Eating Portuguese Style

I am no longer a Clam virgin!

We ate Portuguese for lunch today.

In true Portuguese style we began with vegetable soup. I followed with a regional dish of Pork with Clams.

My first Clam experience and they were fine. Not entirely sure what the point of clams is as they tasted of nothing. They were tender though and easy to deal with.

The pickles in the dish came as a surprise, as did the (many) whole cloves of garlic. Both surprises were good ones