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While we eagerly await @LeMatin.sg’s new home in Raeburn Park to open in October/November, here is a look at the V3: Harvest, the last box of pastries the team is putting out from their current location until the end of this month.
I count myself doubly blessed to have indulged in it not once but twice. The first was when @thechubbydoc sent it as a treat while the second was a sweet surprise from Pastry Chef-owner @obamatin himself as my get-well-from-dengue gift.
Both deliveries were identical save for the galette which featured a different lacto-fermented produce. Since that pastry happens to be my favourite from the V3 collection, I was really pleased to be able to try the rhubarb as well as the in-season greengage plum from France. Each, in its own way, was a desirable match with the Demerara sugar-coated, light and crispy flaky puff. I did prefer the former but the latter was arresting in its brazen savouriness.
Besides the Kouign Amann which has made an appearance in every box so far, the rest of the bakes were new, and as intriguing, creative and enjoyable as what I’ve come to expect of Le Matin Patisserie. Where else would one encounter a glamorous Purple Potato Brioche filled with lavender cream, blackcurrant and mulberry jam, accessorised by crisped shiso leaf and local flowers? Or a sea buckthorn-glazed Pumpkin Brûlée pastry flecked with bee pollen and elderflower that’s an ode to Autumn? Then there‘s the punnily named Chestnut Ta-cro with its astonishing flavour marriage of chestnut ricotta cheesecake, roasted koji ganache, puffed buckwheat and caramelised cocoa nibs.
I for one, can’t wait to see what other newness will materialise from the minds and hands of Chef-owner @obamatin and his team after they’ve settled in at their new venue later in the year. Am crossing my fingers extra hard for more exotic cruffins and galettes 😋😋