Shashlik Restaurant

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06-19 Far East Shopping Centre, 545 Orchard Road, Tel: 6732-6401 Open: Noon to 2.15pm, 6.30 to 9.15pm

Desserts don’t get fresher than this.

At the quaint Hainanese- owned Russian restaurant Shashlik, an elderly waiter or waitress wheels ingredients like butter, cherries and brandy to your table on a trolley, then assembles them in a flaming pan right before your eyes.

Classic cherry jubilee ($16 for two persons) is served: dark sweet cherries in swirls of a buttery brandied sauce, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

The dessert is fruity, frosty, fiery and absolutely delicious. That butter in the sauce is a stroke of genius too. It takes the sting out of the alcohol blazing down to your stomach, leaving a creamy taste in your mouth.