Dome from Henri Charpentier – a chocolate sphere encloses a chocolate parfait biscuit of fraise d’amande. Essentially a bewitching combination of pyrotechnics, hazelnut biscuit, strawberry sauce and a very good Magnum-esque chocolate shell. The strawberry liquor is, like the Dome pictured above, quite the proverbial “blue baller” – you immediately…
Waffle with blueberry and strawberry ice cream from Brownice. The waffle was as humble as a bespectacled, holey singlet-wearing ten-year-old who helps his father out at a char kway teow stall at Whampoa Drive Food Centre, while the vegan, organic ice cream was surprisingly enjoyable – the blueberry was like…
Mille-feuille with strawberries, strawberry sorbet and strawberry consomme from Henri Charpentier. Essentially tai yang bing (太陽餅) gone all Elizabeth Bathory – y’know, the Countess who bathed in her servant girls’ blood to sustain her youthful appearance. The consomme is pure, thick, sweet strawberry goodness, and the mille-feuille is truly spoon-cuttable…
Strawberry sorbet served with prosecco. Essentially a valentine to the Rossini cocktail. The strawberry sorbet was sublime, and truly tasted like (icy) fresh puréed strawberries…or that could be what my rather buzzed mind was telling me, as the prosecco was as ruthlessly efficient as a ninja in accomplishing its mission to…
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…
Matcha Strawberry Field Waffle – green tea waffle, strawberry, mango passionfruit spheres and vanilla ice cream. The waffle is quite intriguing – the fragrance of green tea lingers, but only a faint bitterness in the waffle explicitly betrays its matcha nature. The waffle has a crispy exterior and is warm…
Strawberry Fields – pure strawberry mousse layered with homemade strawberry preserve and chiffon sponge, topped with fresh strawberries. If this was a girl she probably ties her hair in a neat braid, wears Cotton On, doesn’t swear and always brings her home-baked goods to both class and church to distribute,…
Strawberry consommé with fromage blanc sorbet, mint meringue and nitro raspberries. It was Strawberry’s party and this little tart did not hold back, going full-on loco with gloriously intense flavours. To avoid being upstaged, she surrounded herself with inconsequential guests who would, in contrast, highlight her lusciousness. She even invited…
Red velvet pancakes, served with mascarpone and fresh berries. The first taste was a bit much – the cheese element certainly dropped it like it was hot – but the appeal of this unusual child proved to be a grower, not a shower. 3.75/5 Pacamara Boutique Coffee Roasters 185 Upper…