Pastry Paradise

The more people you meet from foreign places, the more you get to discover foreign places. I had texted a Greek friend that I'm in Greece and, while I was in a very rural area, his reply with the urgent recommendation to find a bakery and buy something known as bougatsa comes just as I am driving into a small town.

Google maps says there's a bakery just 300 meters to my left and WOW! I've landed in pastry paradise! The whole town seems to be here for breakfast, I have an excellent cappuccino and said bougatsa – a flaky pastry filled with a creamy custard (I taste vanilla and cinnamon) – think flat pasteis de nata.

I can't stick to the plan of eating only half and saving the rest for later, and leave the store with two boxes: baklava and Portokalopita. For later.Read more