Pastéis de nata are puff pastry baskets filled with hearty cooked custard. A typical Portuguese dessert that anyone who tastes it can no longer do without. In Milan there is the temple of pastéis de nata. A place to go on the safe side to eat them as good as if you were in Lisbon or some other Portuguese city. Because Milan is also this, a city of a thousand souls, a thousand colors.
In Portugal the pastéis de nata is perfect to accompany coffee, have a snack or to delight in the morning. But what is the secret of a place that works so well? The fact that these treats arrive raw straight from their homeland, then culled and baked in this corner of Portugal in Milan. Pastéis & Café is called.
Behind the business we find Giovanni with his wife Maria Rosa. Giovanni used to work in coffee roasting and traveled a lot for work, until one day he came across pastéis de nata in Portugal. Hence the idea to bring them here. The fact that they are so good comes from the fact that he gets them directly from an authentic Portuguese workshop. Here you find the real ones, not imitations.
A brave and resilient couple who opened for business in late 2019, then closed immediately due to the pandemic. But they have not lost heart, in fact. The goal is to expand and make Pastéis & Café a franchise. Nothing more, Portuguese pastries and coffee. If you’re looking in Milan for the best pastéis de nata to feel a little bit on the Atlantic Coast, here’s where you need to go.
A cooked cream casket that everyone agrees on, good, tiny that doesn’t even make you feel too guilty and very tasty.
Where: Via Carlo Farini, 53