Buah Keluak from Candlenut – buah keluak ice cream made with 80% Valhrona chocolate on a bed of salted caramel, chocolate crumble and chilli specks, topped with warm milk chocolate espuma. One of the most stunning local desserts I’ve tried this year. The buah keluak ice cream was itself an…
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…
Strawberry bingsu from Nunsongyee. While we were positively smothered with love from all them fleshy and sweet strawberries, the cows that provided the milk used for the shaved milk ice might have been lactationally challenged as the ice was rather tasteless, a far cry from the milky goodness experienced during…
A Dessert Platter from The Royal Mail Restaurant & Bar. Essentially the chef’s selection of four desserts from the menu in a deconstructed plated dessert format, which means you get to try manageable samplings of their Peanut Butter Jelly and Eton Mess. It’s an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink affair — matcha sponge! caramelised…
Green Curry Gelato with Sticky Rice from Gin Khao. Essentially cold, spicy green curry paired with pulut hitam-esque black glutinous rice, and quite the exhilarating, Indian-tinged dive into savoury dessertdom. You will finish the serving not quite sure if you had just eaten a dessert, and the meal will feel…
Orh nee (yam paste) and Sicilia pistachio ice cream on waffle with homemade caramel sauce. The orh nee was a revelation, being starchy, thick and distinctively orh nee instead of merely yam, whilst the Sicilia pistachio tasted like it had enjoyed a few nice leaps over an open fire. Elsewhere,…
Red velvet pancake from Tolido’s Espresso Nook. Fairly competent, although methinks the pancakes should have used sunblock with a higher SPF and in-built moisturising properties. However, the portion of the yogurt-esque mascarpone cheese is generous enough such that every mouthful of pancake can be suitably slathered with cream, and the fruits…
Crepe Suzette from Henri Charpentier. The crepe was very expertly and neatly folded in manner of army No. 4 before a stand-by-bed. Also noteworthy – how shiokly alcoholic my orange juice was. 3.9/5 Henri Charpentier Singapore 9A Dempsey Road Singapore 247698
Meringue accompanied by homemade sangria from Henri Charpentier. The sticky and chewy almond meringue tasted like a cross between peanut butter and a powdery caramel popcorn. Elsewhere, the apricot, figs and raisins were ever so slightly tipsy on Jolly Shandy. 3.6/5 Henri Charpentier Singapore 9A Dempsey Road Singapore 247698