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2010-01-25
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In my last review - I thought that the Egg Tarts here were very good too, as well as their Pineapple Buns... Well another visit during Winter in November 2009 was quite disappointing.

The Milk Tea wasn't too bad, it was very acceptable. OK.
The Pineapple Bun was fresh and warm, with butter, its always been pretty good so no complaints! :)
The Egg Tarts on this occasion however smelled strongly of under-baked Soda Powder or something similar, the pastries weren't even baked properly and still raw - something which seems to happen more with restaurant versions. The eggs meanwhile were already way over-cooked.... I guess this happens because unlike French Pastries, Chinese people don't bother baking the pastry shells separately first before pouring in the egg custard mixture to sychronise the cooking-baking process...! :( This Egg Tart really smelled and tasted strange, it was left unfinished...... it was disgusting!

I'm actually starting to find that its really difficult to buy really really good 酥皮蛋撻 anywhere - so far, everything's been a '4' but not a '5'. There are quite a few types of different 酥皮's, some are really pappery, some are really oily, some are more 酥 - yet, even the best ones of these seem to miss that all important Egginess in the custard. :( You could say I'm being picky, but I don't understand why 泰昌蛋撻 can do this on a pretty consistently good basis and has set the standard - but the 酥皮 versions everywhere can never get this part right, even if the pastries are perfect! Ok, I know the biscuity-based crust egg-tart versions are probably easier to make though....
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Ok-Good Milk Tea!
Ok-Good Milk Tea!
皮未熟, 一朕梳打粉味. 蛋就熟到無得再熟.
皮未熟, 一朕梳打粉味. 蛋就熟到無得再熟.
以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。
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The process of baking the pastry before putting the filling is called "blind-baking". Not sure if it is needed for puff pastry. For "biscuity crust", that is similar to the French "Pate Brisee" or "Pate Sucree", than it is needed to blind-bake. However, since I have the recipe for the Cantonese style puff pastry (which is different from the French and easier to make), I'm gonna try (probably next week or the week after) to make my own egg tart. Will let you know (or taste) the result. (Probably a stupid move because shop bought egg tart is much cheaper!)
2010-01-26
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Sorry to mentioned that only in western kitchen, there is blind baking. Nothing like this in Chinese kitchen, including the "biscuity crust".
2010-01-26
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Would be fun to make this at home :) Wonder what the most traditional Chinese recipes are like!There's way too many Pastry types and formulas lol - sometimes, can't tell the minuit differences. In fact if u think about it, the Pate Brisee u mentioned below is kind of like the 泰昌蛋撻 one? But I reckon with most of the Chinese 酥皮 versions - they'll puff up without filling but they won't goto trouble with filling them with ceramic beans obviously! You thinking of switching Dessert Menu Jodi? Wait til next time - we don't need to be so aggessive haha!
2010-01-27
Correction: meant to say Pate Sablee is like 泰昌 one.
2010-01-27
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