La Camibi from Mad About Sucre – Corsica almonds creme, Algeria hazelnut crunch, Madagascar vanilla mousse, almond sponge cake topped with candied hazelnuts. Essentially an ice cream dream. The mousse has the texture of a light, classy ice cream, the sponge was lighter than a fairy’s wings, while the hazelnut…
Luna de Miel (Moon of the Honey) from Mad About Sucre – French spring honey mousse, blood orange and caviar, savore sponge, and short pastry. While the initial vertical fork dive delivered a seemingly singular blood orange message, samplings of the various individual components revealed their respective charms – the…
Brioche French toast waffles from Roosevelt’s Diner & Bar, with blueberry sauce and vanilla ice cream. Essentially a neighbourhood bakery-style bun that sneaked into a waffle press whilst playing hide and seek and accidentally got pressed in a tragic accident. More eggy French toast than waffle, though. 3.6/5 P.S. All…
Seafood Stew from The Lokal – red snapper, venus clams, prawns, squid, fregola sarda and toasted sourdough. Essentially how it would taste if a bajillion clams were strapped to life essence extraction machines and all their flavour distilled into a small pool on your plate. The stew itself was supremely…
BBQ baby back ribs from Roosevelt’s Diner & Bar. There is nothing babyish about the masculinely tender pork ribs. Striking a happy balance between chewy fat and pig toughness, the meat strips itself off the bones with the eagerness of a BMT recruit. Essential to the experience is the sweet,…
Oreo bomb from Banana Tree. Essentially vanilla ice cream resting atop an Oreo cookie post-apocalyptic wasteland, with earthen heat still radiating from the heated frying pan. Have the cookies warm as they are served, smash them into crumbs and have warm cookie cereal, or mix the crumbs with the ice…
Crab Cake Benedict from Roosevelt’s Diner & Bar – crab cake, English muffin, poached egg and garlic mayo. Despite the English muffin being a stubborn little runt and the poached egg being rather devoid of personality in spite of best efforts from the egg yolk and sweet garlic mayo, it…
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…
Banana Flower Paap (pudding) – a light and creamy crossover between luscious banana pulp and soft spongey cake, topped with cookie crumbs in an ickle flower pot. 3.8/5 Banana Tree SG 26 Keong Saik Road Singapore 089133