Courtney B.
Yelp
I paid a visit to H-Mart over the weekend to sample a variety of items to include the cream puffs offered here.
In Japan, cream puffs have been adapted and modified to suit Japanese tastes. Japanese-style cream puffs, also known as "choux cream" or "shu cream," are typically smaller and more delicate than their French counterparts, with a lighter, airier pastry shell. When small individual choux pastry puffs are baked, the interior becomes light and airy, and the exterior turns crisp and golden. The puff is then filled with a sweet custard filling. While the traditional shu cream has a plain puff pastry and classic yellow custard cream filling, the fillings offered here are mango and vanilla.
My partner and I purchased a 6 pack of puffs. The craquelin for the puffs were not light but more on the heavy side when it comes to these types of pastries. The cream within the puff was dense as if it had been cooled/chilled prior to purchase. The various flavor combinations we tried (oreo and vanilla, matcha and mango, etc.) were all similar in taste in that the matcha puff didn't taste much different from the strawberry puff
This chain puff establishment is worth a try if you haven't experienced a puff before, but these are not the most unique puffs one can find.