Chocolate DeSte

Italian Garden
(Smooth ricotta cheese with citrus jellies, pistachio bar and dark rock chocolate)

(the beautiful package for takeaways)

While walking to Orchard 313 from the small alley beside coffee club, I chanced upon this nice cafe with a nice setting and a fountain opposite it. Nice ambience I would say. But the cake there is REALLY expensive. I bought the Italian Garden (as recommended by the waitress as their signature cake) for $9.10 inclusive of GST! Really an expensive cake. But when I went home to taste it, it tasted really heavenly... The white part is the cheese and the flavour is rich and fragrant. A nice mix with the dark rock chocolate. Everything mixed in the mouth and the sweetness and fragrance are all to the right proportion. The green pistachio bar on top is also very fragrant and nice! At least that's what I think. A must try!

Rating: 5/5 !

Mandarin Oriental

Baked Chocolate Pudding

Thick and rich chocolate fudge oozing out of the baked chocolate cake. Chocolate cake is "crispy" and not too sweet. Goes well with the warm chocolate fudge inside. We tried this at one of the weddings held at Mandarin Oriental. Could probably serve a bit more raspberry sauce for those who like to dip their chocolate cake with raspberry sauce. A must try!

Rating: 4.5/5