Roasted Pears from Pollen – Chamomile, ginger, granola, yogurt. The warm titular pears were resiliently crunchy and very juicy and moist, adaptively bearing the distinctive spiciness of the ginger cake which, by the way, would cling onto your tongue like an overzealous yet adorable koala. Elsewhere, the yogurt was like…
The Ginger Garden from Halia (Singapore Botanic Gardens) – ginger flower sherbet, banana fritter goreng pisang, young root ginger crumble, edible flowers. The sherbet tasted like a floral Sprite soda, while both the chewy biscuit and candy had the sharp, distinct taste of ginger. The goreng pisang had a most…
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,…
Ginger – candied ginger pudding, sticky toffee, caramel ice cream and candied ginger. Essentially sticky date pudding which eats clean. The ginger element of the pudding is not immediately apparent, but when you use your tongue to slowly process the experience (instead of just chewing and swallowing like a common…
Slow cooked squid with poached pear, ginger, and candied pistachio. Essentially yusheng with a very daring and post-modern undercut hairstyle, with squid instead of raw fish slices. Each mouthful unveils a new facet of the dish, and you will run the gamut of sweet, nutty, crunchy, tart, crumbly and chewy…