The story of the cheese pasty...

Wanting a little snack whilst waiting for the bus to Sao Paulo, Lisa spied the local lachonette across the road. Our mouths watering at the prospect of a tasty cheese pasty, we toddled over to the fast food outlet. In our best portuguese, we requested "Duas pastel queijo, por favor". The chinese gentleman behind the counter gave us a blank stare. "Duas pastel queijo, por favour" (2nd attempt). Chinese man screwed up his face and looked slightly bemused but still gave no reply. Attempting to alter our pronounciation, we (for the third time) asked "duas pastel queijo, por favor". The chinese man this time was very confused, and was now looking around for assistance, to which there were no helpers. The forth attempt: "Duas pastel kweso, por favor" - Chinese man with same screwed up expression, and now getting (ever so) slightly aggitated stated "ah, you mean CHEESE????" to which we shamefully replied "yes please".