Acting on a tip received from a friend at church, I travelled to Thorndon New World in search of custard, in square form, sandwiched between pastry and icing.

With remarkable success. Supermarket baking is usually a bit meh, but Thorndon New World's custard squares are almost exactly like the ones from my high school's tuckshop. The icing isn't chocolate coloured (don't think the taste is actually very different) but apart from that: the custard is just the right consistency, as is the pastry. A custard square you can eat without covering yourself with custard!

On a related note, I finished my two-and-a-half year time at Innaworks a week ago. My adoring colleagues took the opportunity to go in search of custard squares to present to me. They brought 13, from many different bakeries, and then stared at me, waiting for the pile to be consumed.

It was not to be, I only managed about 1⅔ squares before I began feeling slightly sick. Alas. But they were much appreciated.