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My way Crystal Jade My Bread creates more island on this earth bordering Hong Kong and Europe! Besides Hong Kong egg tarts there is also the egg-white tart, yuan yang candescent white curds in golden pastry. Hawaii bun and bolo bun; one has whole pineapple rings on top whilst the other is the popular Cantonese pastry, criss-cross sugary crust simulating the epicarp of a pineapple. Whole-grain toast there is also the super whole-grain toast(200% wholemeal? I suppose) and sweet buns there are coffee and mexican coffee buns.
My Way Crystal Jade My Bread churns out recipes as they like, new breads seen at different outlets. So here at Toa Payoh, one gets a trick-or-treat with these devious-looking black pastries at the door!
Mini Caramel Charcoal Tart with Banana (SGD 0.80)
It is black. Not oreo, or flourless dark chocolate cakes. Not black on the inside, like black sesame filling. Elemental carbon; charcoal singeing the crusts burnt and black. Aside the crispy sugary exterior; caramelized like a bolo bun, the crust inside tasted like clay! Cakey and soddy, you feel like your tongue's tastebuds are thoroughly oxidised, dehydrated and flirted and teased by the purging Carbon!
A beautiful crust like fertile volcanic soil. And what's the interior? (The heart cannot take a second blow). Well its not the oxidised banana, or a gob of chewed-up toffee:: its exquisite coffee! So robust, this is probably mexican coffee. P.S. Clobbering as it is, carbon/charcoal is extremely addictive! Like cocoa or coffee, the higher the purity/dangerous level the crackier you and your tongue gets!
