Chihuly Lounge- Summer Weekend Afternoon Tea

Take a feast on all the names. Passion fruit mango éclair, casis violet écclair, mango éclair, caramel écair, mac-clair, cherry écair, cookies and cream écair, gula melaka écair, chocolate écair, green tea écair, mixed berries écair, hazelnt éclair, apple écair.

An Equador Rose

Say it with me. #iloveyouimissyousecretfriendshippleaseforgivemeremembermethankyoubemysweetheart. On a rose.

Chihuly Lounge- Summer Weekend Afternoon Tea

Take a feast on all the names. Passion fruit mango éclair, casis violet écclair, mango éclair, caramel écair, mac-clair, cherry écair, cookies and cream écair, gula melaka écair, chocolate écair, green tea écair, mixed berries écair, hazelnt éclair, apple écair.

An Equador Rose

Say it with me. #iloveyouimissyousecretfriendshippleaseforgivemeremembermethankyoubemysweetheart. On a rose.

Chihuly Lounge- Summer Weekend Afternoon Tea

Take a feast on all the names. Passion fruit mango éclair, casis violet écclair, mango éclair, caramel écair, mac-clair, cherry écair, cookies and cream écair, gula melaka écair, chocolate écair, green tea écair, mixed berries écair, hazelnt éclair, apple écair.

Archive for August 2012

Eclair= a motley crew @ Chihuly Lounge

Sunday, August 19   keyboard  


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There used to be only caramel. Or vanilla. Then Scotts Square came up with one in pistachio. Now its post-modernism at Chihuly Lounge.


 Its called summer. Its called weekend. Its called afternoon tea. That basically sums up the specifications of its buffet here, from June to August 2012. Besides a savoury section (the finger food), there is a ice-cream section, eclair section and (hot) tea buffet.


 The items that always look ripe for picking in any patisserie: the eclairs. Interestingly, the eclairs up for grabs at Chihuly Lounge were spotted differently from the ones last month. Which means up to 24 flavours.(?)


 Weekend Afternoon Tea buffet (SGD 48.00)

Left: Caramel, cherry, cassis violet, passion fruit & mango, cookies & cream, apple, green tea, gula melaka.


For one('s top 3), it would be 1. 1st- caramel. 2. 8th- gula melaka. 3. 7th- green tea. Another, it would be 1. 2nd- cherry. 2. 3rd- cassis violet. 3. 4th- passion fruit & mango. One's reasons would be because the caramel has this thick, biscotti-like glaze of caramel over the caramel. It bursts into an intense proliferation of caramel besides the top cracking heartily into caramel. The gula melaka despite a white chocolate glaze was subtle, light. Flavourful, succinct. The green tea had edible gold foil. The cream inside was dream green tea. Some marginal notes are the cherry on the 'cherry' is heavily rum-infused. The cherry on the apple is candy-coated. The interior of the cassis violet felt strikingly similar to the depths of St. Dalfour's wild blueberry spread.


The mango. Mellow and sweeter than the cream of the passion fruit & mango, which had lemon-like daubs. Mixed berries, somewhat recreating custard on sponge fingers. It is observed to be arranged in strawberries and raspberries, alternating, upon intent look. Chocolate, 2nd in heir [perhaps,] with silver foil. It is the only eclair that is dark-coloured furbished, for its choux pastry. Chocolate(dark) flavoured, for eclair.

P.S. It is undoubtedly rainbow- if it be a large reservoir of tones available in its repertoire. For eclair. For some reason, one flavour was not tried. Hazelnut.

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FFT- Work in progress @ 8Q

Sunday, August 12   keyboard  


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One of the new things in one's life: . And the forgivable.


Everything is still a work in the making.



There is tri-coloured tomato thyme salad for the first week of August. Also, to celebrate the nation's birthday, rose syrup (not bandung) is raised in the toast of the brotherhood. Iced sirap selasih, here. Settled with basil seeds.
Full Works (SGD 18.00)

Yes. A quarter of red(-coloured) tomato, yellow((!)-coloured) tomato, and green((!)-coloured) tomato. Cleanly cut. How does the green (and yellow) tomato fetch? Less ripe more raw of tomato? Its cool and crunchy, like cucumbers.

P.S. Maybe it differs from order time to time. The egg, milky and silky, are still to die for. So are the chicken sausages, outstanding. If a slice of red, yellow, and green tomato holding hands together, it is indeed a divine sight. As salad side. Just not today.

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Seafood for dessert- Squid ink meringue @ Covelli

Wednesday, August 8   keyboard  


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Hailed as one of the unforgettable moments in Singapore Food Festival 2012. Curiously, one went back to Covelli, to see if it had been brought forth onto the dining tables, the bistro which had the charcoal seafood (lobster), same engineer as the charocal in bread, anpan, obanyaki.


One thing about the squid ink meringue is, besides behaving like squid ink in squid ink pasta, risotto, bread, the meringue is; unfortunately, strapped in the stratum of the sweets. Squid ink, found in your dessert.


Henceforth it takes only the black to sum up such culinary forefronts in your dessert. The clarity sashimi give to foods, same as the clear-cut passion the patisserie chefs have in the pitching of their treats. Squid ink meringue, with fresh Sea Urchin and Mango, for the mousse.


Seafood Meringue (SGD 16.00)

Only the flavour, the squid ink-sea urchin, more outrageous than the colour of the meringue.

P.S. One of the hits for 2012. The 'whites' had a textural mouthfeel feel of asian egg biscuit (xiao man tou), which upon biting, shatters as a clunk of chewy mass like macaron. A staleness comes to you, that is the genuine taste of the squid ink, albeit subtle yet suffices with the infusion of delicate mango. Your taste-buds are activated in every sense. Squid ink- tasted, finally, one of the most accurate ever sampled despite imparting from a desserts sweet, inconceivably.

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Showdown- Mr.Bean's at the 9th of Aug

Thursday, August 2   keyboard  


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Mr Bean's interpretation of the National day, strawberry (pink) = red + white. The symbolism of brotherhood and the virtue of purity weld into one. So raw, so thick, its like Van Gogh's brilliant red and white impasto.


Strawberry Soya Smoothie and Strawberry Cream Cheese Pancake (SGD 4.00) (NDP)

The whole family. The strawberry had a mellow, fruity aftertaste its like the puddings and cream in the cream cheese paste which was not sour or tart at all.


P.S. Step aside chocolate {rice}, (because we aren't too accustomed to the heritage red bean, kaya, gourmet cheese, mayo tuna), after the Neapolitan its the strawberry. One thinks you will like it too. A different kind of white. Not milk, but soya.

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