Nata e pao

New stuff alert!  Natas with Nutella!  How cool is that?

Many thanks to Malik who came to our meeting today with a box full of treasures curtesy of Nata e Pao in Benfica.

Great pastry.  Good deep dish.  Light custard - very similar to that from Versailles - and a lovely thin layer of Nutella in the base next to the pastry.

Summary : awesome!  Couldn't eat every day, but as a treat every now and then it's a must!  Kudos to Nata e Pao!  Muito obrigado Malik :)

 

Versailles - sounds French but very Portuguese

Ok so it's the first working day back after a long weekend which means there is a desperate need for coffee and where there is coffee there must be cake!

As I am working from Saldanha today it meant a chance to go to Versailles which is a lovely place indeed.  Here's what they had for me today 

 

I am happy to say that the combined total for the two was 1 euro 90, which was excellent.

The natas here are smaller than I like but delicious.  A light creamy filling.  Deep dish, but small casing with a nice flakey texture.

These guys are definitely in my top 5!

Always take at the counter and do some people watching.  It's a great place for that.

Summary : great nata, great price, great place #recommend 

Surprise! Ice cream flavour

 

Oh my goodness, Artisani what have you done?  It's pastel da nata ice cream and it's very very nice indeed.  Tried a small amount today.  Too rich for me to eat a whole tub but very nice indeed.  Well worth a try.  #recommend

Sical!

Great news!  You can find Sical everywhere here and they do their natas at just 90cents.  A cafe and a nata just 1.5 euros.

As a result there is always a lot of churn at the counter.  But is it just price or is there something to it?  Harry and I went to find out.

 

Now my sample this time was only 50% as Harry was feeling a little peckish too, but I can confirm it was a winner!  Certainly a top 5 experience and if value for money was the only factor this would be in first place :)