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The first person to taste Celebrity Chef Sam Leong’s “Cold and Hot Avocado Coconut, with Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Ball” was none other than world-famous Spanish Chef Ferran Adrià of El Bulli fame. This took place when he visited Singapore in 2008. Chef Sam had, on the spur of the moment, decided to put a twist on a traditional Chinese dessert by switching out the hot “soup” with a refreshing cool blend of blitzed coconut water, coconut flesh and avocado sweetened lightly with a bit of gula melaka. The cool, refreshing and delicate creaminess turned out to be a surprisingly good match with warm handmade glutinous rice ball that’s filled with hot black sesame paste and coated in crushed peanuts.
You can now indulge in this fusion dessert at Forest森 (located in Equarius Hotel, Resorts World Sentosa) along with the other seven dishes that form the “I Am Sam” menu. They have been chosen for their significance in Chef Sam’s life journey as he has been just conferred the World Gourmet Summit’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2019.