Dish · 3 kitchens in 2 cities
Pastel de nata
Portuguese egg-custard tart in puff pastry.
Nobody paid to be here. Each kitchen is described from its own menu where it publishes one, unranked, so each note says how that kitchen makes it.
In London
Pastel de nata
Lisboa Patisserie · Golborne Road · ~£6 pp
Portuguese custard tart
Pastel de nata, custard baked in pastry until the top blisters. Two each.
In Lisbon
Pastel de nata
Pastelaria Aloma · Campo de Ourique · ~€5 pp
Egg-custard tart in puff pastry
Pastel de nata, egg custard baked in puff pastry, warm, with cinnamon. One at the counter, a box to carry home.
This version: Five times Lisbon's champion tart, from the neighbourhood original.
Pick it if: You're in the west of the city, or want one early, at the counter.
Pastéis de Belém
Pastéis de Belém · Belém · ~€5 pp
Custard tarts in pastry, under the Belém bakery's own name
The bakery's own custard tarts, the pastel de nata under its original name, to the monastery recipe. One at the table, a box for later.
This version: The bakery by the Jerónimos monastery, keeper of the original secret recipe.
Pick it if: You're in Belém, or want the monastery recipe the bakery has kept.