Comfort Food
Cedele by Bakery Depot actually makes Lavendar and Almond cookies!
I've always been curious how lavendar tastes as food. A friend once told me only Hokkaido has lavendar ice-cream and that it's so good I must try. So imagine my excitement when I stumbled on home-made lavendar ice-cream when I dined at Embers at Keong Saik St some time back.
It's weird, especially since lavendar is more commonly known for his aromatherapeutic purposes in essential oils, candles and bath products. When the smell hits you before you put the ice-cream in your mouth, it just didn't seem right to be eating my body lotion. I remembered the ice-cream was a tad too sweet, but otherwise, I liked the way it reduced me into a zen state of calm. I'm not exaggerating, take a whiff of lavendar and you just immediately feel the "ahhh-sensation".
I vaguely recalled having come across an article in Life some time ago about using lavendar in food. In it, there were some places recommended where you can go to try them. I didn't pay much attention, so it was another by chance I stumbled on Cedele's lavendar and almond cookies. For a pack of I think 5 or 6, (I'm left with 1 now, can't remember), it comes in a zip-locked style bag so you can maintain its freshness. Now it's very brittle, not sure if it's because of the cabin air or they are just like that.
I love it! But it's an expensive treat, costing S$5.50 for a packet. Which means 1 cookie cost nearly a dollar and more. You don't exactly taste lavendar, I guess it combines our sense of smell and taste. It's not very sweet and I don't feel "gelat" eating it the way sometimes chocolate chip cookies would. It's my source of comfort food here, but supplies are running out. 1 cookie is not going to last me a week.
Oh no, it's lying on my table staring at me. I'm not even sure if it's going to last me the next couple of hours as I sit here talking about it.
Ok, actually I really want to have a glass of hot pi pa gao now.
Oh did I mention that the cookie has an almond centre?
I've always been curious how lavendar tastes as food. A friend once told me only Hokkaido has lavendar ice-cream and that it's so good I must try. So imagine my excitement when I stumbled on home-made lavendar ice-cream when I dined at Embers at Keong Saik St some time back.
It's weird, especially since lavendar is more commonly known for his aromatherapeutic purposes in essential oils, candles and bath products. When the smell hits you before you put the ice-cream in your mouth, it just didn't seem right to be eating my body lotion. I remembered the ice-cream was a tad too sweet, but otherwise, I liked the way it reduced me into a zen state of calm. I'm not exaggerating, take a whiff of lavendar and you just immediately feel the "ahhh-sensation".
I vaguely recalled having come across an article in Life some time ago about using lavendar in food. In it, there were some places recommended where you can go to try them. I didn't pay much attention, so it was another by chance I stumbled on Cedele's lavendar and almond cookies. For a pack of I think 5 or 6, (I'm left with 1 now, can't remember), it comes in a zip-locked style bag so you can maintain its freshness. Now it's very brittle, not sure if it's because of the cabin air or they are just like that.
I love it! But it's an expensive treat, costing S$5.50 for a packet. Which means 1 cookie cost nearly a dollar and more. You don't exactly taste lavendar, I guess it combines our sense of smell and taste. It's not very sweet and I don't feel "gelat" eating it the way sometimes chocolate chip cookies would. It's my source of comfort food here, but supplies are running out. 1 cookie is not going to last me a week.
Oh no, it's lying on my table staring at me. I'm not even sure if it's going to last me the next couple of hours as I sit here talking about it.
Ok, actually I really want to have a glass of hot pi pa gao now.
Oh did I mention that the cookie has an almond centre?
posted by Me at 10:25 pm
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