We brought friends who're visiting from Hongkong to dinner at Cheek By Jowl last night and just as I anticipated, they were impressed with everything we had.
The surreal but lovely "Coconut Semifreddo with Laksa Leaf Ice-cream" was the dessert that had them most enthralled. Like myself on a previous visit, they were bewitched by the unexpected cold form the laksa flavours came in, with clever extras of juicy pomelo and whole peanuts thrown in. Boasting that unmistakable fragrance and spicy heat, this was a dish which managed to simultaneously taste familiar yet new.