Dining

Best quiches in Singapore

When it comes to this savoury tart, there’s no concession for store-bought dough. Crusts (often a pâte brisée or flaky pie dough) should be handmade and preferably blind-baked to stay crisp enough to contain the slightly quivering custard within. Yet, its buttery richness should crumble and melt in your mouth. This is not the time for calorie-counting either – full-fat dairy makes for eggy fillings that are almost soufflé-like. Lastly, no matter the toppings, they should all be cooked separately to render their full flavour before they get tossed into the mix.

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Dominique Ansel Kitchen

At the new Dominique Ansel Kitchen in New York’s West Village, more than 70 percent of the menu is finished, assembled, or baked upon order – a huge boon for anyone who has tasted the difference between madeleines that are freshly baked and not.

Best tacos in Singapore

Authentic Mexican tacos never come in crispy corn shells (that’s a sure sign of a butchered Tex-Mex variant). They’re always soft – made from corn or wheat flour – and piled high with seasoned meats, piquant salsa and flavour builders like onions and coriander. No wonder this street food is fast coming back into vogue.

Mediterranean progeny

Family dinners for Jean-Philippe Patruno in Grenoble were 100-person affairs, marked by copious amounts of polenta with porcini.

Best mille-feuilles in Singapore

The mille-feuille has many names: vanilla slice, Napoleon or custard pastry. Its exact origins are a little hazy, but its form is almost always standard, comprising three layers of puff pastry (pâte feuilletée) alternating with two layers of pastry cream (crème pâtissière).