I suppose I didn't learn my lesson and still ordered tarts from Shio Patisserie. LOL Well, I wasn't going to eat them all. The man wanted them, and we shared with our neighbors. It's not a retail shop, so they're only currently opened for pre-orders and pick-up from their central kitchen. We ordered enough for complimentary delivery.
With a shop name like Shio... I was hoping that their bakes would be more savory than sweet, and they go easy on the sugar. I think they did! Got a box of four small tarts — cheese brûlée, lime basil, earl grey pecan and mont blanc. The only tarts I wanted to taste from Shio Patisserie are its lime and basil, and the sea salt dark chocolate. Tarts keep slightly better than cakes. I wouldn't have to eat three in a day.
The 16-cm sea salt dark chocolate tart would definitely have to be shared. Valrhona chocolate and Maldon sea salt flakes. Noms. To be honest, it's even better than Cheryl Koh's dark chocolate tart. They even packed the salt separately so that we would be able to enjoy it at optimal at the moment of eating. It's good for four persons in generous quarters, best shared. Of course you could quaff the whole 16-cm tart by yourself in two days. IF your tummy likes it.
Now, that small lime and basil tart. This entire order was made so that I could taste this tart. I wasn't too interested in the rest of them. OMG. It was delicious! I liked it! The man took two bites and I polished off the rest. It held a gorgeous curd ratio of tangy lime and herbs. The tart shell was not as sugared as expected. I loved it. I think I want to order this tart in the bigger 16-cm size.
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I like not too sweet tarts. I haven't tried any lime tarts that I will eat again as they are still too sweet. This Shio version sounds great. Maybe I shall order some tarts from Shio to try :)
Whatkueh's key lime pie is good too!
Your post may have just convinced my wife to place an order.
@cavalock: there's also Scones et Beurre (order via IG, but they're closed till end July). quite a quiet winner. but now that mothership did an article about them, I hope they don't explode and get overwhelmed with orders. we learnt of it via Kizuna (coffeeshop at potting pasir), and have been ordering from them. bonus for us- they do scones for dogs too.
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