The pastel de nata is a classic. I’ve done a separate post on it (read it here). If you have not tried one of these, what on Earth are you waiting for? One of my absolute favourite snacks/sweet treats!! Sooo good! The fresh ones are always the best. Never go for the pre-packed ones. The Rissol de Camarao is a shrimp filled Portuguese turnover. It’s decent and if sweet breakfasts aren’t your thing, you can try this. I prefer the sweet goodies.
We found this quaint little Portuguese cafe (Lagoa Cafe) near the Luton train station and town centre to try out a Portuguese breakfast.
We got a pastel de nata (how can you not?), bola de berlim and a Rissol de Camarão.
The pastel de nata was of course splendid, but here the star was the Bola de Berlim! You cannot miss them due to their distinctive extra large size and the vibrant coloured Portuguese cream that is filled inside. This one here at this cafe was absolutely amazing. Sooo good it actually pipped the nata even to my favourite thing from this quick breakfast meal. It was fresh and the dough was soft and not tough. The cream complimented it perfectly. The Portuguese cream was something we had never tasted before and it was a nice variation on your usual cream filling. Perfect! This one here blew me away and I have been craving it since!
Overall, a great little Portuguese cafe serving some authentic goodies and the staff are always super friendly. If in the area, make sure you check it out! Especially the bola de berlim!
[AD – gifted] We were also kindly gifted some Portuguese goodies to try including the bola de berlim and pastel de nata. @ddonuts_uk (check them out on Instagram) are based in Luton and they specialise in Portuguese doughnuts.