Bao's Pastry's Milk Skin Handmade Yoghurt - Sakura Flavour

Bao's Pastry is a newish bakery that originated in China and started opening branches in Singapore. It's more known for its innovative variety of fusion pastries, such as pistachio or yam tarts (styled after Cantonese or Macau Portuguese egg tarts), pineapple tarts, scones tweaked for the Asian taste buds and so on. But I thought the most interesting item was this Sakura Flavour Milk Skin Handmade Yoghurt. 

The first thing I noted is that it was definitely priced at a premium compared to most yoghurts - S$2.80, compared to say $1.50 or so at the supermarket. However, it came with a lot of paraphernalia, all of which could be recycled, as in the picture - an insulated bag that can contain an entire meal, a set of disposable gloves and pack of frozen coolant. 

Bao's Pastry's Milk Skin Handmade Yoghurt - Sakura Flavour

Furthermore, after trying it, I think it can qualify as a premium dessert similar to premium puddings sold at other cafes for around S$3-5, so overall it was worth it IMO.

What is Milk Skin?

Milk skin is an ethnic food from China, made by skimming off the top skin-like part of the milk that forms usually after warming up the milk or when making heated milk desserts like milk puddings. In this dessert, I believe it refers to the thin yellowish creamy layer on top, above the pink yoghurt layer, although I'm not sure if that layer was added after being skimmed, or whether it was naturally formed from the yoghurt below. 

Furthermore, it is supposed to be a film-like layer and rich in protein unlike butter or cream, so the layer below looks somewhat inauthentic or perhaps a slightly different version more closely related to puddings than real milk skin.

Bao's Pastry's Milk Skin Handmade Yoghurt (Sakura Flavour) - Milk Skin Layer

Taste Review

I ate the whole mouthful together, rather than separating the 2 layers. Overall, it tasted like an extremely rich, creamy and milky yoghurt. 

There was some tanginess as all yoghurt would have, but the sourness was mild, and it was not very sweet either, so the tastes were very well-balanced.

The sakura flavour came through as mild cherry-strawberry floral and fruity notes which complemented the tanginess of the yoghurt well. There seemed to be very vague notes of salt, which was somewhat reminiscent of the Japanese pickled sakura leaves flavour, but it wasn't that strong. It was mild and like somewhere in between the cherry-strawberry milk flavour and the pickled sakura leaf flavour.

Finally, for reference, this is what it looked like before eating - very similar to those premium pudding desserts.

Bao's Pastry's Milk Skin Handmade Yoghurt (Sakura Flavour) - contents

Verdict

For S$2.80, the quality was very good - great balanced flavours, unique sakura flavour that was more authentic than just a strawberry milk flavour, and very rich and creamy. Highly recommended product, and a much more affordable alternative to those expensive puddings at other cafes without sacrificing any quality.

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