Green Peppercorn

this was one of the places that i've been wanting to go to in the latter half of this semester, to the point where you can't stop thinking about their food (well desserts to be precise), and have to eat it before finals, or else i can't concentrate on study...

after messina last week, we walked to green peppercorn. it's on level 1, but it's quite nice inside, since it's still relatively new.

pad see ew and pad thai with chicken 12.90

didn't try the pad se www, but we had 4 people between 1 pad thai since we were mainly here for a dessert run and just needed a bite to eat. tha pad thai here was pretty average, and noticeably smaller than it's competitors. it's also not as flavourful, and wasn't as steaming hot (temperature wise). would have preferred more flavour, but then again, it means more msg or whatever unhealthy sodium thing they use to flavour it...the bean sprouts were raw, not that i mind, it just made the dish look bigger than it really was...not a lot of chicken or tofu either ):

service was pretty good. and additional spoons were provided for desserts. some places are cheap, and they make you use the same spoon for your savoury dishes and dessert...

dessert (:

Sweet warm coconut sticky rice served with fresh mango, vanilla ice-cream, coconut museli and coconut sauce $14

quite good, again, the whole "where did the fresh mango come from?" question popped up, and their menu also says "fresh" so 99% sure it's imported. there was enough coconut sauce with the rice, and not very sweet. muesli have it a nice texture.

pandan creme brûlée $14

one of their most popular dishes, and yes indeed, it was so yum. it's not deep, but quite a large ramekin. it had the "crack" and was a very thin sugar layer on top, which is suitable since the dish is quite thin. it wasn't too sweet and the pandan flavour came through. possibly may attempt it myself once i have time to bake/buy some pandan extract. the tuile on top was crazily hard to break. we all tried hammering it, but in the end you have to use to teeth to bite it, so not really sharable. it's super duper thick, which explains why it landed in someone's hair when we tried to smash it with our spoons...

Pandan & coconut flavoured waffles served with pandan sauce, coconut museli and coconut gelato $13

so green! don't know if they used real pandan, since i don't think you can get that green flavour that you get from the extract

felt like more dessert (even though i was pretty full at this stage). the waffles were nice, but not amazing. i think i still prefer belgium waffles. probably a bit too much muesli, and would have preferred a larger hit of pandan flavour. gelato was more on the ice cream side. the coconut flavour came through, but it may have been from coconut extract...

and i managed to catch the last express bus back home. i guess early dinners are good since the food comes out fast. will have to try the pandan sticky rice next time. didn't get it this time since we though 3 pandan desserts would be too much. i think the original store at Fairfield would probs be better, but who has the time to drive/trek it there?