YESTERDAY WAS FRIDAY!!! Love fridays. =) they mean the start of the weekend OH YEAH! so to cellebrate (see what I did there.. celle-abrate), the after dinner dessert treat was French Crepes at Canele Patisserie pronounced in thick, French, i-love-desserts kinda accent =) at Raffles City.
Flower of the sea Crepe
The delectable treat begins with a sweet crepe base, hot and crispy on the surface and soft, chewy and sweet in the middle, sandwiching a thick warm chocolate hazelnut filling, like Nutella, but thicker, possibly from being heated. The texture of the crepe is thick, yet light, and oozes with the hazelnut filling, drizzled with a caramel sauce that gives a burnt toffee flavor, topped with 'Creme de Chantilly' if i remember right from the menu, which is a light whipped cream.
It is decorated with large fins of caramelised filo, like that of a sailboat, sailing your tastebuds into a sweet treat! the caramelised filo is crisp, like the crumbly pastry of an apple strudel, yet is extremely brittle from being candied by the caramel. It's very thin, light, crispy and the sweetness of that pastry flake mixes with the sugary goodness of the glaze. oh yes, and this hot crepe is topped with chocolate praline icecream, that was very chocolaty and smooth, and tasted bittersweet, like dark chocolate.
What takes the cake crepe, is that the varying types of sweetness subtly contrast each other to create a myriad of sweetness, each type of 'sweet' emphasizing the other.
Overall the dessert isin't heavy at all, and wasen't too sweet although the description in the menu has a galore of chocolate and caramel. Even after dinner! On the contrary, it was rather light, and satisfied my sweet tooth =) Delicieux!
Random Facts : 'Fleur de Sel' means 'flower of the ocean' and is a gourmet, kosher, hand harvested French salt while 'Flor de la Mar' (flower of the sea) was a Portuguese ship that sailed around the Indian Ocean till it sank "(>_<)
MY EVIL FACE BEFORE I KILL IT WITH MY KNIFE! *teehee
The ambience is pretty modern, with maroons and whites! And the bustling crowd constantly rushing past, time seems to stand still in this cafe in the middle, decorated with lush cushions, comfy after walking around all evening!
The portion's good for two to share. slightly pricey! but good decadence for two! at about $15++ But the service was a little slow and it was a lil' difficult to get their attention because they had a full house, and a long waitlist too. They also close at 10pm so be sure to go earlier or you'll be shooed away!!
