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Brilliant idea. I ve not yet got into the fishy side of Portgeese food. I love my steak and chips and coming from Ireland it has some fantastic beef. Also miss the cheeses we have. Smoked Applewood is to die for as is Meredith from Australia. Also miss a good Indian and have yet to visit Flavours of India.

@ Andrew,

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@ deash107, Welcome.

Portugal also has good cheeses, and fish is much healthier than meat

I'd like to know more about the cheeses.  What I've gotten has been good, but so far it's looking like the dozens of cheeses on display often are more or less the same style, soft in varying degrees and apparently intended to be eaten separately.

What I didn't find so much, was anything that seemed ideal for cooking with.  Now that I read up on it (while waiting to be permitted to return), I see that I could look for "velho" and expect something more firm.  Maybe here I'll find something that really goes well with tomatoes and garlic and herbs.  Or that holds up like cheddar when baked on top of enchiladas (pretty sure that isn't the authentic cheese for that, but it's good.)

Not that i'm really looking forward to making enchiladas from tortillas from Intermarché, if they even have them.  I have often wondered how hard it would be to make my own nixtamal, the limed corn dough that goes into tortillas.  The principle difficulty seems to be the grinding step - people use food processors, meat grinders, etc., but it doesn't sound like any of the commonly available options work really well.

One thing I found out while living in London, Brazil, and Argentina is that you become a better cook when you have to create your own sauces, etc. 

There is Glood and Casa Mexican near the Carolina Michaelis metro stop which offers products from other countries.  But alas, not fresh products.

@donn25

check out Casa Mexicana

It's a small shop near Metro stop Carolina Michaelis.  The Glood store is at the base of the Metro stairs.  Glood has products from many countries.

Casa Mexicana is about 6 minute walk from the Metro Carolina Michaelis.  It has sauces and  products from Mexico.  They have corn tortillas.

Since I wrote that, I've been able to make satisfactory tortillas from dry whole corn, and I am optimistic that's going to work out OK in Portugal.  The corn should be easy enough to source, and I understand lime is sometimes used for curing olives.

Porto is more or less within reach, if I remember right 1-2 hours by train, but a little far for grocery shopping.

@donn25

They have a store in Lisbon.  See attached link.