Pastry: Lacking freshness and flake 5/10
Presentation: Dubiously thick icing, hint of passionfruit seeds 6/10
Value for money: $5.50 - Medium portion, uninspiring 3/10
Overall score: 4.6/10
The pastry itself was starting got go soggy from soaking up the moisture from the filling and the topping. It may have been half decent when freshly baked, but flakey and crisp it was not. The custard was quite unusual and not like most standard bakery custards. It was very buttery and thick, almost like a buttery jelly but richer. It wasn’t the worst tasting custard ever, but lacked creaminess and vanilla flavour. The icing turned out to be a whipped butter icing containing a hint of passionfruit, and again wasn’t terrible, just not great. I’m pleased I ate this one at home with cutlery as I wouldn’t have enjoyed picking this thing up with a centimetre of icing sticking to my fingers. I pity the fool that has no cutlery with this slice!