Kaisendon with added quail egg and chicken leek skewers from the newly-opened Teppei Daidokoro at Raffles City, a takeaway kiosk concept serving yakitori, croquettes, bentos and their now-ubiquitous kaisendon. The emotionally uninvested rice and mouth-fillingly obese sashimi chunks failed to generate much Lust, Caution-esque chemistry, whilst elsewhere the egg softness,…
You know it’s the season of raw fish flinging, annoyingly grating chingchonglinglong soundtracks and awkward questions from nosey aunties about why you’re still a Singleton/your lack of procreative products when festive goodies like these Lunar New Year-themed macarons from Bonheur Patisserie start popping up. Bonheur Patisserie (Raffles City) 252 North…
You know it’s time to stock up on body phats and start expecting that craycray red-suited night-time intruder to break into your house any day now when adorable festive goodies like these macarons from Bonheur Patisserie start popping up! Box of 8 Christmas design macarons: $45 Macaron Logcake – dark…
Charcoal waffle with salted egg yolk sauce and added Famous Amos and Thai Red Tea ice cream from Twenty Grammes. The charcoal waffle itself was soft and bread-like, whilst the gooey salted egg yolk sauce had the grace and refinement of an Orchard Towers performance artiste. Elsewhere, the Famous Amos…
Matchazuke from Karafuru Desserts – matcha soufflé, vanilla pudding, jasmine crème anglaise, mizu-yokan, dango, matcha langue de chat. The pound cake-esque matcha cake, intensely flavoured cat’s tongue (or long du shah if you’re all posh) and matcha sauce certainly put the matcha in this Matchazuke. However, the yogurt swirl (which…
Velvet Jubilee ($5.50) from Rabbit Owl Depot – red velvet snowflakes waffles with red velvet ice cream drizzled with cream cheese. Essentially bitter dark chocolate ice cream with a margarine-esque drizzle and bready waffles that lack the original signature snowflakes waffles’ killer spiky crisp – the red velvet aspect of…
Butterscotch popcorn waffle with artisanal vanilla bean ice cream, banana and crushed nuts from Hyde & Co. The waffle was razor crispy on the outside and the combination of popcorn and crushed nuts provided a substantial amount of jaw activity while the butterscotch, probably fearful of heights, antisocially remained in…
Soft serve froyo on waffle from Twenty Grammes. Essentially Yami yogurt going to a Tanjong Pagar bar and drunk karaoke-warbling Sunday Folks’ song. The waffle (competent when paired with Twenty Grammes’ unique ice cream) was here strangely dryer than the Mojave Desert – neither the firm yogurt nor the thin…
Snowflake waffle with earl grey and hazelnut roche ice cream from Rabbit Owl Depot. Justifiably earns its stripes as one of the better-tasting and more memorable waffles around, which goes to show that a waffle – or indeed any food item – can look striking and dramatic (read: “instagrammable”) and yet…