Ultimate Travelling and Food Guide to Portugal
Portugal started for me as a road trip from the Algarve to Porto, with enough airport chaos, mountain roads and excellent things to eat to win me over even when I was tired and cranky. Somewhere between piri piri chicken in Guia, seafood on the coast, warm Pastéis de Belém in Lisbon, Sintra's fairytale pastries, Porto's mighty Francesinha and Fado at night, I found a country best explored one meal, one town and one detour at a time.
Portuguese Custard tarts are available worldwide but to really try the best in the world (and there's very little debate about it once you try one), you need to pay a visit to Lisbon. The most famous place to buy them is Pastéis de Belém on Rue de Belém. We got to see these tarts being made and taste a fresh, warm one out of the oven!
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