Very fitting, I would say!
Pastéis de Nata are a type of pastry that consists of a base of flaky pastry (almost puff pastry like), with a very tasty, rich cream filling. It may be compared to the spanish crema catalana or french crème brûlée in consistency. It is usually served, sprinkled with cinnamon. In the Belém area of the city of Lisbon, Portugal, these pastries are called "Pastéis de Bélem". As with any traditional, famous type of food, people from this area claim to have invented the pastry. There is even a café which supposedly serves the original ones. The recipe is kept a secret. That kind of food.
During holidays in Lisbon last year, I got to sample a lot of these pastries. In fact, at the final day of our holidays, when each of us would do something they liked best, guess where Kurger Bing went?
That's right, straight to the Pastéis café, to try and get as many of these marvelous pastries to export them back home.
So, after relentlessly asking one of my colleagues to please-please-please bring some of these back from one of her flights to and from Portugal, she finally gave in after half a year. So, thank you, C!
On a different note, as mentioned before, N gave birth last week (January 30th) to our wonderful daughter, T! Welcome into this (quite chilly) world, T! Let's just hope this blog won't be too embarrassing for you when you've grown up. And let's also hope, you will inherit as much of your daddy's love of food :)
