{"id":20893,"date":"2025-04-19T08:49:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20893"},"modified":"2025-04-19T08:49:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:49:37","slug":"pinklady-cheese-tart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20893","title":{"rendered":"Pinklady Cheese Tart"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI\u2019m old enough to remember \u201cPink Lady and Jeff,\u201d the ill-fated 80s television show that co-starred comic Jeff Altman and the Japanese singing duo Mie Nemoto and Kei Masuda known as Pink Lady. That and the gin and grenadine cocktail are what come to mind when I hear the evocative phrase, “Pink Lady.” So when I passed Pinklady Cheese Tart on Mott St in Manhattan\u2019s Chinatown, logic dictated that the reference was to neither.<\/p>\n

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\nBased on sweet Japanese cheese tarts, these handmade delights are overflowing with a creamy, cheesy filling nestled in a crispy shortbread crust and sometimes crowned with an eye-catching topping.<\/p>\n

Available in a multitude of flavors including original, ube, Japanese matcha, lemon, chocolate, strawberry, black sesame and blueberry, they can be enjoyed warm and oozy or cold like cheesecake; shown here are ube and chocolate at mousse-like room temperature. I also tried the original because that\u2019s where I always start but I can assure you I haven\u2019t finished: we\u2019ll be tasting them on my Not Your Ordinary Chinatown Tour<\/a> of course.<\/p>\n

Their motto is Fluffy, Rich, Creamy, Cute.<\/p>\n

Nailed it.
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\nStay safe, be well, and eat whatever it takes! \u2764
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I\u2019m old enough to remember \u201cPink Lady and Jeff,\u201d the ill-fated 80s television show and I know the gin and grenadine cocktail, Pink Lady. These are not those. Read on…. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-20893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sweets","tag-japanese"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20893"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20901,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20893\/revisions\/20901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}