to tear the skin with your teeth and just eat the inside.
Should your thirst require a softer but beerish drink, then try a panaché (pahnahsheih) a mix of beer and seven up, quite refreshing in the summer which goes also nicely with a francesinha.
But this is not all! You can order a tango, instead of the dance you get a beer with red-currant sirup. A bit sweetish for my taste, but …
