sweet belem cake boutique

new life and old favourites. the new owners and pastry chef have breathed new life into good ol' sweet belem! coffee is excellent. pastries are to die for. custard tarts are as delicious as always.

portuguese tart. thought i had died & gone to heaven when my son bought some to me at katoomba.

portuguese tart is the only one worth to try.. the portuguese tart`s skin is great, but the inside is still to be improved. however, it is the best portuguese tarts i had in sydney. please stay away from the other desserts/cakes. it will hurt your feeling.

one favourite that has been around for years is sweet belem, a cafe and bakery which houses an assortment of amazing pastries and cakes, with the speciality being the freshly baked portuguese tarts. everything in the window looks delicious and i have a moment or two of indecisiveness before i narrow down a few choices. there's corn bread on the counter which disappeared in a flash, along with countless tarts, croissants, brioche, and cakes.  strawberry tart i couldn't go past this luscious looking strawberry tart - a crisp and buttery tart base, with plump and super sweet strawberries sprinkled with crushed pistachios. it was as good as it looks!  quince tart this quince tart is equally as good. the tartness of the quince paired fabulously with the blackcurrant ripple, which i generously slathered on.  since i couldn't try everything in one sitting, i also got a couple of things to takeaway: portuguese tart t

such a gift to have this around the corner. portugeese tart is the highlight - other picks are up and down - have heard good things about the coffee

tarts are amazing!. the portuguese tarts are a must! even better then in portugal!

...served straight from the oven, it feels like a privilege to be able to have them still warm. the pastry is amazingly crisp and buttery, the first bite is always a moment worth pausing. dusted with just the right amount of cinnamon, bite through the ‘skin’ to indulge in a creamy custard filling. the balance is spot on, not too sweet nor eggy; it just beckons us to have another round.

busy little place on the weekends. the portuguese tart is unreal.

the decor of sweet belem is very well decorated and sometimes it makes you forget you are in petersham. they had this mean portugese vanilla slice but there was no way i could stomach it after half a chicken + chips.

portuguese tarts have been a long-time favourite among dessert lovers and sweet belem cake boutique along new canterbury road has become a small local institution in petersham.

sweet dreams. this small little patisserie would be a dream come true for anyone with a sweet tooth. good selection of pastries, cakes and savoury treats.

unfriendly. the cakes and sweets here are nice, however the staff are so unfriendly it ruins the whole experience.

definitely worth seeking out… disappointed you will not be. my tart dealer, coco chanel, tells me they sell out by the afternoon. i suggest bulk buying, it’s hard to stop at one. see the eatability reviews for more info or head straight there to 35b new canterbury road, petersham.

i could actually tasted the essence of real orange and mandarin flavors like i was eating the actual fruits

sweet belem tarts. for years i thought portuguese tarts were a new-age asian delicacy made by quirky taiwanese young-trepreneurs in pop-up outlets found in the streets of chinatown and the basement of the world square shopping centre in the cbd.

on the lively grub street of petersham stood an ordinary looking shop that resembled an old traditional baking house with aluminium venetian blinds on their glass window. a glass cabinet filled with rows of cakes and pretty looking desserts filled up about half the shop, with only a couple of table-tops (looked like greek-inspired art to me) and chairs around. it was a very quiet afternoon, thanks to the rain that dampen the mood of summer.

the sweet balem tart, from what i have heard, was the main attraction. my first bite onto the light and flaky pastry changed my mind completely about what good portuguese tarts taste like. the custard tart was rich but not overly sweet to the extent where one would have their eyes wide shut. the cinnamon powder sprinkled on top left a sweet flavor on the tongue and a wonderful aroma to the pastry.

it is not often i would pay for $3 for a pop in this side of town, but for this fresh-out-of-the-oven pastry and its light and flaky texture, i would go for seconds.