Ujikintoki Green Tea Kakigori from Sakurazaka. The bitter, milky green tea ice wore its Tsumori Chisato dress with a refined dignity and poise, while elsewhere even the luxuriously chewy shiratama tasted like it shops at the Mandarin Gallery and high-teas at the Ritz Carlton. 3.9/5 This was a hosted meal,…
Tiramisu Kakigori from Sakurazaka. Essentially a zen and harmonious union between a gracefully-perfumed tiramisu with a most spongy-soft bottom and an ice kachang with inner poise who attends ballet lessons and plays the viola. 3.7/5 This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Sakurazaka. Sakurazaka 24 Greenwood Avenue Singapore 289221
Sukiyaki set with Japanese Wagyu-Holstein F1 Crossbreed Striploin and Ribeye from Sakurazaka, a new shabu-shabu concept at Greenwood Avenue. Essentially a gloriously tummy-warming and cleanly robust send-up of that familiar sukiyaki sweetness. Elsewhere, the Bukit Timah-esque quality of the beef on hand offers one lesson – taboo and adventurous yet…
Full English breakfast with “foot-long” sausage from Claude’s – scrambled eggs, stewed beans, hashbrown, bacon, roasted tomatoes, chunky salsa, warm bread and fresh salad with parsley crumble and truffle butter. Not your typical brunch experience, flavour-wise. The girth of the masculinely spicy, Chinese-esque and well-endowed sausage was ideal for easy…
Charcoal waffle with pistachio ice cream from Claude’s. The whipped cream was as necessary as the adjectives “frozen” and “free” when using the words ice and gifts respectively (these are examples of “tautology” – English Language Editor) but the pistachio ice cream was deeply roasty, the waffle as soft as…