The Portuguese sweet treat Pastel de Belem has been voted the world’s best sweet pastry.

The treat, which is made at Pasteis de Belem pastry shop just outside Lisbon, finished in the top sport, with the pastel de nata coming in third place. In the second spot was trigona panoramatos from Greece.

Online food and travel guide TasteAtlas made the announcement in early December.

Sweet pastries from Turkey dominated the top 10 list, while the croissant came in eighth spot. Australia’s iconic Vanilla Slice came in at number 126, followed by the Cruffin from Lune Croissanterie at number 127.

The top 10 sweet pastries were:

1. Pastel de Belem (Portugal)
2. Trigona panoramatos (Greece)
3. Pastel de Nata (Portgual)
4. Antakya Kunefsi (Turkey)
5. Bougatsa (Greece)
6. Gaziantep baklavsi (Turkey)
7. Fistikli sarma (Turkey)
8. Croissant (France)
9. Paczki (Poland)
10. Kunafah (Egypt)

As the story goes, the Pastel de Belem was created almost 200 years ago when all the monasteries and convents in Portugal were shut down as a result of the 1820 liberal revolution.

In an attempt at survival someone from the Belem-based monastery, Mosteiro do Jeronimos, began to create and sell sweet pastries. Word began to spread about the delicacies and, combined with the growing popularity of the monastery and the Torre de Belem [Belem Tower] as tourist destinations, and visitors began to flock to the region.

The enduring allure of the Pastel de Belem lies in the fact that although it’s possible to find a Pasteis de Nata fairly easy around the globe, it’s only at the Pasteis de Belem café that you can get your hands on a true Pasteis de Belem pastry.