Sweet tooth in Singapore?
I know, I know In Singapore we have everything. But sometimes it is god to know where the best stuff is hiding. This time we are presenting you Anti:dote, Fairmont Hotel, where you can find some extremely delicious desserts.
The restaurant itself is nicely decorated and the staff is extremely nice, which is to expect from the place like this. The dining room is a bit dark, so photography is more dark moody I guess. However, drinking afternoon tea here is a pleasant event, because of all the details and dimmed lighting.
The tea selection is great and we were happy to share individual choices. Ian chose Sweet Innocence, which is a combination of green and black tea with fresh mélange of Japanese flower blossoms and ripe tropical mango. The taste was amazing and the sweetness of mango didn’t override the other tastes as can happen with mango teas.
His selection was stronger compared to my Pink Flamingo Tea. Pink Flamingo Tea is actually TWG tea – the finest luxury tea brand in the world. It’s a green tea with crimson hibiscus blossoms, which are to blame for rose color and tarty but fruity overtones. Our friend was drinking Holiday in Paris, which is a mix of rare Yin Zhen and sweet vanilla. Nard and wildflowers decorate this cup with their crisp, floral flavor and leave an exciting, perfumed aftertaste.
The set is uniquely decorated in this big box with drawers and on top of it, a mirror with dessert stands. In the first drawer, there were traditional scones, plain and with blackberry. We had some fun with crumbling scones, it remains a mystery to us how to eat them politely. Very tasty companions to scones were the raspberry jam, Devonshire clotted cream, and their homemade lemon curd, which was very refreshing.
There were five types of sandwiches in the middle drawer. The first one was with smoked salmon and lemon cream cheese, salmon ikura roe and rye bread. This two bites sandwich was very delicious with a great selection of ingredients. Afterward, we had the duck rillette with mustard and chestnut snow. The duck wasn’t distinctive enough in this little canape.
However, it was an overall good idea. The third goodie was braised abalone (sea snail) with leek and potato in a home-made tart. The tart was crunchy, while the filling was moist with the abalone cooked perfectly. There was also a vegetarian version of canapes – heirloom tomato in pesto brioche.
Pretty decent brioche, only the taste wasn’t so fresh. They were a bit moisty and not crunchy enough. The last sandwich was home-made pork sausage in a puff pastry. This one was a little dry and didn’t really impress us.
Sweets
And at the end our favorite – dulcet! Some were pretty good, others were disappointing. However, we must admit it – all were looking damn good. Sweet potato coconut cone wasn’t special. A bit to dry and coconut wasn’t delectable at all. Also, berries macaron wasn’t really what we expected. The dough was O.K. but the filling was a bit dull and too dry.
Next in line were all tasty goodies. Blueberry with brandy cheesecake was a divine bite. Caramel tanzanite couverture was simply delicious. All of us liked the salty caramel.
The next dulcet was white Zephyr cocoa with green tea jelly on sable Breton. A very good dessert, not too sweet with a perfect balance between the rich taste of milk and cocoa butter and green tea. However, the Breton was great for texture and crunch effect! The next praline was with sesame on sable. Ian liked them, while I wasn’t convinced.
However, they weren’t bad at all, but there was a lack of intense flavor. The next sweet bite was exactly for my taste – Rose crème with grapefruit marmalade and velvet soil. Those were a nice show for the eyes and the mouth. The grand cru bonbon was the last one with good cacao finish and melting chocolate.
Afternoon tea will cost you about 42,5 USD per person, which is normal price for Singapore. Anyway if you have a chance, go there and try it out. You will love it!
Restaurant Information
Anti:dote Fairmont, Singapore
80 Bras Basah Rd, Singapore 189560
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