i heard about the insane 4 hour line ups that occurred over the weekend and thought I would wait till the hype died before trying the cheese tarts.
But APPARENTLY go at opening time (10:00) and there was no line up ! (according to a coworker who kindly snagged a matcha tart to bring back to the office)
As excited as we were, the tart, by the time it had made through morning journey to the office, had become to what resembled a mountain of crushed jello encased in pastry.
So casting the whole concept that we 'feast with our eyes', we sampled the tart and the verdict was:
pros:
- the cheese filling surprised us with adzuki beans and mochi balls
- the crust was the best bit- nice and flaky (surprisingly not soggy!)
cons
- not travel friendly :(
- i didn't really taste any creaminess or cheese flavour ... - it has a more custard flavour and somewhat reminds me of a portuguese egg tart but with more of a jello-like consistency
- not much matcha flavour either
worth the hype? maybe not so much - for those who haven't tried, i would definitely wait till the lines die down. Perhaps you can satisfy your Pablo cheesetart curiosity with some egg tarts from a Chinese bakery for the time being instead...