For this weekend, I took the family for a stroll in the Main Street Unionville area.  I heard about Uncle Tetsu opening shop uptown back in June 2016. They finally opened in late August 2016 (beyond their original promise of July 2016).

I had never bought from Uncle Tetsu for their cheese cake and thought this opportunity was the perfect chance to acquire one ...

Reviewer:Eating With Gordon
Visit Date: 9/24/2016
Food Rating: 4/5
Service Rating: 3/5


Atmosphere:
Uncle Tetsu took over an old jewelry store that was located on the west side of Main Street near the Old Fire House building. I pretty much had to wait about 1 hour in line that extended all the way to the sidewalk (this was around 6pm) with roughly 20-30 people in front of me ...

Service:
Once the cheesecakes were available, I paid cash (only cash accepted) and was off with my cheesecake and two flavours of madeleine cookies (not exactly french looking version).

Food:
You could only buy 1 cheesecake per person. Apparently, you can pre-order 10 cheesecakes if you want ...

We got back home and tried their cheesecake. It was not overly sweet. The cheese flavour wassubtler and the texture was more like a souffle. The cake was delightfully light, airy, fluffy and moist. It was almost like eating air ...

I had been told that it was preferred to consume right away or chill in fridge. We tried both and my SO agreed that eating fresh was the best. 

Would I get it again? Yes but hopefully with less people in line ...

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Name:	Uncle Tetsu Unionville
Price Range:	$
Cuisine:	Japanese Baked Goods
Address:	158 Main St Unionville, Markham, ON L3R 2G9
Phone:	(647) 822-2918
Menu URL:
Website:
Hours:	Sunday 8AM–11PM Monday 8AM–11PM Tuesday 8AM–11PM Wednesday 8AM–11PM Thursday 8AM–11PM Friday 8AM–11PM Saturday 8AM–11PM
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