A Thursday pick-me-up

With half of the team away in Singapore, its been pretty quiet around the office this week so I decided to bring back an afternoon treat for the rest of us left slaving away at work. Today, we had egg tarts. Now, egg tarts are a true piece of Hong Kong baking at its best. Throughout Hong Kong you can find amazing variations of the egg tart - the Portuguese variety being my personal favourite. Now, I was totally shocked when I moved to Hong Kong and tried one of these for the first time. Shocked only in that the egg tart technically symbolizes everything I dislike about most pastries. There's a pie/cookie crust...and some gooey stuff in the middle. Somehow though, these little cookie-egg creations have become one of my favourite treats.

Today's egg tarts came from the ever popular Tai Cheong bakery.

When my colleague first took me here over a year ago I was a little skeptical only because locals in Hong Kong seem to think that every single restaurant, bakery, tea shop, etc. is super famous. Tai Cheong bakes the traditional Chinese type of egg tart.

Today's egg tart was warm, flaky on the outside, and wonderfully soft on the inside. Tai Cheong deserves every bit of notoriety it has gained over the years.

And just so you dont think that all I eat is cake....

I eat several of these every day

For a great article on Tai Cheong bakery, click here. Just dont scroll down and read the ingredients...there's a lot of butter in these babies.

Today's Cake Rating (on a scale of 5 cakes)
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Service           (I bought 7 tarts to bring back and the sweet little lady behind the counter kept singing about 7-11)

Price           ($42 HKD for 7 is a steal!)

Overall Satisfaction         

Tai Cheong Bakery (Central)
35 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central
Hong Kong