GOOD FOOD MONTH SPECIAL: Sugar Rush at the InterContinental

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A couple days late, but Jenna, this one's for you :)


Sugar rush is one of my absolute favourite events during Good Food Month for blatantly obvious reasons - just look at this dome of joy. What's not to love?

As with every sugar rush event this year, every dessert comes with a glass of delicious Yulumba dessert wine, with a hint of chamomile to help smooth the sugary goodness down with more sugary goodness.

Let's break this stately pleasure dome down:


Starting from the Bottom layer:
  1. Lemon curd: the lemon curd is on the sweeter side, not very cheek-puckering. 
  2. Berry coulis: with raspberry and strawberry, again this is on the sweet side. 
  3. Cardamon crunch: provides some interesting texture for an otherwise sweet and soft dessert
  4. Raspberry meringue nest with strawberry inside
  5. Lemon cheesecake disk: smooth and buttery, very satisfying
  6. Raspberry fairy floss: unlike a lot of restaurants which have given in to the Persian fairy floss crazy, this dessert comes with some good ol' fashioned childhood fun. 
  7. Pip-pet of strawberry syrup: hidden inside the mass of fairy floss is a pip-pet filled with strawberry syrup to add some extra oomph and tie the whole thing together. 

 Overall, this is a delightful dessert. The multi-layered approach adds quite a lot of interest to the dish, almost like having a mini tasting plate of many different desserts. Would recommend.

Score: 4 / 5
Note: Special Good Food Month event, get in before the end of Oct!
Cost: $20 pp, includes a class of dessert wine
Address: Corner Bridge & Phillip Streets, Sydney
Website: http://sydney.goodfoodmonth.com/details?deal=911672

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