Breakfast waffle with maple syrup, fried egg, choice of streaky bacon and added smoked salmon. The waffles were essentially McDonald’s hotcakes who accidentally walked into a waffle iron. They were buttery, salty and slightly crispy on the outside. The twirly pig meat was an appealing mix of chewy and crispy,…
Matcha Strawberry Field Waffle – green tea waffle, strawberry, mango passionfruit spheres and vanilla ice cream. The waffle is quite intriguing – the fragrance of green tea lingers, but only a faint bitterness in the waffle explicitly betrays its matcha nature. The waffle has a crispy exterior and is warm…
Waffle with Lavender and Earl Grey ice cream. The Lavender was essentially a Paddle Pop/Mint hybrid who just came back from the loo that had Lavender air freshener, while the Earl Grey put up a suitably valiant fight against the mighty Sunday Folks soft serve monster. The waffle was sweet…
Waffle with salted caramel ice cream. The ice cream was more salt and less caramel, and had the curious inclusion of nuts. The waffle was substantial in size and stood with chest proudly puffed out, but taste-wise felt fairly pedestrian and dry. More of a perfunctory waffle for the kids…
Buttermilk waffle with butter rum bananas and vanilla bean ice cream. The waffle was fluffy and tall like an Afghan Hound, whilst the bananas were nicely gooey and sweet. Loved the rum element, which added a naughty kick to the otherwise blank vanilla canvas. 3.7/5 Department of Caffeine 15 Duxton…
Waffle Ispahan – rose waffle with raspberry sorbet and litchi sauce. The waffle felt a bit flaccid (not possessing the turgidity of the Horffles) but the warmness and fragrance of the rose flavour enlivened the proceedings. The multiple elements – rose, raspberry and lychee – shared the throne amicably, with…
Mango cheesecake and pistachio ice cream on a waffle. The waffle is such a dead ringer for the Prima Deli version that my mouth conducted a protest bemoaning the missing Nutella spread that should, based on memory, be there. The pistachio should be nicknamed “Nutbag” for how much nut swag…
Blossom waffle with passionfruit and “U Can’t Guess This!” flavoured ice cream. The passionfruit assaults explosively with tingling spikes of sour, with seed shrapnel for additional impact – loved it. I won’t spoil the secret behind “U Can’t Guess This!” (hint: it’s a fruit), but this particular ice cream as…
The Full Band – grilled bratwurst sausage, crispy bacon, sautéed mushrooms, grilled tomatoes and scrambled eggs on a Belgian waffle. The eggs were 蛋炒饭 (fried rice) eggs trying to masquerade as fancy, fluffy brunch eggs but were improperly costumed. The waffle struggled to leave an impression after my speed dating…