He prefers closed pineapple tarts as an alternative of open-faced ones, in order that he can get pleasure from extra of the pastry. “If I eat one, the subsequent factor I do know the entire field is gone. The tarts are very sneaky, that’s why I name them Sneaky Little Tarts,” he defined.
His fiancee, actress Xenia Tan, is a fan of the tarts too. “She’s like me – when she likes to eat one thing, she can’t cease, so I’ve to restrict her pineapple tart consumption,” laughed Shawn.
WANTED TO MAKE THE TARTS THEMSELVES
Shawn, alongside together with his brother-in-law who runs an advert company and used to personal a number of defunct F&B companies (he declines to call them), are fairly hands-on with their enterprise.
They deal with most facets from some R&D to packaging design and even do a few of the deliveries themselves. They thought of making the tarts too, however finally engaged a central kitchen and workers as an alternative as the 2 guys had been “not productive sufficient”.
It was an excellent name in hindsight as Shawn divulged that the R&D course of was “lengthy and painstaking”. Despite the fact that that they had Auntie Jasmine’s recipe and assist, it nonetheless took the central kitchen greater than half a 12 months to copy the style of her tarts.
“The recipe was simply so arduous to crack, and we simply didn’t know why. We needed to ship it for a number of rounds of R&D and solely managed to nail the style a couple of month in the past. This is the reason we launched our pineapple tarts so late,” defined Shawn. The tarts, he stated, are “99 per cent” just like Auntie Jasmine’s.
Shawn agreed that the worth, at S$38 a field, is “on the mid-high aspect” however he insisted he didn’t wish to compromise on the standard and style.
“We use premium butter and fillings sourced from a provider and don’t skimp on them. Truthfully, our revenue margin will not be excessive,” he stated, earlier than shortly including: “However then once more, I’m not a businessman, I simply wish to eat pineapple tarts and I’m doing this for the expertise. I’m okay so long as I don’t lose an excessive amount of cash!”
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This story was initially published in 8Days.