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From Hong Kao Liao Li
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A handcrafted treat each for $2.
Not bad.
From Hong Kao Liao Li
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They offered to slice it.
A handcrafted treat for $6.
Not bad.
This tart has a very fragrant and buttery cookie base! Was quite surprised cuz usually neighbourhood bakery cookie tarts aren't very fragrant, but this was really nice.
There were only about 5 candied walnuts on top tho, which you could easily just remove from the tart and eat separately so it doesn't feel much like an actual walnut tart. Nevertheless, the walnuts were really delicious.
While it definitely tastes good, for the size, I dont think it's really worth $1.60 but good to try.
β Rating: 8/10 tiny sugared nuts
π€ worth the price: could have more nuts
π¦ would I buy again: if there were more nuts
π would I marry: I would date
The bakkwa in this is just a single slice and it's those cheap kinds of bakkwa, which is expected. It's pretty sweet. There's not a lot of floss inside, sadly :( I could taste it but there was really a lot more pastry than filling, which was sad. Really wish there was more filling! I find it a bit pricey, with all these things considered, so while it was nice to try, I don't really find it worth a repurchase.
β Rating: 7.8/10 skinny pigs
π€ worth the price: no
π¦ would I buy again: no
π would I marry: I would date
Saw that the Yishun HKLL outlet was finally selling a mochi pastry and got it immediately! I was expecting there to be yam, black sesame and plain mochi inside, but it's actually yam-flavoured mochi and black sesame filling :O
Ok straight away. Maybe it's just my tastebuds, but THIS IS NOT REAL BLACK SESAME. At first, I couldn't taste that signature, gritty, bitter black sesame and thought that maybe it was because the mochi was overpowering it. But as I kept eating and scooped out a bit of the black sesame on its own to taste it, I honestly feel like that is DEFINITELY NOT BLACK SESAME. It tastes like AKK mung bean filling, right down to the soft and smooth texture π‘ I don't know if HKLL is trying to cut costs and just dyed some mung bean filling black, or if they blended it with a few black sesame seeds, but seriously, not black sesame.
The yam mochi was pretty generous at least, but quite bland and the yam taste is really slight. It's sticky and chewy. Wish the taste was more prominent.
Overall it's still a good pastry but I feel so cheated by the fake black sesame (ok there's a chance that it's not fake, just not good or proper bssm), if I wanted a mung bean pastry, I would have gotten one π€¦ββοΈ I wouldn't buy this again though, unless I get my proper black sesame.
β Rating: 7.4/10 impostor sesame seeds
π€ worth the price: sure?
π¦ would I buy again: no
π would I marry: I'd feel too catfished
Oooh this was great! Loved the texture esp the chewy mochi and the flavours went well with one another :-) both the black sesame and yam were super fragrant and didnβt overpower each other, and wasnβt too sweet either.