A Dessert Platter from The Royal Mail Restaurant & Bar. Essentially the chef’s selection of four desserts from the menu in a deconstructed plated dessert format, which means you get to try manageable samplings of their Peanut Butter Jelly and Eton Mess. It’s an everything-and-the-kitchen-sink affair — matcha sponge! caramelised…
Rose yogurt panna cotta with fruits and raspberry coulis. The rose yogurt panna cotta was like a subdued Bandung pudding who didn’t wash its mouth after indulging its Llaollao cravings. If you top a spoonful of pudding with the lychee and try it with the raspberry coulis, it makes for…
Ginger – candied ginger pudding, sticky toffee, caramel ice cream and candied ginger. Essentially sticky date pudding which eats clean. The ginger element of the pudding is not immediately apparent, but when you use your tongue to slowly process the experience (instead of just chewing and swallowing like a common…
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…
Sweet potato mousse – coconut caramel, pecan crumble, and chantilly cream. The orange cheesecake cubes were relatively moussey, whereas the purple cubes were chunkier and more substantial, like gossipy aunties you met during Chinese New Year who gobbled too many pineapple tarts. Pleasant enough but as impressionable as the conversation…
Hojicha Sesame ほうじ茶セサミ ー tofu parfait, hojicha custard, and pear vodka sorbet. Easily the most nuanced and exciting of the three desserts I tried on my latest visit. There are flourishes like mushroom crumble, ginger gel and white chocolate ganache to ensure that you can experiment with a bajillion combinations…
Cassis Plum 梅カシス ー cassis bombe, elderflower yogurt foam, plum liqueur, and bamboo shoots. Like the gorgeous girl that initially dazzles and has a promising start, but who eventually falters as you realise it’s all make-up magic and she doesn’t have the substance and personality underneath all that glacial beauty.…
Purple むらさき – purple potato purée, blackberry parfait, leather, lavender marshmallows, and fruits of the forest sorbet. Sour reigned supreme, with surprising flashes of saltiness (!) and sweet in between. 4/5 2am:dessertbar 21A Lorong Liput Singapore 277733