I should really stop buying pineapple tarts when it isn’t the CNY period. Last night, I could not resist getting the pillow pineapple tarts at Garden Pastry & Cake – a neighborhood cake shop located in Aljunied Crescent. There were only 3 tubs left and while I was curious about the date of expiry, I couldn’t find a sticker on the tub so I had to ask the cashier. She said it’ll last a few weeks with no issue. And when my darling pressed her about the date of manufacture, she blurted out “TODAY” in Mandarin, after saying it could not have been made during CNY. But “today” seemed less than truthful to me. And upon tasting the pineapple pillow, yup, I don’t think it was made the same day I purchased it. 
Each tub has 3 layers of 9 tarts. The price is decent at $22.80 though I’d probably get some pineapple tarts from Bengawan Solo in future, if I really have a craving again. They’re the sort who’d have more accurate dates to inform me about.
I love the color, obviously, and it was what drew me to these tarts. No anaemic-looking ones. No burnt ones. Just plump-looking pineapple tarts. As for the taste, well, there’s only a hint of sweetness so if your folks at home are always complaining about this being too sweet and that being too sweet, these tarts will not elicit such remarks.
But I don’t think I managed to get freshly-baked tarts, so it’s a pity I won’t be able to rave about these. They do taste like perhaps they were baked a week ago or so. Not exactly stale / unpalatable, but not baked-today-FRESH either.
And besides the Garden ‘branding’ sticker on the top, there’s no sticker of any sort elsewhere. Not below, not at the side.
I do hope bakers start paying a bit more attention to these things. Put a sticker stating the best before date at least, if the date of manufacture is a little sensitive.
I did also purchase their banana swiss roll for $4.80 and that was really good. I kept it in the fridge last night and even when we ate them for breakfast this morning, the taste was still pretty good. I would purchase this again.
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Garden Pastry & Cake Pte Ltd is at 95 Aljunied Crescent, #01-505, Singapore 380095.
Tel: 67455706