Bistro Délifrance – Questionable Lava Cake

A friend recently asked me, “since you dine out all the time, do you review every single eatery that you visit?”

The answer is no. There would simply be too many pictures to take and too many posts to write! The rule of thumb I follow to decide if the place is worth blogging about is that it must be either of the following:

• nice place with good food, for e.g.: graze, aerin’s or Wild Rocket
• cheap and good, for e.g.: Gu Zao Ren, rong guang BBQ seafood or riverside Indonesia BBQ
• has an interesting and unique concept, for e.g.: lagnaa, Eclectic Attic or sho-u
• so bad that I feel you guys must be warned! For e.g.: Mushroom Pot or mussel guys

And in my opinion, the chocolate lava cake at délifrance falls under the classification of being “so bad that I feel you guys must be warned”!

Fondant de Chocolat Chaud
SGD6.95++

First of all, chocolate lava cake or fondant is my most favorite dessert. (okay, it’s either this or chocolate mousse… I can’t decide!) it should be moist and chocolatey, with a thick and viscous chocolate lava at its core. Something like this one at bakerzin:

Now compare it with délifrance’s…

I mean, what the heck is that? It just looks all wrong! In fact, it even looks a little dirty to me.

I wouldn’t have minded the way it looked if it tasted good. But no, the chocolate cake was dry and crumbly, like stale cake! The chocolate lava was rather watered down and tasted a little funky.

Actually, it looked like one of those instant lava cakes that you can find at a supermarket. You know, the kind that you pop into the microwave oven and eat afterwards.

Argh! To think I had thought that I could enjoy my favorite dessert all the time since there’s a délifrance café AND a bistro délifrance right at my workplace! But now it looks like I’m gonna give it a miss — forever!

Bistro Délifrance ( Halal certified)
Toa Payoh Community Library
6 Toa Payoh Central Singapore 319191 [map]
(65) 6354 9253
Service:
www.delifrance.com.sg

I’m always on the hunt for good chocolate lava cake. The ones I’ve had so far come from the following places:

» tcc
» the olive ristorante
» white dog café
» bakerzin
» Wild Rocket at mount emily

Next on my prowl list (in no order of preference):

» abof restaurant and tea lounge at Millenia Walk
» corduroy & finch along Bukit timah road
» dan ryan’s chicago grill at Tanglin place
» esmirada at chijmes
» the chocolate factory at mohamed sultan road

If anyone’s game to hunt for good chocolate lava cake with me, let me know!