Hive account@allasyummyfood Indeed chestnuts are a true gift of taste and pleasure, one of my favourite things from my homeland of Portugal. But they are never fried! Not only would that be ridiculously unhealthy :P but street vendors actually freshly roast them on coal. Enjoy them while you can, they don't stick around beyond December, if you're lucky. And here in Canada we can buy chestnuts from Portugal in some Portuguese grocers or bakeries, but this year supply is low because of all the fires and disasters happening in the country...
And this isn't a biased note but from experience, the more commonly seen Italian or (especially) Chinese chestnuts, don't even come CLOSE to the amazing quality of chestnuts from Portugal!
Can you tell I love this food :-P
I made a video of a surprise find actually, when I visited back home 2 years ago!