Cherry Pop from Non Entrée Desserts – cherry with Bols Kirsch & mascarpone form, earl grey jelly, chocolate soil, marinated cherry compote, flourless sponge and spicy cherry sorbet. Essentially a riotous sour carnival in your mouth – the wince-inducing and spicy cherry sorbet projects thousands of microscopic peppery pins onto…
Red velvet waffle with After Eight Mintnight and Going Bananas ice cream from Archipelago Creamery. The red velvet waffle was of a soft and chewy variety, whilst elsewhere the peppermint ice cream could cure mild sore throats and the milky banana ice cream hid a naughty overnight nutty brownie guest.…
Sweets from the Hi-Tea Buffet at House. Whilst the Orange Sweet Potatoes Tart was starchily suited and the coffee soil-topped Caramel Banana Cake Flowerpot was like Hermione Granger in salt class, the rich Curry Leaf Almond Brownie swished its savoury saree in glee and the yummy sweet gloop atop the…
Chocolate hazelnut Shibuya toast with Tali Bourbon and Shangri Latte ice cream from Archipelago Creamery. Whilst the fortress walls may prove unsurmountable unless the dining party consists of eight pre-breakfast Primary Two boys before Sports Day at MacRitchie Reservoir Park, what lies beyond is surprisingly good and luxuriously indulgent -…
Amaretto cacao mousse with blackcurrant granita and fresh berries from Roots Kitchen & Bar. Essentially a thick sweet chocolate mousse in mid-embrace with a squirmingly-sour Ribena glacier, with the resulting combination of extreme taste profiles being a clash of Titanic proportions. 3/5 Roots Kitchen & Bar 30 Dickson Road Singapore…
Chocolate croquette from The Disgruntled Chef – coffee jelly, Sumatra coffee cream, Kahlua. Essentially an epic cinematic romance interpreted as a classy dessert – you have the aromatic and potent Kahlua cream as well as the arrestingly gao liquorice-esque bitter coffee jelly setting a decidedly adult tone, the dessert is symbolically…
Gianduja Parfait from Karafuru Desserts – hazelnut soufflé, chocolate pudding, hazelnut and orange crisp, dark chocolate curd, candied orange, curaçao sauce. In contrast to the sketchy cultural appropriation of the Matchazuke, this parfait understands the orange/chocolate dynamic and plays up their chemistry well without unnecessary pandering. The orange elements fare considerably better…
Eclairs from Dulcet & Studio – (from top) Ethiopian coffee with nuts, mini exotic (melon and mint), chocolate, and corn. If you buy four eclairs, the pricing is almost buy-3-get-1-free, so naturally we went for it. Off the bat, we noted that the choux pastry had a certain airy coarseness to…
Aquarium Japone from Henri Charpentier – matcha, chocolate, white chocolate and yuzu mousse. The chocolate cap over the aquarium – wherein honeycomb, crumble and green tea sponge reside – disintegrates dramatically when hot chocolate is poured over it, and the dessert eventually segues into a green tea take on Eton’s…