Either it's great marketing to display succulent Portuguese finger foods in your window or I'm a ravenous food whore that is able to detect uncommon treats within a 350 meter radius.
Either way, one day while clothes shopping on Haarlemmerstraat, I spotted Pastal de Nata shining and maybe smiling at me from across the street. Carefully looking both ways for bikes, I crossed Haarlemmerstraat and entered Casa Bocage.
"Hi there, can I help you with anything?" asks the friendly shopwoman.
"Yeah, I kind of need these natas in my mouth!" I said semi-slobberly.
"I can help with that. Did you want regular, coffee, orange or chocolate natas?"
At that point, I think there was so much slobber in my mouth I could barely manage to tell her to stuff all flavors in a bag so I can consume like it was my last meal on earth.
But wait, there's more!! There are savory snacks here too!! I'm not too familiar with Portuguese food but they some looked like balls filled with different meats and of course fried shredded bakkeljauw... oh my porto - sooooo delish!!!
This place also sells wines, most of them I've never seen before, lots of vino verde, if you've never had it, freshly baked goods and other Portuguese market goods. Either way, the taste of the natas and savory snacks will send this food whore back for some porto action!!!
Oh.... and I didn't take pictures because they were in my mouth quicker than I could draw my phone out of my pocket. Soooooooollyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy read more