Just so you know, this blog gets its sources from personal experience with wonderful sweet stuff and also contribution from readers. I always feel very greatful that some generous people actually contribute their photos in the making of this blog. Thank you very much. If you like your photo(s) to appear in this blog, please let me know by commenting here and I'll provide you the email.
Today we have contribution from
Bear Bear (again!). She had her dessert at Mocca Carnival at Downtown East (Singapore). These are all hers!!!!
They are Blueberry creme, strawberry pudding, tiramisu, and chocolate shortcake.
Bear Bear, you must bring me there when I'm back.
P/S: The Blueberry Creme will look really nice if they put some peppermint on top, no?
Last weekend I had Indian's for lunch. We particularly love Tandoor Palace for Indian food because there is a choice of South Indian and North Indian menu. The people there became our friends, particularly because my boyfriend knows the boss.
Everytime I dine with my girlfriends there, they will give us complimentary of Kesari Bath. Or some called it Sajjige. It's a warm dessert. Personally I don't like it at all. Don't get me wrong. It's nice, but the idea of having warm dessert after flaming hot curry is not that appealing to me. Besides, I don't like the ginger-ish taste in it. My Indian friend told me there's no ginger in the dessert. Perhaps, they have some cardamom in it. Although it's not one of my favorite, I still finish it as much as I could. You just have to be greatful when someone give you food.
And a friend ordered Gulab Jamun with Ice-cream. It is a yoghurt pudding and really easy to make. All you need is milk, butter, flour, self-rise flour and oil to fry. Mix everything, except the flour. Make it into small balls. Then deep fry them. I learnt it when I was working with an Indian restaurant sometime ago. Oh ya, I forgot about the syrup. Pour some syrup water onto it. If you want some extra flavor, add rose water into the syrup. I should have ordered this! It's fantastic.
I had Mango Kulfi. It's an Indian ice-cream. The one I ordered was really hard. I had to use a lot of force to scoop it up. It didn't make my dessert that pleasant, though. The best Mango Kulfi in Tasmania is at Annapurna Restaurant (Salamanca). The branch in North Hobart didn't make it that well too.
I don't have the address for Tandoor Palace, but it's located at Knopwood Lane behind Salamanca. Really hidden place.
I was stucked in Sydney last year while taking my connecting flight to Singapore. The lonely traveller then had to check in to Ibis Hotel and had a dinner there. I had a bad day, so I thought some dessert could cheer me up. Guess what???
The dessert itself was a disaster!!!You can hardly find me criticizing any dessert, but this one just make me shake my head. I haven't written any bad review on any dessert before. I hope this is the first time and also the last time.
Well you can see it from the photo itself. I can't remember what this is called. But it's definitely a cheesecake. The strawberry sauce seems to be ready made, like those you can get in the supermarket. Sometimes you can see it on your fifty cents ice-cream topping.
The raspberry puree was recklessly scooped onto the cake like a pile of rubbish. I can imagine how the preparation is like behind the kitchen. The cook probably scooped it on like a prison food. *Plup...onto the cake.
If you guess the white lumpy thing is vanilla ice-cream? No, it's not. It's whipped cream. Who will ever serve whipped cream with cheesecake?
Now, here's the funny one... When the waitress was serving me, she put the spoon on top of the cake. WTF???? I almost died laughing inside myself. If anyone managed to have a glimpse of my expression, they might think I'm a mad woman...sitting alone at the dining table while controlling so hard not to laugh.
It's either great presentation or no presentation at all. I rather they leave the cake alone. I'll probably enjoy it more.
This cake is a joke!!!!!________________________P/S: The cake taste just alright. Nothing fantastic. You can even get that taste from normal bakery. Anyway, this is not from a cafe. It's from a hotel restaurant!
According to Michelle, the apple crumble lover, the apple crumble at Bayleaf Restaurant is the best she ever tasted. I'm not a fan of apple crumble. In fact, I've never tasted it. Anyway, it looks really great.
Instead I had the Chocolate Almond Cake. It's really great during winter. The warm cake is so comforting. You can almost feel as if you're back in your grandma's house for Christmas. The reason why I say so is because Bayleaf always maintain the classic cooking style. Just like how our grandma used to cook. It's perfect with the vanilla ice cream. Love it!
Bayleaf Restaurant
160 Sandy Bay Road
Sandy Bay 7005
TAS Australia
The last time I went back to Malaysia, I brought himself to KL for some real food hunting. I insisted to go to Jogoya. The restaurant is the most extravagant buffet, with fresh seafood, tempura, sashimi, cook-on-demand fare brought straight up to your table.
You will be amazed with the variety of choices they provide. For dessert, I had both the Western and Eastern selection. Something must have been going on in my head that I forgotten to take a photo of the Eastern dessert. But I had too much of the Western dessert, particularly the cakes. Some are nice, but there are some that's really bad. I can point out which are the bad ones.
On the top photo, the one with the glazed grape and peach....that one is Bad. On the second photo, the one which looks like Swiss roll is bad. I can't really recall others. Too much of sweet things can be really bad too. My taste bud got knocked off that night. As a result, this is a review, but not really a review.
Jogoya is located in Starhill.
