Deconstructed lemon tart with fried shallot (!) ice cream from Plonk. The exhilaratingly tart lemon curd had a texture that’s best described as Malay kueh meets pudding, whilst elsewhere the fried shallots required careful portioning to ensure the entirety of the largely vanilla ice cream got the necessary fried fragrance…
Rubber Ducky from Non Entrée Desserts – crème fraiche pudding, fresh mango purée, sago, biscuit, frozen exotic cocktail ducky sat on a lemongrass cloud. Essentially a pleasing reinterpretation of mango sago dessert – think a fresh, luscious mango marvel having a bit of a spa day (which explains the soothingly…
Drunken Babe from Non Entrée Desserts – walnut brownie, whisky-infused milk chocolate whip, smoky bacon crisps on chocolate paper, caramel popcorn and raspberry sorbet. The proceedings felt a tad everything and the kitchen sink-esque, and the flavours at play were heavy-handed. The very spank-deserving whip wore its whisky breath with…
Cherry Pop from Non Entrée Desserts – cherry with Bols Kirsch & mascarpone form, earl grey jelly, chocolate soil, marinated cherry compote, flourless sponge and spicy cherry sorbet. Essentially a riotous sour carnival in your mouth – the wince-inducing and spicy cherry sorbet projects thousands of microscopic peppery pins onto…
Blossom waffle with passionfruit and “U Can’t Guess This!” flavoured ice cream. The passionfruit assaults explosively with tingling spikes of sour, with seed shrapnel for additional impact – loved it. I won’t spoil the secret behind “U Can’t Guess This!” (hint: it’s a fruit), but this particular ice cream as…