Second-most important day of the year!

No, of course I have not forgotten about Esther's birthday which fell, sadly, on Homecoming Day. (that's 3/4 of a special day donated to charity.) Anyway, she has received lotsa cool stuff due to her reputation as funky and arty-farty, like a box of macaroons from her DG that I know my dad really likes but doesn't want to admit it but will go out to buy it anyway so yay us.



And as part of her birthweek celebrations, I have decided to give her cool random stuff every morning for a funky start to her day! I am such a wonderful and caring brother, uh huh. ;)



After lunch today, we went out to Raffles City where we had a rose meringue and a sea salt and caramel macaroon from Canelé. The caramel sel macaroons were so so good. The meringue shells were crisp and soft in the centre, with bittersweet caramel oozing out with every crumbly bite. I also liked the sea salt that added yet another dimension to the complex caramel flavour, allowing the filling to have a light and satiny texture that melted in your mouth with a salty-sweet aftertaste which really complemented the rich shells.

The rose meringue, which we ate at home while watching Gilmore Girls, was too sweet for our liking. It yielded a very one-dimensional flavour that, after a while, started to resemble that of ordinary candyfloss. However, the texture of the meringue was almost perfect, in that the outside of the meringue was dry and crumbly, while the inside was soft and resembled marshmallows.