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I enjoyed my desserts so much that I opened up this app to write my first review! I heard a lot about Plain Vanilla previously, but never had the opportunity to try it until today. Sure enough, it lived up to the hype, and I'm already looking forward to my next trip down there!
What I had:
🍫 Peanut Butter Brownie $7
📌 7.5/10
🖍 Peanut butter and chocolate is a combo that never fails, so it wasn't surprising that this brownie was a hit. It reminded me of Hershey's Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, but more indulgent. I would have liked to try this item heated up, I somehow think it would taste better that way.
🧁 Earl Grey Lavender Cupcake $4.90
📌 8/10
🖍 My favourite out of the three items I tried! The cupcake itself was light and fluffy, reminiscent of a chiffon cake. The frosting was the right sweetness for me, and the notes of lavender were just right. It was slightly unfortunate that the frosting overpowered the cupcake itself, so I couldn't taste the earl grey as much as I did when I tried the cake alone. Both the frosting and cake still paired wonderfully together though, and I would love to have this again.
🍯 Chocolate Honeycomb Tart $7
📌 7.5/10
🖍 A really decadent tart that was carefully crafted. The filling to crust ratio could be better, as the milk chocolate started to come across as cloying after a few bites. Towards the middle, there were bits of honeycomb at the top of the tart and in between the filling and the crust. The honeycomb was truly the highlight of the tart, with the sweetness hitting all the right notes.
Overall, Plain Vanilla was a really good experience for my first time there, everything down to the service and the atmosphere was enjoyable! It's definitely a once-in-a-while indulgence though, at the price point it has.
If you like Matcha and something not too sweet, a really good option
Former is strong taste while latter is light; both are refreshing; love the "boy boy" & "seal" tea leaves holder in the cup that resembles me at that moment (relaxing & enjoying life)..
Generous portion of mushroom cream soup; cream soup is very thick, but felt a lacking in mushroom taste; probably would be better with more mushroom & in chunks, & lesser cream; with 2 piece of small toast at the side which are crispy but dry..
Brown rice is well-cooked & topped with housemade bibimbap sauce; sauce is unique & flavorful with tinge of smokey BBQ taste; generous portion of sauteed shiitake, portobello & mushroom; mushroom > rice; love the wiggly egg with oozing yolk; surprisingly the risotto is not that 'wet'; another dish that is worth to try..
Al-dente pasta in clear tom yum brine; the broth is surprisingly light yet flavorful and fragrant; tinge of wine with lemongrass, lime leaves, chilli padi & ginger spices; love the sweetness & freshness from the vongole; wide dimension of taste in a dish; squeeze in some fresh lime juice to further lift up the taste; probably 1 of the better tom yum pasta I've eaten that's worth a try..
Deconstructed pineapple tart; lots of caramelised pineapple that is soft, sweet & juicy; with crispy baked crumble, passion fruit coulis & 2 thin slices of crispy pineapple crisp..
Spring chicken is very tender & succulent even the chicken breast; taste good itself even without the sauce; sauce is very creamy; with variety of grilled veggies; love especially the potatoes with super crispy skin & the garlic..
