Last Wednesday, my brain blacked out - short-circuited for a few seconds before it jumpstarted back on again with full sugar power - on a slice of Chocolate Blackout cake. A customer of mine had highly recommended PS Cafe’s chocolate cake and after having a spoon of the warm fudginess soaked in warm chocolate fudge (or ’soup’ as I prefer to call it) with a little of that just-beautiful vanilla ice cream, I very gladly label it one of the best chocolate cakes out there.

The menu spoilt me for choice and it came down to splitting two dishes between my mate and I since we were both pretty torn between all the choices available. The Big Nihon salad was top-notch with very fresh perfectly-flavoured sashimi and a beautiful mix of salad leaves, thinly sliced vegetables, edamame and soba noodles. The dressing was lovely as well and not too heavy or greasy. However, I wouldn’t be hyping about the salad in days to come. Despite how delicious it was, it wasn’t something that left a great impression on me and I’d pass it up for Mum’s Japanese homecooking any day!

The Crab Tart scored beautifully in my books. It sure outdid the Nihon for me as the tart pastry was quite well done and the chef was awfully generous with the crab meat. It was warm, creamy, so delicious with just the right amount of bite in the pastry. Topped with slightly crispy grilled cheese on the top, served with a prawn bisque sauce, a few drops of an accompanying lemony sauce and a belachan of mild heat, I was completely blown away. One, I HEART CRAB. Two, I believe tarts are beautiful creations and are little edible pots of joy. Three, crab + tart + belachan??? is genius! It was so good I’m almost convinced to always have my crab tarts with belachan now.

At the end of the day, Chocolate Blackout was still the best 30minutes of my life. And yes, the cake was massive enough to be shared amongst 8 persons. Hence, the length of time that was needed to consume this gorgeous piece of work. Cake consumed, every drop of chocolate ’soup’ licked and scraped off the plate and not a bit of evidence of the existence of vanilla ice cream on the plate was how we left it.

Desire Satisfied is Us.

And that very evening, the second birthday cake of the day was a Matcha Adzuki Bean Cake with loads of gorgeous sweet Japanese pastry cream. It was heaven. My birthdays are sweeeeeet!

PS Cafe
Palais Renaissance #02-09A
390 Orchard Road
Singapore
Phone: 6887 2207

Great news - I’m finally back in England. It’s autumn. I’ve had chocolate for supper.