Rainerbernd
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- On St James ways since 1971
Olá ,
working as hospitaleiro I often get complaints about a special custom in portuguese restaurants. You order your drink and your meal. Then the waiter puts some snacks on your table. For instance: cheese and butter, sausages, bacon, olives and something more, like the spanish tapas. It´s not free! If you don´t like it, tell the waiter to take it away right now, otherwise you have to pay it, even when you didn´t touch it and it still remains on the table.
Another thing. You order a menu do dia/pilgrim´s menu. One drink is included. It´s important what you order first - yes, you are thirsty and you need a bottle of water first. Don´t do it. Your first order should be the more expensive drink like beer, wine etc. Doing so you only have to pay your second order extra, the cheap water.
Bom caminho, Rainer
working as hospitaleiro I often get complaints about a special custom in portuguese restaurants. You order your drink and your meal. Then the waiter puts some snacks on your table. For instance: cheese and butter, sausages, bacon, olives and something more, like the spanish tapas. It´s not free! If you don´t like it, tell the waiter to take it away right now, otherwise you have to pay it, even when you didn´t touch it and it still remains on the table.
Another thing. You order a menu do dia/pilgrim´s menu. One drink is included. It´s important what you order first - yes, you are thirsty and you need a bottle of water first. Don´t do it. Your first order should be the more expensive drink like beer, wine etc. Doing so you only have to pay your second order extra, the cheap water.
Bom caminho, Rainer
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