Sweets from the Hi-Tea Buffet at House. Whilst the Orange Sweet Potatoes Tart was starchily suited and the coffee soil-topped Caramel Banana Cake Flowerpot was like Hermione Granger in salt class, the rich Curry Leaf Almond Brownie swished its savoury saree in glee and the yummy sweet gloop atop the…
Lemon Steam Squid from Haha Thai. A love gift for those who itch for flirtation with oral danger – a highly citric flare blitz assaults your senses, the soup marvellously imbued with the essence of squid so thoroughly leached that the squid lies lifelessly shagged from all the flavour extraction.…
Citron & Passion from Roots Kitchen & Bar – curd of lemon and passion fruit with marshmallow cookie ice cream. The passionfruit element tasted like it was birthed from a Koi/Yakult collaborative crossover, and the ice cream was like a malt/caramel-esque hybrid wrapped by a soft cookie shell. Elsewhere, the…
Lemon meringue yeasted Belgium waffle from Stateland Cafe – lemon scented waffle, vanilla ice cream, lemon curd, candied citrus zest and meringue sticks. The waffle is crispy on the outside and ever so slightly limp on the inside while the lemon meringue concept and ensemble cast somehow feel a bit…
Lemon tart from Tarte by Cheryl Koh. Instead of being hard as some can be, the phenomenally sour lemon here is gloriously wet and almost runny, with the signature “chao tar” lemon rind offering some bitter sass to even the sour-sweet dynamics out. 4.1/5 Tarte by Cheryl Koh 350 Orchard…
Tart Au Citron with Onion Ice Cream. The onion ice cream proved to be a friendly paper tiger – on its own, it starts off slightly pungent but quickly peters out into an inoffensive buttery ice cream, which you can mix with the lemon curd for an interesting slightly savoury-tasting…
The Bette Midler – earl grey sponge with lemon emulsion and blueberry buttercream. A cake so dense, filling and statuesque that it can probably serve six girls with thigh gaps. Fork vertically and the lemon emulsion essentially overrides everything else; try only the sponge bits and you enjoy the highly…
Lemon – lemon curd, lemon cake, crumble, and torched marshmallows. A peculiar case of deconstruction being so technically masterful and the lemon tart sensory experience being so faithfully and flawlessly recreated that it renders the entire exercise otiose. Still a good lemon tart though. 3.6/5 Selfish Gene Patisserie 40A Craig…
Coco Citron – coconut mousse, lemon curd and coconut sablee tart, with crushed sugar diamonds. So light, I’m floating on clouds. But then some of the crushed sugar diamonds crackled and popped loudly in my mouth and I was so startled, I fell all the way down. 3.7/5 Mad About…