Grand Marnier Crema Catalana from Milagro Spanish Restaurant at Orchard Central. Essentially your standard crème brûlée but with sassy unwashed blonde hair, being inappropriately high on sangria (and Grand Marnier, of course) and warbling lines such as “lucky that my breasts are small and humble so you don’t confuse them…
Coconut from Cheek by Jowl – laksa leaf ice cream, pomelo, green chilli. Essentially what you get if bubur cha cha, laksa and vanilla had a head-spinningly scorching ménage à trois on a cushion of roasty nuts. 4/5 This was part of an existing $38 3-course lunch menu, and is…
Matcha Oreo Tart from Bloomsbury Bakers. The green tea – simultaneously milky-sweet and smoulderingly bitter – was as thick and rich as a millionaire hippo, whilst elsewhere the tart base had the defensive valour of a mid-tier knight. 3.4/5 Bloomsbury Bakers 30 Bendemeer Road #01-889 Singapore 330030
Buttermilk waffle with mixed berries compote and vanilla ice cream from Atlas Coffeehouse. Whilst the mixed berries compote scythes at you with the seductively tarty vengeance of a most coquettish minx, the usually reliable waffle, though internally still proficient, had the wizened, sun-weathered skin of a Punggol-living septuagenarian. 3.5/5 Atlas…
Saveurs de Printemps from Mad About Sucre – French earl grey apricot mousse, Savoire sponge, blood orange and grapefruit insert. The presence of the classily demure and full-bodied earl grey is only detected after it has successfully materialised and condensed on your tongue, and elsewhere the citrusy elements within send…
Nutella toast with a scoop of Sicilian Pistachio from Double Scoops. The toast was Gillette razor-crisp on the outside with a comfortably buttery core while elsewhere, despite the Nutella layer appearing deceptively thin, it must possess natural abilities of permeation, diffusion or similar as you don’t particularly notice its absence…
Swedish Apple Pancake topped with caramelised apples, Bavarian cream and cinnamon cider glaze from Clinton Street Baking Company. The enormously filling buttery, fluffy pancakes, which stored a 8.15am MRT train passenger-esque steaming rage deep within, provided eggy French toast comfort whilst elsewhere the Bavarian cream was a sugary vanilla ice…
A Compter Du Printemps from Mad About Sucre – strawberry cream, lemon mousse, French champagne, raspberry, almond sponge cake, croustillant. The posh champagne jelly was inappropriately inebriated to such a degree that it probably contravened something in the Liquor Control Act, whilst elsewhere the glacial and understated strawberry cream struck…
Milk cake, passionfruit sorbet and toasted almonds from Bochinche. Tastes exactly as its name describes – a winsome, orgiastic union of milk and cake, with the passionfruit sorbet bringing some tartiness to the party. 4/5 This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Bochinche. Bochinche 22 Martin Road #02-01 Singapore 239058