Super Ducky from Non Entrée Desserts – crème fraiche pudding, fresh mango purée, sago, biscuit, frozen exotic cocktail ducky sat on a lemongrass cloud. Essentially a luscious mango duck soaking lazily in a luxurious lemongrass spa, using yogurt-tau huay body butter for suppler skin. 4/5 The Super Ducky is a…
TNT from Non Entrée Dessert Cafe. There is enough kinetic energy from all the fizziness from the raspberry poprocks and yuzu form to power a small fart, whilst elsewhere the pistachio sponge smells all masculinely nutty, the lychee sorbet and marinated strawberry basil lend a playful sweetness to the proceedings,…
Roasted Pears from Pollen – Chamomile, ginger, granola, yogurt. The warm titular pears were resiliently crunchy and very juicy and moist, adaptively bearing the distinctive spiciness of the ginger cake which, by the way, would cling onto your tongue like an overzealous yet adorable koala. Elsewhere, the yogurt was like…
Strawberry from Pollen Singapore – white peach, basil, bergamot. Rather precocious and precious a creation. The sugary and salty crumble had the rather mystical ability of soaking up the flavour essences of its surroundings, with the dry crumbs somehow harnessing the spirit of the classily restrained basil and the refreshingly…
Gianduja Parfait from Karafuru Desserts – hazelnut soufflé, chocolate pudding, hazelnut and orange crisp, dark chocolate curd, candied orange, curaçao sauce. In contrast to the sketchy cultural appropriation of the Matchazuke, this parfait understands the orange/chocolate dynamic and plays up their chemistry well without unnecessary pandering. The orange elements fare considerably better…