Had seen some posts around featuring TWG Tea’s latest creation for their “Dessert of the Week”, being a Christmas special which got me fairly intrigued — especially given how many have remarked this being rather surprisingly good. Wasn’t really planning to head down to a TWG Tea outlet to have it, but since we found ourselves at Marina Bay Sands and that the queue wasn’t too long — might as well right?

The Dessert of the Week is also the same exact dish that is being listed as the dessert in their ongoing Festive Set Menu; there isn’t a name to the dish, but the dessert’s description is quite a mouthful — “Meringue topped on a joconde sponge filled with Christmas Lights Tea strawberry sorbet
and Silver Moon Tea ice cream, layered with strawberry confit and mascarpone Chantilly
cream, served with fresh berries and a strawberry sauce”. The item is served akin to how a semifreddo would; the Christmas Lights Tea strawberry sorbet and Silver Moon Tea ice cream being the frozen cream sandwiched between the meringue. The plating is undeniably festive; shades of red and white with edible silver leaves for a luxurious touch — pretty winter-y. Cutting through the meringue, I liked how the various elements from the meringue to the joconde sponge, mascarpone Chantilly cream and Silver Moon Tea ice-cream provided a rather clean note of vanilla that just seems so decadent on its own — just a sheer pleasure to have by itself. The Christmas Lights Tea strawberry sorbet within helps to add a zing to cut through those notes, all that while the strawberry confit further enhances the sorbet and provides a balance between the lighter notes and the tangy, berry flavours.

All in all, a beautiful attempt on a plated dessert from TWG Tea that is a departure from their “patisserie from our trolley”, considering I am not too much of a fan of their cakes especially — a dessert that sets the mood right for the festive season that is just round the corner!