BAKE oozes onto our shores, and ION Orchard is its landing pad. Hailing from Sapporo in Hokkaido, the Japanese pastry shop – takeaway only – is famous for its soft and oozing cheese tarts, revolutionising the traditional way of eating cheese tarts cold. Though they are baked here, the cheese tarts ($3.50) sold are made in Hokkaido and flown in to ensure authenticity in flavour. Look for the twice-baked pastries filled with three different types of cream cheese (Hakodate, Betsukai and French cheese) – the tarts are said to be rich in flavour yet light in texture with a crunchy base. Cheese tart lovers can buy a box of six for $19.50, but take note: each person can only take home two boxes.
Bake now has a second outlet in Westgate.