Orh nee (yam paste) and Sicilia pistachio ice cream on waffle with homemade caramel sauce. The orh nee was a revelation, being starchy, thick and distinctively orh nee instead of merely yam, whilst the Sicilia pistachio tasted like it had enjoyed a few nice leaps over an open fire. Elsewhere,…
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…
Framboise Delight – raspberry mousse, raspberry compote, lady fingers sponge, pistachios and raspberry crispies. Very classy-looking and the display indicated the use of alcohol, so expectations were high. However, just like the moment when I peeled the wrapper off my first chocolate coin when I was a baby, I realised…
Slow cooked squid with poached pear, ginger, and candied pistachio. Essentially yusheng with a very daring and post-modern undercut hairstyle, with squid instead of raw fish slices. Each mouthful unveils a new facet of the dish, and you will run the gamut of sweet, nutty, crunchy, tart, crumbly and chewy…
Chocolate pistachio soufflé with creme anglaise. The soufflé is of such an angelic texture – so velvety soft it’s almost liquid – a new word should be coined to describe the in-between state of matter to which the soufflé belongs. C’est magnifique. As for the picture, I went for Moscow…
Mango cheesecake and pistachio ice cream on a waffle. The waffle is such a dead ringer for the Prima Deli version that my mouth conducted a protest bemoaning the missing Nutella spread that should, based on memory, be there. The pistachio should be nicknamed “Nutbag” for how much nut swag…