Deconstructed lemon tart with fried shallot (!) ice cream from Plonk. The exhilaratingly tart lemon curd had a texture that’s best described as Malay kueh meets pudding, whilst elsewhere the fried shallots required careful portioning to ensure the entirety of the largely vanilla ice cream got the necessary fried fragrance…
Espresso Kahlua Waffle from 20F Specialty Coffeehouse – espresso kahlua sauce, dark chocolate sorbet, vanilla ice cream, streusel, pistachio, buttermilk waffle. The waffle had the buttery and salty charisma of a socially fluid scone, whilst elsewhere the dark chocolate sorbet looked broodingly into the distance donning his aviator shades and…
Duck & Waffle from 20F Specialty Coffeehouse – duck confit, buttermilk waffle, strawberry compote, mixed berries sorbet. Fairly intriguing – when all components come together in one mouthful (and you should definitely try it once with the fatty duck skin included) you get tender duck meat and a buttery, slightly…
Nonya Chendol Waffle from Shrove Tuesday – azuki red beans, green jello and Nonya chendol gelato. The glazed and slightly sour waffle felt like a paean to slightly burnt toast, being crispy to the point of knife strikes plate with a clang, whilst elsewhere the rich gelato was expertly conservative…
Berry Ricotta Hotcake from Curious Palette – vanilla ice cream, fresh seasonal berries, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. Essentially a gargantuan-sized McDonald’s Hotcake with five times the thickness, and a fluffiness that’s more Border Collie and less Dachshund. Diminishing marginal returns sets in rather quickly, though. 3.7/5 Curious Palette 64…
Lemon & White Chocolate Sundae from Populus – Tahitian vanilla ice cream, fresh lemon jelly, white chocolate sauce, meringue kisses, white chocolate crumb, cornflake crumble, citron mascarpone. Essentially a rotund love child of Hokkaido milk and McDonalds’ soft serve. The citrus elements lend a wince-inducingly zesty zing to the proceedings,…
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.…
Torrija from Catalunya Singapore – soft and sweet warm bread with smoked milk ice cream. Whilst the bread expertly toed the line between comfortably and dangerously sweet, the smoked milk ice cream was the gustatory equivalent of an urgent, uninhibited French kiss (tongues ahoy) with an irresistible femme fatale who…
On Cloud Nine Waffle from Revelry – lemon curd, toasted marshmallows, candy floss and vanilla ice cream on Belgian waffle. The waffle was crisp and airy with a slight burntness to it, and there was a distinct air of Sahara desert to the concept that neither the sweet and slightly…