Flor do Império em Lisboa

11/03/2024: Buongiorno, per 5 giorni abbiamo fatto colazione in questa pasticceria. Ottime brioche tra le quali un panino soffice con crema e cocco buonissimo e leggero. Ottimo servizio. Cappuccino buono per essere all'estero.

12/12/2023: This was the first place we ate at in Lisbon. As we had a morning arrival our room at the hotel wasn’t ready and they suggested we go and enjoy a leisurely lunch. We weren’t really that hungry so decided to explore the immediate neighbourhood around our hotel, including locating nearby restaurants for future meals. Moving south from our hotel the HF Fenix Urban we soon discovered a clump of restaurants on a quiet side street off of Av. Duc de Louie. At the corner was what looked like an inviting café, not too crowded and with a small patio. This was Pastelaria Tradicional Balcão do Marquês and we decided it looked like a good place to try a small snack and drink at. We were quickly seated at the tiny patio and offered menus. My wife settled for an enormous croissant and a juice while I decided to have my first pasta del nata in Lisbon. I washed it down with my first Portuguese beer in the country ( I’d tried some at home as part of my pre trip research) as to the extremely unseasonable hot weather. They’d be my first in the country but by no means my last. The food and drink were excellent and the service fast and friendly. This wouldn’t be our last visit to Pastelaria Tradicional Balcão do Marquês. As it was close by the hotel and near to a few restaurants we dined at later in the week, it became a sort of after dinner desert stop including grabbing some pasta del natas for takeout to enjoy later.