Room 4 Dessert @ Ubud, Bali

Room 4 Dessert (R4D)

Jl Raya Sanggingan

Kedewatan

Ubud

(Next to Naughty Nyru's warung)

Open 4pm to 10pm (closed Mondays)

Note

- made online reservation for Friday dinner

- 15 courses of 5 savoury snacks, 5 plated desserts, 5 hand held petit fours

- from locally sourced products

- moved from counter, indoor dining (dim & rustic) & outdoor terrace (romantic & homely) locations in the restaurant

- experiential menu with more sweets than savouries but 5 desserts were not overly sweet, some with a heavier salt seasoning 

- ala-carte dessert menu available 4-5pm and 8-10pm 

- IDR 1,402k / S$112 per pax, includes 11% tax, 10% service charge, 2 x 750ml sparkling water (IDR 69k / S$5.6 per bottle)

- started at 6.15pm & left at 8.15pm

- Powder Room before R4D - candy store with seating, closes at 7pm

- Shelter Island after R4D - accomodation - 8 room guest house

5 savoury snacks @ counter of main dining hall

Savoury 1 - Pea Shoots (fern)

- dou miao (pea shoots) + fern tips

Savoury 2 - Squid Noodles (cosmos)

- squid + Thai flavours

Savoury 3 - Rice with Chicken (clove basil)

Sou vide chicken + ginger flower + red rice on crispy chicken skin

Savoury 4 - Not Another Dumpling (cadena de amore)

- mushroom + roe + jicama + coffee kombucha + tamarillo vinegar

Savoury 5 - One Rib (shiso perilla)

- pork rib + perilla

5 plated desserts @ counter of indoor dining

Dessert 1- Red (rosella)

- rosella sorbet + dragon fruit jelly + thin crisp + mousse + jam

Dessert 2 - Pandanbert (pandan)

- top icy sheet + crispy crumble + jelly + pana cotta

Dessert 3 - Whisky, Torture, Turgenev (pineapple)

Dessert 4 - The Sugar Refinery (mangosteen)

- mangosteen mousse + sour sop sorbet + balinese meringe

Dessert 5 - Chocolate Creme Brulee

5 petit fours @ outdoor terrace

Petit fours 1 - Mango "cone" (mango)

- mango + chilli cinnamon oil in cone

Petit fours 2 - Poky (raspberry)

- cracker stick, like poky stick + rosella aioli + raspberry chocolate

Petit fours 3 - D & C's (Kaffir lime leaf)

- D&C are creators of recipe, like M&M's

- peanut + cascara chocolate + chilli + Kaffir lime

Petit fours 4 - Cacao Leaf (baby star fruit)

Petit fours 5 - Cashew Medium Mac (tumeric)

Chef Will Goldfarb

- formerly El Bulli & Tetsuya

- from NY

- World's best pastry chef in Cacao Barry's The World's Best 50 Restaurants 2021

- celebrating 10th anniversary of R4D on 24 June 2024, also his 49th birthday