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2010-03-09
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After a misocool dinner we headed here for desserts. I have to say I have tried their set dinner during x'mas before, and the dishes which impressed me the most were the risotto, beef, and the desserts. I can see why there is a line between rex caffe praisers and haters, but I think that if you order more cautiously at Rex Caffe you will find yourself enjoying your meal a lot more =). We had the whole restaurant to ourselves probably because it was after dinner time and this building is usually
We had the whole restaurant to ourselves probably because it was after dinner time and this building is usually frequented by office-workers at lunch or after work periods.
After gazing at the pastry/cake cabinet and looking through the menu, we decided on three desserts plus one pastry.
Tiramisu $42
As the last tiramisu I had was the green tea version from Sha tin 18, I could not help to notice but THIS WAS WAY BETTER. Rex's version is much more 'harder' if you will - the tiramisu is made individually in a pretty dessert glass cup, and is composed of the mascarpone cheese mixture, a single layer of coffee-scented ladyfingers and dusted with cocoa powder. The ladyfingers layer has rarely any alcohol - good for people who don't like flavours of strong alcohol, which I think almost always ruins good desserts. The coffee is also barely there - I guess this is so more people will appeal to this dessert. A friend liked the fact that there was only a hint of coffee, whilst I thought it could use a little more!
panna cotta $42
This panna cotta was served in the same glass cup as the tiramisu. It had a dollop of coffee 'cream' on top of a milky-white orange-scented panna cotta. It was probably not so visually stunning as panna cottas I have had before due to the coffee cream and lack of fruits for decoration, but is certainly the best. The coffee cream itself is quite strong so take a little with each spoon of panna cotta. Rex's panna cotta doesn't take the usual vanilla bean flavoured version but smartly uses a hint of orange for flavour which paired with the coffee perfectly - reminded me of Starbuck's Valentia syrup in cappuccinos/lattes!
Strawberry Napoleon $36
This was assembled to order because they were not displayed at the pastry/cake glass cabinet inside the restaurant. As in the photo, there is three layers of pastry, with little piped custard between and sliced strawberries on the top only. Whilst I thought it was acceptable I didn't love it because the custard was too sweet, had a lack of that buttery vanilla flavour like Fine Foods, and the pastry hardly crisp enough for the fork to 'break' through! Also, I though they could have used more custard and more fruit between the layers of pastry so it would taste and feel much better in the mouth.
Hazelnut pastry roll $16
This pastry tasted more like a cinnamon roll, but made with puff pastry. I couldn't 'find' the taste of hazelnuts anywhere? Anyway, I think it would have been much better if it had been consumed at room temperature, or toasted in the oven rather than being microwaved. The pastry had become soggy from the microwaving and so I cannot assess this pastry fairly and have to say it was bad. Take-out would probably have been better as you can re-heat it in a toaster/oven.
I think Rex's desserts were on the whole quite good. I just think their custard recipe may need to be tweaked, as well as their wait-staff need to learn how to handle pastries!
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