April 19, 2010
To remain in, there are a few slogans to catch in this '10 (not '00) decade. Go green, go healthy, go 'raw', go organic. Cedele seems to have caught most of it. Looking back, the past mechanisms were fast food, no-frills, mother-tongue education, thinking out of the box.
Cedele remains one of the most favourite eateries in Singapore. Breads, tea, brunch. Where can you find wholemeal breads in singapore? Wholemeal, not 30%, 55%; 80%. There is a difference between 100% wholemeal and 30% with sugar. At the bakery cafes, even though the selection is not large (the pan loaf, nine-grain, brioche are excellent options), it is the most prevalent brand around selling gourmet breads (excluding single swiss and german bakeries or weak imitation efforts). Where can you find the best carrot cake in town? Nevertheless Cedele wins hands down in the walnuts' portion, sublime frosting, cake's density, etc.
Also, because Cedele promotes itself as a home-style deli, be blown away by its rotary, extemporaneous menu! Welcome to the world of colours- pink beet, blood plum, strawberry balsamic; a display of Mother Earth's selection in its chilled pantry every odd day (I am a Cedele paparazzi) until a hey what's this? find on the Black Tahini.
Black Sesame Cake with Tahini Frosting (SGD 6.50)
Black Tahini Black Tahini. Tahini(sesame paste) of black folded in flour to produce a moist dense wholewheat sponge. Iced in tahini(sesame paste) butter cream frosting, lined with cranberries and black sesame seeds. And ahem. The large wrinkled fruit atop donning as centerpiece is not black tahini, it is a piece of dried fig; not the reason why making this cake black.
P.S. Black tahini black tahini. It is the tahini from black sesame.
