The fabled Uncle Tetsu location in Canada and his very hyped cheesecakes have finally been tasted. As with most foods with insane lineups and tons of rave reviews online (ex. Cronut), it is usually over-hyped.
I waited for an hour, and it wasn't too bad. It was extremely warm in the actual store, and when I had to wait twenty minutes for the new batch, I had started sweating. There is free wifi in the store and they openly give the password, so that helps to make the waiting time go by quicker.
Worth noting that the cheesecakes are made in batches of twelve, and every twenty minutes they are in rotation on an oven with three baking areas. (You could calculate how much longer to wait based on how many more people were ahead of you)
The taste of the cheesecakes were surprisingly fluffy and soft. It had a nice sweetness that didn't need anything added to it. You get the cheesecakes pretty warm (since they go straight from the oven to the box for you) and a man ahead in line said the cheesecakes are better the longer you wait. (Within the day)
Overall, it is similar to the T&T cheesecakes, but much different in taste. (I assume because the T&T ones are mass produced and in a fridge and this one is room temperature and well sort of mass produced now) Is it worth waiting an hour? Possibly if you are dying to get one, but they have a new matcha store right beside it, which might divert demand away from their original cheesecakes towards their new matcha cheesecakes.