Codfish cakes with Serra cheese, innovate maintaining the tradition – Tradition, being Portuguese, innovation. The Portuguese House Cod Pastel opened three months ago in the heart of Lisbon, in downtown Pombal. The fish cake with Serra cheese is the specialty. Only. A creation that knew innovate maintaining the tradition is tailored for success.
Most of the clientele, between 60-70 percent, is Portuguese. However, in this August are tourists who reign. The terrace is inviting and tempting pastries. For 3.45 euros can experience an explosion of flavor, with authentic cheese from Serra da Estrela the melt inside the mass with cod. The price justified by the quality of the product and also by the size: 150 grams of fish cake dough cheese and 25 – almost twice a common crayon.
“They are two icons of Portuguese cuisine and there are more than two years had the idea to put them together, respecting the traditional recipe. After many, many tests here it is. It is a way also we connect the interior to the coast, joining the cheese from Serra da Estrela cod, “says Pedro Dias, one of the leaders of the Portuguese cod Pastel House, owned by the company which also controls the Brewery Museum, the Terreiro do Paco in Lisbon and the Museum of Bread in Seia.
Opened last May 4, the Portuguese House Cod Pastel sells pastries daily in 1500, to which are added another 500 at the Museum of Beer. It is a success.
Gallery on the 1st floor
The Portuguese House is also an art gallery, as the first floor is pretty much reserved for the exhibition of works by Júlio Pomar, Malhoa and Graça Morais, among others. They are in themselves an invitation to the entrance. There are several exposed unparalleled beauty of art pieces. Fascinating works and very valuable. The order of a million euros.
Expansion was inevitable
Internationalization is the next step of fish cake with Serra cheese. The negotiations are already at an advanced stage and soon will be possible to taste the specialty in Sao Paulo. After Brazil, here are Paris and New York. No date for the opening but will be in the near horizon. Will be three more portugality spaces around the world. A promotion to the flavors and domestic products.
Photos Antonio Azevedo / ASF
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