They come from the portuguese pasteis de nata , she says , and given the fact that they look almost exactly like dahn taht - and that in the former portuguese colony of macau , less than 40 miles from hong kong , these pastries are known as " po tarts " - I 'm inclined to agree .
A few months ago , the new york times ran an informative map of places to eat in flushing , queens , that included a controversial claim : cantonese egg tarts ( dahn taht ) are british in origin .
