A soft fried doughnut split open and piped with bright yellow egg-cream (creme de ovos), dusted in fine sugar. The Portuguese cousin of the Berliner.
Bola de Berlim arrived in Portugal with German Jewish refugees fleeing Europe in the late 1930s and 1940s; bakers in Porto and Lisbon swapped the jam filling for a thick egg-yolk-rich pastry cream (doce de ovos), and the Portuguese version was born. Padaria Ribeiro on Praca Guilherme Gomes Fernandes, founded 1878, is widely considered the canonical Porto reference for the bola.
2 editor picks for Bola de Berlim in Porto, ranked by editorial score. All Porto signature dishes · Bola de Berlim across every city.
Padaria Ribeiro ★ 4.5
Praca Guilherme Gomes Fernandes 21, 4050-431 Porto
Padaria Ribeiro on Praca Guilherme Gomes Fernandes in Porto has baked since 1878, famed for the slow-leaven croissant amanteigado finished with warm sugar.
Confeitaria do Bolhao ★ 4.4
Rua Formosa 339, 4000-049 Porto
Confeitaria do Bolhao opposite the Bolhao market in Porto has baked since 1896, keeping original Art Nouveau tiles and the Abade de Priscos pudding.