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Dessert for dinner? Ami lets you eat cake and more

Pastry chef Makoto Arami serves up an omakase of sweet and savoury that gives new meaning to lunch and dinner

Published Thu, Mar 14, 2024 · 11:00 PM
    • The Zen-like Japanese tea house setting of Ami.
    • Diners can look out to this garden of statues.
    • The intimate counter setting where pastry chef Makoto Arami serves omakase for just eight diners.
    • Chewy and fragrant hazelnut financiers kick off the meal.
    • Flaky seaweed pastry and sourdough bread are a course in itself.
    • Crisp parmesan tarts topped with sweet-sour Japanese tomatoes.
    • Toasted brioche is topped with creamy uni.
    • Crisp cookies are layered with coffee and chocolate cream.
    • Ami's signature choux puff is filled with creamy egg salad and caviar.
    • Strawberries and milk ice cream are a refreshing finish.
    • The Zen-like Japanese tea house setting of Ami. PHOTO: AMI PATISSERIE
    • Diners can look out to this garden of statues. PHOTO: JAIME EE/BT
    • The intimate counter setting where pastry chef Makoto Arami serves omakase for just eight diners. PHOTO: AMI PATISSERIE
    • Chewy and fragrant hazelnut financiers kick off the meal. PHOTO: AMI PATISSERIE
    • Flaky seaweed pastry and sourdough bread are a course in itself. PHOTO: AMI PATISSERIE
    • Crisp parmesan tarts topped with sweet-sour Japanese tomatoes. PHOTO: AMI PATISSERIE
    • Toasted brioche is topped with creamy uni. PHOTO: AMI PATISSERIE
    • Crisp cookies are layered with coffee and chocolate cream. PHOTO: AMI PATISSERIE
    • Ami's signature choux puff is filled with creamy egg salad and caviar. PHOTO: AMI PATISSERIE
    • Strawberries and milk ice cream are a refreshing finish. PHOTO: AMI PATISSERIE

    NEW RESTAURANT

    Ami Patisserie 27 Scotts Road Singapore 228222 Tel: 8907 6146 Open for lunch and dinner: 12 pm to 3 pm; 7 pm to 9 pm

    AMI Patisserie is a cake shop that upends dining conventions as we know them. One – that you can’t have dessert for dinner. Two – you can’t open a restaurant between an abandoned mansion and a cemetery, and expect the living to go willingly. Ami does both. And surprisingly, it works.

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