It's Saturday lunchtime and DonnaChang and I have just written up a blog post on the amazing Portuguese feed we had at the legendary Fernando's in Macau. It made us hungry for Portuguese chicken so we scoot over to Petersham, Sydney's little Portugal.
As usual we don't do any homework, we just pick a restaurant that looks right, and we happen to pick a legend, Frango Portuguese Charcoal Chicken. It is packed, the crowd appears daunting however we learnt that if you get a chook which is ready to go, rather than burgers which are cooked to order, you are in and out very quickly.
Frango Petersham Charcoal Chicken Menu. Drool.
Chook artisans at work.
Protein porn.
A whole chicken in home made peri peri chili sauce for $13.50 with a huge serve of chips for $3.50. The chicken was wonderful at first bite, which is saying something because bbq chook is normally boring to my Asian-obsessed palate. After a few bites however the salt factor kicked in, one piece was enough for both DonnaChang and I. We liked it but it didn't blow our minds like the chook we had in Macau, though we are keen to come back and try it without the peri peri to see if it less salty.
Codfish croquettes, $2 each, a Portuguese classic.
Portuguese soft drinks, these are a not quite as uber sweet as the soft drinks we are accustomed to, thumbs up.
Frango Petersham Charcoal Chicken is at 98 New Canterbury Road Petersham. There's a restaraunt out the back and takeway in front. These guys have been around for 20+ years and have a huge following.
Conveniently, next door is Honeymoon Patisserie for sweeties.
...and savouries.
Beef and chicken croquettes, $2 each. Simple and homely.
Portuguese custard tart, about $1.70. These were amazing. I've had a stack of Portuguese tarts in my life but this is the first one that ever made me say 'wow'. Fresh and delicious.
Our friendly neighbourhood butcher bird flies in as soon as we put the chicken on the table.
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Thanks for your comment joy - please keep your musings happy - if you want to complain about a restaurant please do it on a restaurant review site (or your own blog) - we're all about celebrating cultural diversity and the great nom noms that come along with it. Think Maeve O'Meara, not Masterchef :-)