Previously I
took a look at Tokyo Secret in One Utama. Last Sunday, I went with my friend who likes to bake cakes and cookies to taste the Tokyo Secret cheese tart in IPC. Due to its price, we bought one at MYR7.90 nett to share. View from the side.
View from the top. The crust is nicely browned and the filling is golden yellow. The size is almost the same size as the usual egg tart.
I took a bite and exclaimed, "the crust tastes like butter cookies!" and my friend who bakes educated me by saying this is a shortcrust pastry and in general, there are three types of shortcrust pastry for tarts/pies:
1. Pâte brisée - a savory, flaky tart crust made from flour, cold butter, cold water, and a pinch of salt.
2. Pâte sucrée - a sweet tart crust made from almost the same ingredients as the above with the addition of sugar and egg yolks to give it a fine and cookie-like crust.
3. Pâte sablée - sablée means sandy in French - this is the sweetest crust and has a crumbly, sandy texture, most like a cookie.
Since I am no expert, I just took a wild guess that this crust is no. 2 since it is fine and tastes like cookies but there is no one to confirm this.
When we reached the middle of the tart, the filling flows out. It tastes of cheese, not that strong but good enough and the texture is not too watery and also not too gooey, just nice. It was not overly sweet and tastes very good. My friend who bakes likes this a lot because she says that the taste of the crust goes very well with the fillings and there is no overly strong taste that stands out and lingers in the mouth.
The next cheese tart that I am going to try is the one from
Uncle Tetsu because someone reviewed that for its price (MYR4.50 nett each), she would rather eat that than this expensive one. I would have to bring my friend who bakes with me to share that tart as well to make the same comparison by eating half each.
Tokyo secret has a small shop in IPC on the ground floor. There are two entrances, one from Mac City and one from the street outside which I don't think is ready yet because it looks like it is still under construction.
No queues but you will need to place your order, pay for it and then come back to collect it because there are people waiting for their orders before you. There are 3 small tables in this shop for waiting customers.
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