Botanica (City Gate)

As with most Dalgona, this is on the sweeter side but good milk :)

Peach Oolong Cheesiato ($4.80) and Uji Matcha Cheesiato ($5.20) both with 0% sugar. I prefer the latter as it immediately brought me to guilt free dessert heaven! The creaminess of the cheesiato was very fulfilling and that settled my dessert needs for the week! Yes, it's that good. And scrumptious. The Barista was also very friendly. Place accepts NETs.

This version from @living_botanica
uses a New Zealand cream cheese that is thicker and more savory compared to Liho.
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While I like the taste and texture, the cheese got a little jelak for me after a couple of sips. But because I forgot to take a straw, I couldn't access the matcha latte below to neutralize the richeness. Don't make the same mistake as me if you are trying this. 😅

This stand-alone takeaway booth in the basement of Marina Bay Financial Tower is where you'll find teas topped with cheese foam that taste really good. Go for the Peach Oolong Cheesiato (from $4.80), an interesting combination of flavours topped with a smooth, savoury and creamy cheese foam made from New Zealand cream cheese and low fat milk. Matcha lovers will love the Uji Matcha Cheesiato ($5.20) that Burppler Jonathan Teo says has a strong green tea flavour. Apart from cheese teas, Living Botanica also serves milk teas, juices and smoothies, that can be topped with cheese milk foam, pudding or ginger at no additional charge.
Avg Price: $5 per person
Photo by Burppler Jonathan Teo

There is an alternative for everything — it's often that Liho runs out of their cheese drinks so it was good to come across Living Botanica at Marina Bay Link Mall which serves up a range of Cheesiato drinks — cream cheese mixed with milk foam that acts like a savoury form of macchiato foam atop tea, matcha or even coffee.

Unlike Liho's version which comes with stringy cheese, the Cheesiato at Living Botanica comes with a consistently smooth cheese foam over the drink; the flavours of the cheese is also less stark (though still pretty evident) and felt better integrated with the Peach Oolong Tea that was actually pretty fragrant. If there is anything that is to be improved, the cup lid wasn't really as friendly as Liho's; the flap was a little difficult to fiddle with and a little messy to handle with all the cream cheese foam stuck on it.

Creme brûlée milk tea 🤤