A little Lisbon in Glasgow

It's amazing how time flies...  we have been on holiday for just over a week now. Around this time last week, my husband and I were having coffees whilst reading newspapers on the top floor of the Princess Square in Glasgow, sitting at a cafe called Tinderbox (http://www.princessquare.co.uk), looking forward to a long relaxing holidays ahead at home for Christmas and the new year.

There was a Christmas choir group of school children singing under a big Christmas tree right in the centre of the Princess Square and it really gave me a lovely festive feeling. It was also a special moment when Emily phoned me on my mobile to tell me that she got promotion at work. Congratulations, Emily!!!  So, it was joy and happiness all around us.

This is also the place where you can get egg custard pastry, reminiscing the good time we had when we visited Lisbon for our wedding anniversary in 2009. This pastry is very rich and sweet with lots of custard but it goes very well with strong coffee. 

If you ever go to Lisbon, you got to try their local Pastel de Nata (a Portuguese egg tart pastry). Every coffee houses sell these and there are also pastry shops dedicated to this national sweet, such as the one we tried called Casa Brasileira in the heart of Lisbon. Here shop window displays freshly baked pastel de nata.

Lisbon's old but charming tram is pre-World War I model.

Window display of Casa Brasileira in the centre of Lisbon.

Inside of Casa Brasileira -
you can order and eat freshly baked and warm Pastel de Nata with strong Portuguese coffee!

Rich custard cream encased in flaky pastry - definitely not good for those watching waistline!

Mmmmmm, just thinking about it make me want to go back to Lisbon again.  There are so much to see in and around Lisbon and so much to eat, catering very well for both fish & seafood lovers like us and for meat eaters too.  Maybe I shall talk about what to eat in Lisbon soon.....

Hope you will all have a Happy New Year.  That's all forks!