Best eats of 2024: Best dessert – tiramisu from Pete’s Place
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This tiramisu feels like an indulgence, but also picks you up, fulfilling the dish’s titular goal – literally translated, that is what tiramisu means.
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Where: Basement Level, Grand Hyatt Singapore, 10 Scotts Road str.sg/ya96
Open: Noon to 2.30pm, 6 to 10.30pm daily
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What can be said about Pete’s Place’s tiramisu that has not already been said? Shall I describe once again the sabayon base of organic egg yolks, sugar and white amaretto? Or tell of its delicate taste and creamy luxuriance?
Google reviews have dubbed it “divine”, “worth every single calorie” and – the highest possible compliment in Singaporean food terms – “must try”. For a restaurant so rooted in nostalgia, it is a triumph that Pugliese chef Salvatore Giorgio Catania, who took over the reins following the restaurant’s revamp, has crafted a recipe that holds up even under the glare of comparison.
This tiramisu does what any good dessert is supposed to. It feels like an indulgence, but also picks you up, fulfilling the dish’s titular goal – literally translated, that is what tiramisu means.
It makes you want to use words like “traditional” and “authentic”, even though an innate understanding of Italian cooking may not necessarily help you better appreciate what, to even the most uninitiated of eaters, is a deeply satisfying sweet treat.
Perhaps in an era of shrinking desserts, what truly sets this tiramisu apart is its sheer size. Yes, it costs $18++, but so is that lacklustre scrap of cake that can be polished off in three bites flat at another fancy restaurant.
Unlimited amounts of the tiramisu are also available as part of the restaurant’s buffet spread ($42++ for its semi-buffet lunch and $88++ for Sunday brunch), which puts to the test whether you can indeed have too much of a good thing.
