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Nestled in the expansive shopping strip at The Lagoon in Amwaj Island is Tuga bakery, the first Portuguese bakery in the country.
Judging by its size it could easily escape attention as it sits discreetly in an unfinished part of the building. But, inside Tuga, the fresh whiff of coffee and tantalising aroma of fresh bread is irresistible.
Tuga which is short for 'Portuguese' in the Portuguese language sells traditional pastry and bread including the mouth-watering Pastel de Nata.
Every morning, different varieties of breads and pastries are freshly prepared by its Portuguese baker, Ismael, but Tuga's specialty, Pastel de Nata remains unchanged.
Isabel Santos, 37, executive director of the bakery, said: "I felt that all the breads and cakes on the island tasted the same. I baked my own Pastel de Nata at home for friends which would normally be snapped up in no time. It all started as a joke last year when friends suggested that I should open my own bakery to give Bahrain a taste of Portugal."
A couple of months later, after tonnes of paperwork and lots of running around, Isabel and her husband Alberto Malho, who is a pilot with DHL, set up their business venture.
Tuga opened its doors to the public earlier this year and, apart from the small Portuguese community on the island who are the bakery's regular clients along with regulars from Amwaj itself, customers come from as far as Riffa to buy its bread and delicacies.
For Isabel, business is growing albeit slowly as she feels location is of prime importance in the food business. Developers at The Lagoon promised a completed building bustling with shops but have fallen short of their pledge to finish the building by now.
"If the building had been completed as per schedule we would have had more visitors. Setting up this venture was tough but the feedback is very positive," she said in her heavily accented English.
But Isabel is upbeat as her bakery products are unique on the island. Tuga supplies to some of the leading supermarkets on the island but the feather in its cap is a regular royal customer. "Her Highness Shaikha Sabeeka's palace buys from us and they have been our client since the very beginning," explained Isabel.
Prices at Tuga start from 200 fils for its country bread and goes up to 600 fils for its pastries.
