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2013-03-24
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The Sheng Kee Cafe in the middle of Raffles City's busy food hall at B1 is a tad stuffy with tables and stools closely arranged, so it is a 'eat and be gone' type of place. We wanted our dessert fix on the cheap so Sheng Kee is a better alternative than the self serviced food court. There are three items at promo prices this month - all featuring the buttery nutty avocado. We settled on the Avocado Float ($3.80+ or $4.10 after GST) and the Avocado Shake ($3.30+ or $3.55 after GST).The Avocado Fl
The Sheng Kee Cafe in the middle of Raffles City's busy food hall at B1 is a tad stuffy with tables and stools closely arranged, so it is a 'eat and be gone' type of place. We wanted our dessert fix on the cheap so Sheng Kee is a better alternative than the self serviced food court. There are three items at promo prices this month - all featuring the buttery nutty avocado. We settled on the Avocado Float ($3.80+ or $4.10 after GST) and the Avocado Shake ($3.30+ or $3.55 after GST).The Avocado Float was attractively presented in a black bowl topped with what looked like a small scoop of vanilla ice cream but turned out to be a coconut milk sorbet. This was excessively sweet - on par with traditional Indian desserts, so we had to asked for ice cubes to dilute the green paste that was supposed to be avocado puree but had no taste of the rich creamy fruit. I guess Sheng Kee used mass produced frozen avocado puree, and used sparingly little of it in both the Float and the Shake. My idea of a milkshake is a thick and filling fluid but the Avocado Shake served at Sheng Kee was more like Avocado Freeze. Since it was a very hot afternoon and the aircon at Raffles City B1 was rather muted, we found the Avocado Freeze very light and refreshing, despite its blandness. Just as well since we were still recoiling from the sugar overload caused by the Avocado Float. We will order the drink again if we drop by but not the Avocado Float.
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