A cruise ship had just docked and it probably held 20, people, we think? Lisbon has quite the love affair with mopeds and sardines though. We weaved through a few streets away from the coast and it started to look kind of run down, perfect. We were still window shopping and looking at every menu in the window when I came across this little place with cute little tables outside. Neither of us think we even liked sardines, but when in Portugal And then I smacked Justin and laughed and told him to look around and see if this reminded him of anything.
We just completely forgot and got distracted. We laughed about it for hours. In the episode , it was a really bad neighbourhood and he suggested looking past the hookers at every corner but that this place was worth it. Since his episode aired, it has obviously become a big thing and the neighbourhood was getting gentrified.
Apparently the best pastel de natas in all of the city and the original ones, it started at the monastery and is so secret that only the cooks know the recipe and cook it IN A VAULT, producing 50, a day.
Huge line up and people go out of their way for this. Well, who are we to say no to line ups for food of high ratings. Coincidently, en route to the tower, we found a Mantegaria in the Time Out market. These are said to be as good if not better by some.
So we bought 4: 2 for now obv and 2 for side by side comparisons. It was hot as all hell but we trekked on, stopped for a quick refresher at the LX Factory in a neat little bookshop cafe with a mad? LX Factory is definitely the little Hipster village though - from the food, to the art, to the vibe, even the beards! Although didn't see much plaid, actually. At this point our feet barely moved from the cobble stones and the heat and the distance but we kept going!
