Pasteis de Nata, pastels de nail, or Egg Tarts.

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If you think of a tart, you think of a small pie, usually a lemon tart, or an apple tart, or something of the sort. Your child hood memories might include mom’s roast chicken, or grandma’s feather bed. But even if you go to New York, people there will not say, “my mom/grandma made the best egg tarts ever.” Of course, in Portugal that might not be the case. Egg tarts are mini pies that taste like custard that in Portugal are called pasteis de nata. The choice of cinnamon, lemon cocktail herbs (?????) and more is yours. What makes it better is if you are sitting on a jetty, with the tide coming in, every move stirring up at least fifty crabs and twenty flying fish, and the pie still warm in your hand from Lord Stow’s Bakery. But choose a spot without a four inch dead fish.