La Patisserie lisboète Aloma, perdue dans le quartier de Campo Ourique, obtiendra t’elle pour la troisième année consécutive le prix du meilleur pastel de Nata ? Il faut dire qu’il est bien meilleur que ceux, industrieux, de la fameuse Pastelaria de Belem ou déferlent les légions étrangères. En la matière, suspense et mystère feuilletés, onctuosité crémeuse de ces calices coniques aux parois roussies, avalés à la va vite par les employés pressés au comptoir des Pastelarias, ou avec une absence rêveuse par tous les désoeuvrés, restent délices entiers…
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Pastelaria Aloma, a pastry store in the neighborhood of Campo d’Ourique, became famous after winning in 2012 and 2013 the competition for the best « pastel de nata” in Lisbon. With so many pastry stores and coffee shops vying for this honor, this is a remarkable achievement.
We set out to investigate, on behalf of our readers, whether Aloma’s pastries are indeed a cut above the rest. Our first two visits were in the afternoon and, by the time we arrived, they had run out of pastries! Why don’t they make more? Were they told by a business guru to use scarcity as a marketing tool?
Our third visit was in the morning. We were so eager to try these little pastries that we ate the first pastel very quickly. By the time we noticed the taste, all that was left was a happy hint of lemony sweetness.
We asked for a second…
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