Pettite France (French whisky, cream, honey, almond, spiced sable, almond crispy crepes, apricot, mascarpone) from Mad About Sucre’s newly-launched Autumn/Winter cake collection. The nutty and indulgently rich dome was a Tang Wei and Tony Leung-esque filthy romp between roasty, thick and creamy almond nougat and milky, unflinchingly drunken homemade French…
Saveurs de Printemps from Mad About Sucre – French earl grey apricot mousse, Savoire sponge, blood orange and grapefruit insert. The presence of the classily demure and full-bodied earl grey is only detected after it has successfully materialised and condensed on your tongue, and elsewhere the citrusy elements within send…
Christmas Cake from Mad About Sucre – aged brandy, apricot, cranberries, currant, citrus peels, vanilla light rum sauce, and rum chantilly cream. Essentially the gustatory equivalent of seeing your familiar friend of many years in (ahem) naughty and slightly inappropriate Santa attire for the first time. The alcoholic fumes diffuse…
Standing firmly at attention like garang NSF recruits during first parade are these mini snowskin mooncakes from Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant, Sheraton Towers Singapore – (clockwise from front) lotus paste with salted egg yolk, green tea paste with yuzu truffle, lotus paste with champagne truffle and red date paste with…
Pan-fried duck foie gras with apricot confiture, toasted pistachio and vincotto from Pool Grill. Whilst the outer layer of the foie gras was already soft and wobbly, the core was positively molten liver goodness. A buttery, crusty toast provides texture, and elsewhere the apricot confiture, tasing much like thick purée, prevented…
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