Unconventional Deserts: 5 Bizarre treats everyone should try

Weird and Wonderful: 5 Peculiar desserts that will intrigue your taste buds

Amanda Lim

13 Oct 2015

updated the 20 October 2015 à 09:59

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Jewel Coffee and Bar
If you love fruit, try Jewel’s Pan-seared watermelon steaks (SGD9). The slices of watermelon are drizzled with balsamic vinegar and topped with a pineapple sorbet. It is a refreshing treat that we promise tastes better than it sounds.
129 Rangoon Road
Photo: Amanda Lim
2/5
Candlenut
For a bold reinvention of the old, try Candlenut’s Buah Keluak Ice Cream that was two years in the making. This innovative dessert is made with Valhrona chocolate, salted caramel and of course, buah keluak.
331 New Bridge Road, #01-03
Photo: Facebook/Candlenut
3/5
Wimbly Lu
The fudgy brownie-like Root Beer Cake (SGD6) is chocolaty goodness in all the right ways, except for that compelling taste of root beer that hits your tongue instantly. Served with a dollop of vanilla ice cream, this dessert strongly reminds you of a refreshing root beer float well-improved by chocolate.
15-2 Jalan Riang
Photo: Amanda Lim
4/5
2am Dessert Bar
This contemporary joint is well known for creating plates that could be displayed at art museums. Cryptically titled Shades of Green (SGD14), this dessert pays homage to the bright colour and its vivid flavours. You’ll find pistachio sponge, coco mousse, pandan ice cream, all laid out on a pretty plate that seems a shame to dig into.
21A Lorong Liput
Photo: Facebook/2amDessertBar
5/5
Restaurant Labyrinth
The most fascinating of these desserts is the Teh Tarik Panna Cotta, which from afar looks like a typical Singaporean breakfast. Instead of soft-boiled eggs, you will find a creamy panna cotta and mango puree. Before you reach for the cup of teh tarik, it’s actually a tea flavoured crème brulee. With such a whimsical dish, it is impossible to not play with your food.
8 Raffles Avenue, #02-23
Photo: Instagram/RestaurantLabyrinth

Bizarre treats you can find right here in town that really shouldn’t taste this good.

We all have a pretty good idea of what desserts should taste and look like. Waffles, cake, cookies and ice cream are synonymous with sweet desserts. However, a new breed of chefs is pushing the culinary envelope, creating bizarre desserts that will have you eating with a raised-eyebrow.

Unconventional ingredients like salted eggs and even buah keluak have made their way into our cakes and ice cream. While such treats may not fit into our preconceived dessert notions, they will transform dessert into an interesting experience.

Such innovations inject new life into our culinary landscape, and help keep old flavours alive in the most modern way possible. If you’re bored of the usual suspects of chocolate and strawberry, why not open your mind and try one of these unusual desserts that you may just give up cake for?

Amanda Lim

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