Egg tarts 01
Egg tarts might be my favorite pastry. I generally dislike ranking foods, I never have a favorite dish among the ones that have been ordered and my least favorite ice breaker might just be “what’s your favorite food”. I do love egg tarts though.
Here’s a few that I’ve had:
2018-12-31 Hong Kong
This is actually a milk tart.
Still a good tart though.
I had been hunting for one of these for a while and I finally found right outside a subway station.
2019-12-31 SGV
Good crust, good custard, good tart.
2019-03-30 Champaign
Not good. It looks good, but it’s not. From the now closed PVP Bakery.
2019-05-19 SGV
Nice flaky crust on this one though the custard itself could be better.
2019-05-19 SGV 2
The color of the custard is very very nice.
2019-06-14 MPK
Cafeteria egg tart - very lemony?
2019-06-16 SF
One of the best egg tarts I’ve had, up there with Pastéis de Belém.
2021-02-15 Champaign
My first attempt. The recipe called for a surprising amount of flour in the custard and it came it very bready and with quite a rise! The crust is poor.
2021-09-17 Champaign
Second attempt. They look sickly.
2021-10-02 Champaign
The crust on these is a bit better. I did a prebake this time and dramatically decreased the amount of flour in the custard. I think the specific eggs used probably make a large impact and so I’ve recently found some local eggs which I think will do nicely, large yolks with good color.
It’s not enough to love something to be good at it. Quite a shame that one of the foods I enjoy the most I’m the worst at making but it also provides as nice target to go for.
Overall 🥧/🥧