Tarts box — mixed fruits + dark chocolate + lychee + lemon meringue ($30)!
French tart box — mixed fruits tart (kiwi, peach, strawberry, blueberry, peach), dark chocolate tart with matcha stripe, lychee rose tart, lemon meringue tart. $30 box of 4.
Cafe tart haul: 4 French tarts in a $30 box. 😋
What was in the box ($30):
- Mixed fruits tart: custard base topped with peach, kiwi, strawberry, blueberry.
- Dark chocolate tart with matcha brush stripe.
- Lychee rose tart with pink piped cream rosettes + rose petals.
- Lemon meringue tart with torched meringue zig-zag.
A French patisserie tart is all about the contrast between a crisp, buttery pastry shell (pate sucree) and a smooth filling, and this box of four covers a different flavour category in each one. The mixed fruits tart sits on a vanilla custard base topped with fresh peach, kiwi, strawberry and blueberry, the bright, juicy, refreshing pick of the box. The dark chocolate tart is the opposite end: a dense, glossy chocolate ganache, deep and slightly bitter, finished with a single matcha brush stripe for an earthy edge.
The lychee rose tart is the prettiest, piped with pink cream rosettes and rose petals over a floral-fruity filling, delicate and perfumed without tipping into soapy. The lemon meringue tart rounds things off on a bright note, a tangy lemon curd under a zig-zag of torched Italian meringue, that sweet-sour-toasty combination that always works.
A good box to share precisely because each tart is so different: there’s something fresh, something rich, something floral and something zesty, so nobody fights over the same one.
Overall: 4.1 / 5. Mixed fruits fresh, dark chocolate deep, lychee rose floral, lemon meringue bright. Full tart variety in one box. 😋👍🏼
