Non-Entree Desserts is one of those places that always somehow manage to outdo themselves every time. I had their Pumpkin Avalanche, a pumpkin variation of their famed pioneer, the Chocolate Avalanche. This dessert's inception is attributes to their menu's current, which is in fact, urban garden.

This was a holistically amazing dessert, I must say. Every component of the dish - the pumpkin lava cake (that had cinnamon sugar dustings), the almond nougatine, the cinnamon clove gelato, the chocolate crumble soil - all meshed so nicely. The amalgamation is best described as a modest harmony of flavours.

Be warned though, that this is more petite than it looks. You may be slightly disappointed with it at first, much like I was, looking at it in hindsight, the portion seemed to have been correctly calculated. For You see, the pumpkin lava cake actually got sickly in terms of texture quite fast. I realised that had the portion been any more generous, it would have reached 'muak' status, thereby shaving off its quality. Perhaps it's a reach, but I was convinced that they took no prisoners where perfecting the recipe for it was concerned.

I was a little iffy about having to pay $15 (additional 10% service charge) for this, especially after seeing the size, but thankfully, it proved to be a remarkable, edible work of art. And that leaves me with one question – could this place actually be the benchmark for many dessert parlours? (8.2/10)

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