A black sesame shortcrust shell filled with matcha custard, decorated with sugar cookie koi fish and lily pads floating on the green surface. 

Ruiqi: "My custard tart is something that I feel like you're gonna hate. It's a matcha tart." 

Ruiqi: "It might just be foolish, but honestly, I just kind of ran out of flavor combos in my head." 

Casey: "Semifinals. So what is the thought process? Are you determined to prove him wrong? Is this a high risk, high reward, or is this just plain old foolish?" 

Ruiqi: "Now I'm just slowly tempering the matcha custard that Paul's gonna hate. I don't think I'm gonna win Paul over with this, but I'm just hoping that if it's well baked and looks nice, he'll forgive me for doing a flavor that he absolutely hates." 

Ruiqi (decorating): "That looks more like a shark than a koi, but it's fine." 

Ruiqi (after judging): "He doesn't like much, but Prue liked it." 

Ruiqi went on to win Star Baker this week. No Hollywood Handshake was awarded for this dish.