Cafe Salivation at 176 Race Course Road - The Signature Basil Cream with Caramelised Peaches

This is the Signature Basil Cream with Caramelised Peaches served at Cafe Salivation located at 176 Race Course Road.

It is made using Core Ingredients - Basil infused cream, piped onto canned caramelised peach slices (using peach, brown sugar, cinnamon, butter), topped with Basil leaves (julienned), mint leaves, Oat & Pistachio crumble. 

How it is prepared - 
The peaches are from cans, Chef simply sliced into smaller slices & caramelised in butter, sugar, cinnamon.

To make the peaches - Chef toasts the peaches with brown sugar, a bit of cinnamon & butter till they are caramelised, then it is plated. 

To make the Basil cream - Chef soak Basil leaves in the cream (from supplier) for an hour, then the Basil leaves are removed. He uses 25 grams Basil leaves for every 500 gram of cream.

To serve, Chef simply warm up the cream, then pipe it onto the poached peaches, & add oat  & pistachio crumble to it to lend it a nice crunchy texture. 

Tasting Notes - The Basil has distinct flavor like that of coconut. To garnish Chef simply julienned some Basil leaves & topped the Oat & Pistachio crumble.

The Oats & Pistachio crumble has a nutty flavor that paired well with the sweeten caramelised peach.

About Cafe Salivation 
Prasad Raja, 62, Director at Homely Raj Pte Ltd which manages the Raj & Jade groups of restaurants here in Singapore, and second Generation in the business started by his dad the elderly Mr Raja, is a pure vegetarian. 

It helps that Mrs Raja (Karen), 59, who is of British & Indian descent is a self taught chef at home, and improvises with the various ingredients she could find to come up with great tasting vegetarian cuisine with Mexican, Italian, American influences she serves her husband at home. 

With experiment comes experience, and with experience comes confidence, leading to a business idea to using these self taught recipes she has invented to start truly pure vegetarian cafe serving cuisines with Mexican, Italian, American influences. 

This marks the birth of Cafe Salivation back in 2008, which started its operations at Syed Alwi Road where Mrs Raja, Karen manages the kitchen. It was a good 3 years at Syed Alwi Road before rising rental caused the Rajas to move Cafe Salivation to 176 Race Course Road right next to Farrer Park MRT in the North East Line where the rental was more reasonable.

It was this passion to make vegetarian cuisine hip and trendy among the foodies in this little isle of Singapore that keep Karen Raja 3 years & going on strong in her campaign to encourage vegetarian diet. 

Over here at Cafe Salivation - Karen Raja & her management holds the Philosophy that vegetarian food need not be bland, but can be tasty & healthy. The kitchen uses sunflower oil in the cooking process, & do not administer MSG in any dishes at all. The ingredients used in the recipes for the various dishes at Cafe Salivation serves to tantalise the tastebuds of the customers without compromising their waistlines. 

The menu is a smorgasboard of vegetarian delights which includes categories - Pasta, Pizza, Sandwiches, Mexican, Baked dishes, Rice dishes, Eggless Cakes, Desserts & more. 

Cafe Salivation serves a wide selection of beverages - Colombian Coffee, Flavored Teas, Milkshakes, Smoothies, Freshly Squeezed Juices.

Cafe Salivation is located at :

176 Race Course Road, S(218607)

Tel : 62981412

Email: enquiries@cafesalivation.com

www.cafesalivation.com

www.facebook.com/cafesalivation

Opening Hours : 

Mon to Fri 10 am - 10.30 pm

Sat - Sun    10 am - 11 pm