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I dislike shellfish. I probably eat mussels once every five years. Probably. And probably at a beer house. After a few beers.
There are exceptions. My wife introduced me to Bulhao Pato a few years back. She insisted I taste the sauce with bread. I must have been hungry as I obliged. We ordered another plate it was that good.
The Portuguese people have mastered the art of dressing this little mollusc into a fine art.
An interesting fact: the dish was named after a Poet 'Bulhao Pato' who spread the word of this dish in the 19th Century.
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