how the secret recipe of egg tarte got out of the monastery
Patel de nata, aka, egg tarte is my favorite dessert here in Portugal. Almost all the visitors love it. They line up to enjoy this delicacy at Pasteis de Belem in the Belem district. Whenever I go there, I see a lot of people standing in line even on off-season. Starting March, more and more people come to Portugal to enjoy the delicious Portuguese food. So to enjoy the delicacy, I always go there early in the morning when there is no line. The owner didn't invent the secret recipe. Actually the owner's ancestor bought it from the monastery. You see the statue of Pedro IV on Rossio square, and not many Portuguese seem to like D. Pedro IV. From the history DVD I bought. When he decided to stay in Brazil as an emperor, he asked his brother Miguel to marry his daughter Maria II and take care of her until she became an adult. But Miguel decided to become the king himself. When there was a civil war between Miguel and Pedro IV, monasteries sided with...