New year treats with a twist

Antoinette

30 Penhas Road Tel 6293 3121

http://antoinette.com.sg/

IF you can't get enough of yusheng at your reunion dinner, end off with one - the dessert version, that is. Antoinette's Pang Kok Keong's creation comes in the form of a large chocolate egg, on a "nest" of auspicious sweets such as chocolate fish, ingots and coins, mandarin orange butter cake and meringue kisses. A wooden hammer is brought out and a lucky diner cracks open the egg to reveal fresh fruit such as pineapple, Thai green mango, red dragon fruit, and pomelo, all diced and shredded. A mandarin orange, plum and gula melaka dressing is poured over the dessert, followed by the communal tossing.

Thanks to the chocolate and the dressing, this yusheng is a real sugar overdose but w…