Cumulus & the Coconut Sago, Meringue, Coconut Sorbet dessert
I finally got to eat at Cumulus, 9:30pm last Thursday night…and I was smitten!
My photos are all dim and blurry so I haven’t taken the trouble to upload them here. My favourite dish of the night was the scallops wrapped in speck, capers & raisin vinaigrette. This was followed closely by the crispy school prawns sauteed with chilli & garlic – imagine having a bowl of these in front of you while watching the Saturday night movie! – then tuna tartare with crushed green pea salad (my husband’s favourite), the boudin noir, smoked tomato & parsley salad and finally the silk purse from a slow’s ear, ravigote & green sauce.
As you can tell, I was already delighted with the meal so far however I was also getting quite full so skipping dessert wouldn’t have bothered me in the least. However, my husband overruled me and ordered two – the coconut sago, meringue, coconut sorbet and the petit fours (hazelnut chocolate, salted caramel) – and boy am I glad that he did! The coconut sago turned out to be one of the loveliest desserts I’ve had in a long time. So much that I popped into Laguna the next day to buy a pack of sago to recreate it at home.
One of the best aspects of the meal for us was being served by the staff at Cumulus. Not only were they knowledgeable but they actually appeared happy to be there, somewhat of a rarity these days in the customer service field.
Here’s my version of the Cumulus dessert. Sago drizzled with coconut milk sweetened with a palm sugar syrup served with softly whipped egg white and Serendipity’s Coconut & Kaffir Lime sorbet:
October 4th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
This dessert is new! I love Cumulus but it is getting harder and harder to get a table these days.
October 5th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Cumulus is on my list of places to try but I am scared off by how hard it is to get a table. OMG I can’t believe you had dinner at 9.30pm! I would have probably passed out from starvation by then!
Great to know you had an excellent meal!
October 5th, 2009 at 11:54 am
@ penny: well, at 9:30pm on Thursday (!) we only had to wait 20 min.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:55 am
@Rilsta: yes, we had to visit in-laws before that and thought we were going for dinner but apparently everyone had eaten! so, yes, at 9:30pm we were looking for a bite to eat…it was a lovely date night for us though!