San Domingue – a jewel box with rum emulsion, chocolate mousse, caramelized plantain and a Brittany crust. Essentially the chocolatey equivalent of Christmas morning. The jewel box reveals liquid rum emulsion by way of in-mouth squirtage once you bite it, and you get to chew the chocolate box with the…
Choco ginger gelato and raspberry sorbet. Managed to try out the gelato at Plus39 Gelato before their soft launch next week. The raspberry sorbet was intense in its sourness and a wallop of natural, fruity goodness right there in your mouth. The revelation, however, was the choco ginger – dark,…
Chendol and Pineapple Tart Ice Cream with Waffle. If I were a teacher and the two balls were my pupils, the gula melaka ice cream gets a solid B for its faithful (albeit slavish) re-creation of the real deal, pandan jelly noodles and atap chee inclusion and all. However, the…
Apple Berry Pie. Less yogurty than Llaollao, and the crumble added an element of saltiness and crunch. However, as we went deeper down the cup, the intensity of sourness (it could have been from the yogurt or apple chunks, or both) reached such a degree that it made my tongue…
Boba Milk & Egg shaved ice. Essentially Koi’s caramel milk tea (70% sugar) after somebody left it in the freezer to cool for too long. 3.5/5 YiLi PaoPao Ice 181 Orchard Road #B2-05 Orchard Central Singapore 238896
Red Rubies served with Jackfruit and Coconut Milk. The rubies were essentially frosty, crunchy pearls that were enjoyably gnawable, but the jackfruit had much personality as Looi Sai Hiam from Class 4C in primary school. 3.3/5⠀ [Tasting courtesy of ParaThai.] ParaThai 11 Tanjong Katong Road #02-23 OneKM Mall Singapore 437157
Chocolate banana waffle – chocolate waffle, caramelized banana, vanilla bean ice cream, salted caramel sauce and nutella truffle powder. Essentially a chocolate pound cake (!) with vanilla ice cream and sweet, gooey goreng pisang. The shift from fluffy chiffon to dense cake felt like a Lionhead Rabbit transforming into a…
Bubor Cha Cha Panna Cotta. The equivalent of giving your tongue a luxurious staycation body massage using this cool, fragrant and really smooth cream. You’d be hard pressed to find more pleasant ways to end a meal than this. 4.1/5 Violet Oon’s Kitchen 881 Bukit Timah Road Singapore 279893
The Bette Midler – earl grey sponge with lemon emulsion and blueberry buttercream. A cake so dense, filling and statuesque that it can probably serve six girls with thigh gaps. Fork vertically and the lemon emulsion essentially overrides everything else; try only the sponge bits and you enjoy the highly…