Jasmin from Antoinette, which is available for both order and dine-in as a Mother’s Day 2015 special item. Essentially a jasmine tea-infused chiffon cake which has accidentally strayed onto the set of a Chinese wuxia period drama and got pelted by the props simulating various vicious Oriental-style attacks such as…
Brioche French toast waffles from Roosevelt’s Diner & Bar, with blueberry sauce and vanilla ice cream. Essentially a neighbourhood bakery-style bun that sneaked into a waffle press whilst playing hide and seek and accidentally got pressed in a tragic accident. More eggy French toast than waffle, though. 3.6/5 P.S. All…
Apple cinnamon waffle bar from Hvala Waffle Bar. Essentially the evolution of the “cheap hotdog waffle” of secondary school/pasar malam days, having adapted to today’s waffle-obsessed times. The apple slices were torched and thus nicely warm and sweet, in stark contrast to the relatively temperature-challenged sliced waffle pieces they rest…
Ispahan cupcake from Fluff Bakery. The cupcake was ridiculously moist and delicious, with the fragrance of rose permeating from every pore of both cake and cream whilst an entire piece of succulent, juicy lychee waits patiently within. Now I understand why people queue. 4.2/5 Fluff Bakery 12 Jalan Pisang Singapore…
Grapefruit Dome from Concetto – a dome of orange and grapefruit, served with lemon meringue, grapefruit confit, honey mint sorbet and Grand Marnier. Essentially the perfect dessert for a hypothetical Preparation for Adult Modern Dining class for junior college/polytechnic students, at a price point suited for the same and an…
Baba au Rhum from Sugarhall, with jamaican rum syrup and whipped cream. Sugarhall is all about the rum, and here they certainly don’t hold back – the rum is generously present (I’ve been to stingier joints where they probably use one squirt from a pipette or similar science class apparatus)…
Oreo bomb from Banana Tree. Essentially vanilla ice cream resting atop an Oreo cookie post-apocalyptic wasteland, with earthen heat still radiating from the heated frying pan. Have the cookies warm as they are served, smash them into crumbs and have warm cookie cereal, or mix the crumbs with the ice…
Madagascan vanilla ice cream with Guinness draught and Créme de Mure from The Naked Finn. The vanilla ice cream sinks and melts with greater haste than Road Runner from the Looney Tunes, so you essentially get a very boozy, fizzy alcoholic milkshake. 3.8/5 The Naked Finn 39 Malan Road Gillman Barracks…
Peanut cake from Tête-à-Tête Café. Essentially mee chiam kueh (peanut pancake), peanut butter and crunchy/gooey muah chee (glutinous rice balls coated with peanut and sugar) having a playful romp in a hyper-delicious ménage à trois. The muah chee bits were to die for, and this was amazing. 4.1/5 P.S. The peanut…