And back to the showdown…

So I finally pulled myself away from the Oporto counter and made it into Nando’s. Sooo good! But totally different from Oporto’s.  It was more real food than fast food. The only thing about it that was fast food was the box. The chicken was super nicely cooked and the peri peri sauce very yummy, the fries (oops chips) were really good too and not fast foody, they actually tasted like they were once potatoes. The sauce is smoky and spicy unlike Oporto’s chilli which is more lemony and gingery (there’s also a hint of lemongrass in the Oporto chilli, although they don’t mention it in the ingredients).

So I can’t really say which one is better out of the two; I guess it depends on what flavors you’re craving. The Nando’s sauce is smoky and sort of has a mole character to it and the Oporto sauce has a more light and fresh element from the ginger and lemon. As I am a lemongrass and ginger junky I would probably go for Oporto most days but sometimes you need that more intense smoky thing.

Here’s a photo…