We flew from Sao Jorge to Horta last night, and checked into our “hotel”, which is a lovely little loft apartment in Ponta Delgada. Of course we were very hungry by that point (big surprise), so we tried to go to a restaurant we’d heard about called A Tasca. It’s built in an old jail and is typical Azorean food. They were so busy, we couldn’t get a table – and we couldn’t make a reservation for the next night either. So we wandered around to a place called Taberna Acor, which ended up being lovely! Plus, someone local told us that while A Tasca is good, they didn’t understand the hype because it’s the same or similar food as everywhere else on the island.We ordered a cheese board, and they brought us SO MUCH CHEESE!!! Like… Enough for 5 people (we ate half of it). It also came with fig jam, olives, local honey, pork paté, and toasty bread. We also ordered the grilled squid (different than octopus!) and a sausage in the style of the island of Santa Maria, with Azorean pineapple on the side.

Then we went to La Gelateria, and Michael had gianduja (his favorite). Look at this face: