Enjoying Santo Antonio Holiday

Santo Antonio Lisbon holiday is what I call the time for eating fresh sardines and drinking good Portuguese wine. Every June 13 is always a special time for Lisboetas as this festival carries lots of significance from the Lisbon city Hall weddings to the Marcha popular on the streets to the street parties enjoyed on these streets in the evening to commemorate the holiday. The

This year, the Portuguese national Day June 10, fell on a Friday and the Santo Antonio Holiday on Monday, thereby giving us a very long holiday. With the country buzzing with tourists from all over, it is not strange to see hotels and many tourist spots full of visitors.

This year, I decided to celebrate the Santo Antonio holiday at home with my family. With fresh sardines which I purchased that morning, my husband and I decided to heat the grill. By the way, I also bought sea bream and sea bass fish as they contain less bones and are safer for the kids.

Having my parents over to spend this special day with us, we decided to incorporate some Nigerian touch to the table. That is the reason for the jollof rice and grilled plantain on the table. I know some portuguese are already twinking 🙂 Nuno and I always ensure that foods from both

With the hot Lisbon weather, we made the grill in our garden, enjoying our Portuguese Super Bock beer cereveja, and later indulged in lunch. In my previous post, I mentioned the bell peppers salad. Well, here it is.

This salad is so delicious with the smoked flavour. The secret is to roast your bell peppers. You can find the recipe below.