Nata Seattle — Restaurant in Seattle

5 stars cause I don’t wanna hurt a business BUT I got two original pastel de natas at the Saturday market and they’re some of the worst I’ve had in the US or Portugal. The dough wasn’t flaky and was very chewy/ hard to bite a piece off. The custard was so sweet I couldn’t taste anything but sugar. And the texture was granular. Maybe undercooked too. The rest of the reviews say they’re excellent and the founder/chef is Portuguese so I’m hoping I got a bad batch. I’ve spent a lot of time all over Portugal mainland and the azores and the pastel de natas were never overly sweet, pastry was always flaky, and the top of the custard was browned nicely which added flavor. I’ll try them again some other time but I was bummed to spend $8 dollars on...

Wowowowow- Some of the best Natas I’ve had in the US. One of my favorite memories of my Portugal trip was eating Natas all day long everyday! I’ve tried plenty of natas here in the US- usually they’re good enough but not quite like the ones I had in Portugal. I one day saw that Nata Seattle was doing a pop up near me in the Eastside so I decided on a whim to try them. Truly amazing- the crust is so flakey and the inside is a yummy, melt in your mouth custard. I was shocked at how good it was. Definitely try these if you are near their store or if they do a pop up near you!! I hope they stop by the eastside more often!!! I can’t wait to try some of their other...

3 weeks in a row, I went to their farmer's market locations (2x Fremont, 1x SLU) and they did not have regular classic pasteis. I mean, why even bother, folks? Nobody needs a fancy chocolate chip or whatever eccentric version, give us...