Slow roasted chicken breast with bacon and maple cream on meringue waffle from Grin Affair. The waffles tasted very old school and neighbourhoody (in a good way), while the tender chicken probably had a good midday swim in a hotdog brine pool before arriving. Bacon and maple were rather calefare-esque.…
Le Lapin from Antoinette – 66% dark chocolate mousse with peanut feuilletine and caramel peanut, raspberry marmalade, chocolate genoise with rum. I should have went straight for the dark chocolate part and avoided the white altogether, as the latter was like a spurned ex-lover who can’t let go and persistently…
Milk caramel som som (cotton candy) latte. While the latte aesthetically channels a Korean punk Grandmother with a 大長今/대장금/Jewel in the Palace-esque big-ass hairdo (complete with straws to mimic the chopsticks or whatever they stab in that bush), the drink is much more traditional, tasting exactly like what it says…
Mixed berries Bingsu. The equivalent of putting a naked panda and monitor lizard in bed and expecting lusty sparks to fly. Whilst the shaved milk ice remains undeniably velvety soft and the berries were legit, there was zero chemistry between the two, and I was left rather confused by it…
Pandan chiffon cold brew with a complimentary Malay kueh. Methinks the baker mistook cheena Longjing Tea (龍井茶) leaves for pandan when preparing the chiffon batter. 3.3/5 Nest Tea Bar 265 South Bridge Road Singapore 058814
Orange halibut. The halibut was nicely flaky and the orange put on its best citrusy-sweet marmalade dress, but the overall experience (including the sides situation, i.e. the roasted potato and broccoli) did taste and feel rather Astons-esque. 3.4/5 Chew The Fat Block 6 Everton Park #01-18 Singapore 080006
Red velvet waffle with pandan kaya and lychee rose ice cream. The waffle had crispy edges but was a warm cross between sticky goo and bread on the inside, with an ever so faint bitterness. Whilst the lychee rose was fragrant, creamy and competent, I very much preferred the pandan…
Kyoho Grape Cream ice cream with waffle. The former tasted exactly like a creamy grape Yakult whilst the latter was mildly crispy on the outside and rather bread-like and tough on the inside, resisting the knifing with as much stubbornness as a gruff Encik from SISPEC. 3.3/5 Sunday Market 22…
Framboise Delight – raspberry mousse, raspberry compote, lady fingers sponge, pistachios and raspberry crispies. Very classy-looking and the display indicated the use of alcohol, so expectations were high. However, just like the moment when I peeled the wrapper off my first chocolate coin when I was a baby, I realised…