神田に来たついでに探してみる。細い路地にあって、穴場感満載。ポルトガルのお菓子は全く知識がないので、見た目で注文。左上から時計回りに：天国のベーコン、オレンジプリン＆卵プリン、リス川のそよ風、オレンジケーキ、ミモーゾ。
自宅でいただくと、なんと甘いこと！リス川のそよ風を頂いた時に、その味に覚えが。鶏卵素麺みたい。ポルトガル語で"fios de ovos"、卵の糸。遠い昔の日本がお手本としたお菓子の味なんだろうなぁ。ご馳走様でした。
Overheard a conversation between two senior ladies on the bus way back to home from work. One lady said she was worried about her daughter not getting married. "I was worried about her going out when she was young, and was careful not to let her go on date with some boys, but now I regret what I did. If she had more chances of meeting, she would've been married by now." The other lady was telling her that she was embarrassed by her daughter married to a man not from the good family. "Children of my brothers and cousins all married to the people from the good family. My daughter is the only one not married to such a good family. Even my husband's end relatives also married to decent family. I'm so embarrassed." The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. One is not happy about her daughter being single. One is not happy that her daughter doesn't belong to decent family that she can claim to her relatives. Probably both of them were trying to ...
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