Pleasure Palate Portuguese Pastry Tasting at Natas Pastries January 28, 2007

Time to tantalize your palate with all the delectable flavors that Southern California has to offer. Pleasure Palate events, both restaurant outings and food and beverage tastings, will truly allow you to "Taste Life’s Pleasures." So let us take your tastebuds on the ride of their life. For today's event, we will be sampling delicious Portuguese pastries from Natas Pastries in Sherman Oaks.

Natas Pastries offers many delicious treats and for only $11, we will be having our own private tasting event at Nata's with owner Fatima Marques, herself. The event will include:

a savory tasting of:

1 Croquetes - Seasoned ground beef and Portuguese chorizo
1 Rissois - Shrimp and Crab turnover
1 Pasteis de bacalhau - Cod cakes (Portuguese version of crab cakes)

a sweet tasting of:

1 nata - Portugal's signature pastry. Creme brulee type filling in puff pastry
1 mini Queijada - mini cheese cake made with ricotta cheese/cinnamon in puff pastry
1 mini pasteis de coco - coconut lemon mini cupcake
1 malassada - Portuguese donut/sugar ball
1 mini pyramid - Portuguese brownie made with Belgian chocolate and marzipan

Your choice of:

House blend regular coffee, waters or sodas

Discount:

a 15% general discount on items and will have specials just for the group

Throughout the tasting, Fatima will talk about the various pastries that we are sampling as well as answer any questions. For those who are interested, you'll also get a quick look into the kitchen.

This is definitely going to be a delicious time well-spent so hopefully, you'll come out and join us!

COST:

$11 needs to be Pre-Paid by January 26 to reserve your spot. The $11 will cover the whole tasting. To pay via Pay Pal, please send $11 ($10 + $1 Pay Pal Fee) to my Pay Pal account at [email protected].

All fees are non-refundable after January 26.

Official Website: http://www.pleasurepalate.com