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Tokyo's Mr. Cheesecake lands at ION on 11 November, its first Singapore shop

Edited by Jamie 11 November 2026

A cheesecake that comes with thawing instructions has finally cleared Changi.

Mr. Cheesecake, the Tokyo brand that sells its cheesecakes with instructions on how far to thaw them, opens its first Singapore shop today, Wednesday 11 November 2026: a pop-up at ION Orchard, Level 3, #03-32/33, open 10am to 10pm daily until Wednesday 30 December. If you have ever carried one home frozen from Haneda or Tokyo Station, this is the seven-week window in which you don't have to.

What is on the counter, according to the brand: the BASQUE CHEESECAKE Original, built on browned butter, vanilla and brown sugar with cream cheese, yoghurt and condensed milk; the Cream Brew Coffee, made by steeping coffee beans in cold cream overnight; a Caramel Earl Grey borrowed from crêpe Suzette, with orange at the end; a Matcha using Yame matcha and mascarpone; a Sakekasu Coconut, sake lees with coconut and a little lychee; and the RICH TIRAMISU, which swaps the alcohol for cacao, coffee, browned butter and hojicha. The brand lists those six and says there are others.

The price is the one thing missing. The brand has not published Singapore prices on its site; in its Japanese online shop the Basque Original is ¥3,996 including tax, and is sold only in four-day windows, while the Cream Brew Coffee and the tiramisu are ¥4,212 each. Expect a whole cake rather than a slice, priced like a gift.

A Mr. CHEESECAKE Cream Brew Coffee cheesecake bar, one slice cut, on a green stone board with coffee beans — The Cream Brew Coffee cheesecake, made with coffee beans steeped in cream

Why it matters: the brand's own house rule is the three temperatures. Straight from the freezer it is meant to eat like ice-cream cake, half-thawed (one to 1.5 hours) is what the chef recommends, and fully thawed it goes soft like a brûlée. The chef is Koji Tamura, who trained at Mirazur in Menton and Restaurant ES in Paris before running the kitchen at TIRPSE. Its one permanent shop outside Japan is in Hong Kong, and it calls this pop-up its first time in Singapore.

A Mr. CHEESECAKE Caramel Earl Grey cheesecake on a white board, one slice cut, with its white paper bag — The Caramel Earl Grey cheesecake and its paper bag

Our advice: go for the Basque Original if you are buying one, since it is the one the Japanese shop rations to short online windows, and keep the tiramisu for a second visit. Buy it on the way home rather than at the start of an Orchard afternoon: if it comes frozen, as the brand's serving guide assumes, an hour's train ride to the east or the north is roughly the half-thaw the chef recommends. It also lasts until 30 December, so it can be the Christmas dessert you didn't bake. If a whole cake at Japanese gift prices is more than you want to spend, wait for Singapore prices on its Instagram, @mr.cheesecake.sg.

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A RICH TIRAMISU from Mr. CHEESECAKE, a cocoa-dusted layered bar with one slice cut, on a white dish beside its paper bag — The RICH TIRAMISU, made without alcohol

Good to know Mr. CHEESECAKE pop-up store, ION Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn, Level 3, #03-32/33 (Orchard MRT). Wed 11 Nov to Wed 30 Dec 2026, daily 10am-10pm. First Singapore store for the brand (permanent overseas store: Hong Kong). Products named by the brand: BASQUE CHEESECAKE Original; Mr. CHEESECAKE Cream Brew Coffee; Mr. CHEESECAKE Caramel Earl Grey; Mr. CHEESECAKE Matcha; Mr. CHEESECAKE Sakekasu Coconut; RICH TIRAMISU. Singapore prices: not published by the brand (checked 11 Nov 2026). Japan online-shop prices for reference: BASQUE CHEESECAKE Original ¥3,996; Cream Brew Coffee ¥4,212; RICH TIRAMISU Original (bag) ¥4,212. Instagram: @mr.cheesecake.sg.

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Mr. CHEESECAKE pop-up, ION Orchard | ION Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn, #03-32/33, Singapore 238801