A very convenient bakery

In both our hotels in Portugal, they did not provide a kettle. In Porto, the hotel reception includes a small cafe/bar, so when we asked about getting hot water or ice, they said we could just ask them for it. But in Lisbon, they told us that because we booked a cheaper room, that room did not come with a kettle. They didn’t offer any alternative for us either. We noticed a kettle in the staff area… but we weren’t supposed to enter (and it was closed most of the time; we just saw it when the door happened to be left ajar one day).

Luckily, very close to the Lisbon hotel, there is a very good bakery called Pastelaria Tradicional Balcão do Marquês. We ended up having breakfast there three times during our stay. 

First day: 

hot chocolate; also not very thick

my mother's coffee (note the bakery's name on the cup!)

our pastries

The orange cake looked lovely, so we ordered it. It was the best one too! (and the most expensive, haha) It seemed to be a special of the day; we didn't see it again.

inside the meat puff (I've forgotten what meat it was...but probably veal again?)

Second visit (third day):

I gave up on hot chocolate and ordered an orange juice. Unfortunately it wasn't the undiluted kind.

my mother's coffee (note: Delta is a popular coffee brand there)

if I remember correctly, this has a fruity filling like the one we had in Porto

this has almond nibs on top...I can't remember if there was filling; I think there was a little...

Third visit (fourth and last day, right before leaving for the airport):

This time we simply re-ordered the pastries that we liked; I preferred the almond one, and my mother preferred the fruity puff. And this time I simply ordered hot milk.

The display at the window had these cookies with cartoon-character icing:

ah, not only cartoon characters, I see... :P

You can also see the boxes for egg tarts... I think that we didn't order egg tarts here because they didn't look specially nice.

This bakery also sells bottles of ginja, and even chocolate cups!

We debated whether to buy a bottle, but in the end decided that it was too expensive for such a small bottle.

Check out the prices!

Besides ginja, they have other fruity liquors too.