Pandan pancakes from Tolido’s Espresso Nook – fragrant pandan pancakes topped with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with gula melaka sauce. The sweet, gloriously scented and earnestly fluffy pancakes had the salesmanship of a coconut-shampooed, blazer-donning Isetan cosmetics agent – you aren’t just being sold pancakes but also pandan-induced nostalgia,…
The Great Red Ocean – Drambuie, Southern Comfort, Smirnoff Vodka, lime juice, cranberry juice, cinnamon, mint. The first thing I realised is that Capri by Fraser doesn’t stinge or pussyfoot when it comes to alcohol. Disappointingly, the lobster cocktail does not consist of murdered crustacean mush, merely a chunkful of…
French Toast from Red Baron – brioche, gula melaka, bananas and coconut ice cream, with a sprinkling of desiccated coconut. While the coconut elements did their jobs admirably and the brioche had a nice and remarkably eggy middle, the edges of the toast made me suspect that the brioche may…
Assorted macarons. The flavours are as follows (clockwise from top): Sea Salt Gula Melaka, Earl Grey Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Thai Iced Tea, Rose, Peppermint Milk Chocolate, Strawberry, Yuzu, Salted Caramel, Pistachio. The first thing that struck me was how tantalisingly fragrant they were. Your nose is not required to…
Chendol – salted gula melaka ice cream, red bean, pandan jelly and atap seeds. The saltiness was quite unexpected, and prevented the dessert from being purely a sugarfest. However, methinks the goodness spilleth from the humble-sized cup! 3.75/5 Ice Queen 217 East Coast Road #01-02 Tides Singapore 428915