This is our friend R “hamming it up” for the barbecue, or should I say, espetada. 
An espetada is actually chicken, beef or lamb barbecue with a Portuguese flair. Googled it further and I learned that the word is actually Portuguese for “pierced” and was originally meat skewered on a bay tree branch and left to grill over a smoldering fire. In this particular resto, the espetadas – with the meat alternating with fresh red capsicum peppers and tomatoes – were served in hanging metal skewers over sides of either potato wedges or veggies. Though the taste left me personally wanting for something else, the novelty itself of eating in this manner at least made up for the lack of, um, shall I say… “gastronomic satisfaction”.
Lastly, since I would not want to unduly “expose” our friend in the blogosphere and in the spirit of the Halloween season, I saw it prudent to somewhat “camouflage” his appearance – thus the impish Halloween mask. 
Hope you guys enjoyed my first LaPiS entry as much as I did ”cooking it up”!
