Bakehouse Hong Kong Review: The Egg Tart Reinvented

There are two ways to approach a beloved traditional food. The first is to replicate it faithfully — to honor the form and the recipe that have worked for decades. The second is to understand what makes it good and apply better technique to achieve a more refined version of the same thing. Bakehouse chose … Read more

Hong Kong Egg Tart Guide: Tai Cheong vs Bakehouse (And Everything In Between)

Hong Kong’s egg tart is one of the city’s most beloved food objects — a pastry that exists in a specific form nowhere else in the world, the product of a particular local history and a particular local taste. I ate egg tarts at two of Hong Kong’s most celebrated establishments during my January trip: … Read more