The Turks are known for their delightful desserts, and the most iconic sweet ending is arguably baklava. @mavirestaurant.sg baklava ($12.90++) follows the straightforward recipe: multiple layers of phyllo pastry sandwiching coarsely chopped pistachios and sweetened with a good deal of syrup.⠀
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While I thoroughly enjoyed the flakiness of the phyllo pastry, and the abundance of chopped pistachios within, these baklava bits were barely large enough to qualify as one-biters. At $12.90 before taxes for a quartet of these puny pieces, I probably wouldn’t get this again.⠀
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However, I would get the Fistikli Kadayif again. At a dollar ninety cents cheaper per serving ($11++), this dessert is far more satisfying in size. The little crispy threads are called Kadayif, which is shredded filo dough. It’s baked until the lattice turns crazy crispy, and then topped with a charitable amount of chopped pistachios & showered with the same syrup. It’s basically a baklava, but less flaky and much crisper. Definitely the superior dessert if you ask me, and is best savoured with a glass of hot, strong Turkish tea to rinse all that sugar down.⠀
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And for the final time, thank you for the invite, @mavirestaurant.sg & @burpple!