Its popularity among domestic tourists has reached the same level of veneration as chocolate, fried nuts and betutu ultra spicy steamed chicken.
Actually, milk tarts have been produced for over 30 years by families of Chinese descent. The sweet taste of the tart is a fitting compliment to a cup of slightly bitter, hot locally brewed coffee, a preferred morning and evening drink among the island residents.
Milk tarts are simply pastry made of wheat flour, butter and milk. The skillful hands of the housewives working in the milk tart factories knead the mixture of flour and butter into dough, cutting and shaping them into tart crusts before filling them with processed milk. The tart crusts and their sweet fillings are later baked in an oven for about two hours. A pie susu cost Rp 3,000 per piece.