The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): French and modern local Chinese fare in gorgeous chic setting. The must-orders (if any): Lobster bisque, Octopus, Wagyu beef cheek, Cuisses de Grenouille (frog legs) Summary: Launching in October 2017 within the new Sofitel Singapore City Centre, Racines is a French/Chinese dining concept helmed by Executive Chef…
Tarte Chocolat (chocolate almond tart, caramel fleur de sel with roasted nuts, dark chocolate ganache, chocolate chantilly) from Antoinette’s indulgent new Fetish Chocolat menu, which runs from 1 September 2016 until end October. Antoinette (Penhas Road) 30 Penhas Road Singapore 208188
Roussillon White Peach Tart from Tarte by Cheryl Koh. Tarte by Cheryl Koh 1 Scotts Road #01-12 Shaw Centre Singapore 228208
Cavaillon Melon (melon panna cotta with French melon) from Tarte by Cheryl Koh. The luscious mini melon balls have a sweet, disarmingly sincere juiciness that never borders on watery, whilst elsewhere the milky panna cotta wobbles with a tightrope walker’s confident steadiness and the softly firm crust surrenders unyieldingly to…
Handcrafted Tart with Mandy-Go Sorbet (mandarin orange and mango) from Geometry. The mandarin orange and mango flavours were so passionately enmeshed in their amorous physicality that you can’t tell when either element starts and ends. Elsewhere, the soft, buttery tart possessed a crumbling, cake-like personality, yielding to your knife like…
Portico Favourites high tea menu at Portico Prime. Terrific value for money for the quality and quantity on display. The chilled truffle-scented angel hair pasta with avruga caviar and kawa ebi shrimps barges into your sensory pleasure memory orbs with the rapacious ruthlessness of a disgruntled Bukit Gombak-residing Ah Ma…
Matcha Oreo Tart from Bloomsbury Bakers. The green tea – simultaneously milky-sweet and smoulderingly bitter – was as thick and rich as a millionaire hippo, whilst elsewhere the tart base had the defensive valour of a mid-tier knight. 3.4/5 Bloomsbury Bakers 30 Bendemeer Road #01-889 Singapore 330030
Sparkling yuzu pie from Windowsill Pies – yuzu curd glazed with sweet ume gel, topped with white chocolate dollops. Essentially sweetly-tempered sour curd with a concealed pop-rocking oral surprise, whilst elsewhere the plum gel had a geisha’s gentleness and quiet devotion. 3.7/5 Windowsill Pies 95 Soo Chow Walk Singapore 575382
Passionfruit Meringue Tart from Bloomsbury Bakers. The sweet and sour curd was certainly pleasant, but as inoffensive and perfunctory as an Atomic Kitten or Westlife album track. 3.5/5 Bloomsbury Bakers 30 Bendemeer Rd #01-889 Singapore330030