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Restaurant Week March 2013

March 5th, 2013 365days2play

Restaurant Week is BACK!!!

Organised by DiningCity.sg and presented by American Express, this bi-annual gastronomic affair has attracted a strong following among Singapore’s gourmands since its debut here in 2010. For this sixth edition of SINGAPORE RESTAURANT WEEK, the organisers have unveiled a new and exciting element – ‘The Grand Tour of Taste’. Most of the restaurants will craft a unique ‘grand tasting platter’ for one of the courses within its three-course set menu offering, where diners will be able to relish tasting portions of signature dishes that the establishment is renowned for.

To add more excitement to SINGAPORE RESTAURANT WEEK’s March 2013 edition, DiningCity.sg is launching a new mobile app “BUCKET – Scratch & Win” (available on IOS / iPhone*). This mobile app allows every patron of Restaurant Week to play the ‘Scratch & Win’ on their phones (*only applicable for IOS/ iPhone). Each patron gets TWO chances to win amazing DAILY prizes during 18 to 24 March 2013, which include two return tickets to Bali courtesy of KLM airline, a 1-night stay at the Capella Hotel, a $500 Garibaldi Wine & Dine experience, one year subscription to Time Out magazine, a bottle of Constellation Rouge AOC Magnum by Wine Universe, a bottle of Belvedere vodka by The GIG, and many more. All patrons will also stand a chance to win the top prize in the Grand Draw – two return tickets on KLM airline to experience AMSTERDAM RESTAURANT WEEK! The more times they dine out during Restaurant Week, the higher their chances to win the Grand Draw prize.

*All patrons can go to the App Store and download the free mobile app “BUCKET – Scratch & Win” from 18 March 2013.

HOW SINGAPORE RESTAURANT WEEK WORKS

During SINGAPORE RESTAURANT WEEK, all participating restaurants will offer exclusive three-course menus for lunch and for dinner priced at S$25*+++ and S$35*+++ respectively.

*Please note that DiningCity Star-Awarded restaurants charge a supplement of S$15 for lunch and S$20 for dinner.

All bookings can be made online at www.restaurantweek.sg, a dedicated website with unique technology for online and real-time reservations.

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This list features the restaurants I patronised previously during Restaurant Week itself.

Brasserie Les Saveurs at St Regis Hotel

Boathouse and [prelude] Singapore

Buyan Restaurant

La Maison Fatien

Praelum Wine Bistro

Salt Grill & Sky Bar

This list features the participating restaurants for Restaurant Week, which I patronised during normal occasions.

Absinthe Restaurant Francais

Au Jardin by Les Amis

Covelli Italian Bistro & Wine Bar

Il Lido at Sentosa

Il Lido Revisited

JuChunYuan

OChre Italian Restaurant & Bar

One Rochester

Oso Ristorante

Salta Argentine Parrilla + Grocer

Salta Argentine Parrila + Grocer Christmas Lunch

The Exchange

The Knolls at Capella

The Prime Society

The Rose Verandah

You can read all about my Restaurant Week escapades here!

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STREET 50 Restaurant & Bar

February 24th, 2013 365days2play

STREET 50 - Crabmeat Istimewa (Stir-fried sambal rice with crabmeat, onion and green peas accompanied by satay, chicken wings, achar, prawn crackers and fried egg) $16

If you’re ever lost for what to eat when you’re at VivoCity or HarbourFront, you may just want to consider hopping across the road to the 1 year old Bay Hotel. STREET 50 Restaurant & Bar just opened last month, taking over the premises of the former Indonesian restaurant Rumah Rasa. STREET 50 offers diverse flavours ranging from Italian, French and American to Vietnamese, Indonesian and Singaporean with interesting twists.

Now every restaurant likes to say that they’ve added an interesting twist or a something special to their dish, but a lot of the times, the tastes are still pretty predictable. At STREET 50, I’m quite sure you will be in for a surprise when it comes to some of their signature dishes.

STREET 50 - Caprese (Selection of interspersed vineyard tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella with aged balsamico and fried basil) $12

Caprese (Selection of interspersed vineyard tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella wrapped in parma ham with aged balsamico and fried basil) $12

We started off the meal with a delightful Caprese. I love Caprese and I always want to order it when I’m at an Italian restaurant. However, as you can see it is quite substantial for a starter so I end up always having to give it a miss. It was great to be able to indulge in a bit of Caprese at this tasting. Love the sweet tomatoes wrapped in the salty Parma ham! The buffalo mozzarella was a little tough though.

STREET 50 - Hazelnut Escargot (Slow-baked Burgundy snails stuffed with hazelnut butter and flambed with brandy) $14 (3)

Hazelnut Escargot (Slow-baked Burgundy snails stuffed with hazelnut butter and flambed with brandy) $14

Escargots! Another one of my favourite foods! We were in for a special treat because these Escargots were also flambéed in Brandy. I’ve seen flambé of numerous steaks, and even a flambé Pencai, but never before, flambéed Escargots!

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Grand Park Cityhall Park Palace Restaurant

January 23rd, 2013 365days2play

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Last week, I was invited to sample Grand Park City Hall’s Chinese Restaurant the Park Palace Restaurant’s Chinese New Year festive menu. I had actually been to Park Palace on two other occasions over the years, for department Chinese New Year lunch as my old office used to be within walking distance. But that was at least 3 years ago so I was quite keen to go back again to sample the new menu.

Park Palace Restaurant is on the 2nd floor and has numerous floor to ceiling windows which makes dining here a cheery affair. You know how some Chinese restaurants can be, they give you the very serious and sombre feeling. Besides, natural lighting always makes for better food photography.

Golden Shunde Yellowtail Yu Sheng (3)

Golden Shunde Yellowtail Yu Sheng

First up, the Yu Sheng dish! If you will look at the picture closely, you will notice that this is no ordinary Yu Sheng! Instead of vegetable bits as the main base ingredient, crispy fried vermicelli is used. Well you know how everyone likes the “golden crispy ingots”, in this case, practically the whole dish was crispy! Instead of the usual sweet and sticky sauce, the Yu Sheng was tossed in a special concoction of fragrant peanut oil and premium soya sauce that imparted a delicate flavour. Even the yellowtail (from the Shunde region) was a refreshing change to salmon.

I have to say, this is easily one of the best Yu Sheng I have ever eaten! This creative breakaway from the traditional Yu Sheng works! Many restaurants throw in lots of frills and fireworks, but basically, you still end up fishing out the expensive ingredients. This was one Yu Sheng where everybody cleaned their plates!

Grand Park Hotel CNY - Imperial Suckling Pig (First Course) (3)

 Imperial Suckling Pig (First Course)

Next up, everyone’s favourite suckling pig. Sorry for showing you the pig’s butt, but I thought the tail looked kinda cute, and how often do you get to see sucking pig pictures from this angle?

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Wedding Candybar

January 9th, 2013 365days2play

For a good part of the wedding, I’d been cracking my brains to come up with something creative yet still wedding worthy if you know what I mean. Didn’t really want a live band or singers because seriously, you spend a bomb and people hardly even notice that they’re there. Those who do happen to sit near the stage and I know of people who have complained of the noise!

I wanted something a little whimsical, to sort of make me feel better that I didn’t get to have a garden wedding. A garden wedding is something that is so pretty, and I think most brides would consider it, but to be realistic, most guests hate garden weddings thanks to the Singapore weather! And trust me, as a bride, you don’t want to be worrying about whether it’s going to rain either. I made the decision not to have a garden wedding, but I still wanted to have my cake and eat it.

And that’s when I thought of having a candy bar! It doesn’t seem such a common thing for now, and I hope I’m one of the first few to set the trend going! One of the best parts about preparing for my wedding were the parts where I was researching on candy bars. So many whimsical and eye popping candy bars pictures out there!! With all manner of variations from the types of candy to whether you want biscuits, macarons, cupcakes, canapes and what have you!

JOandJARS (11)

I was so lucky to be able to get a sponsor JOandJARS to come set up a Candy Bar for my wedding! Check out the little goodies they provided!

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Four Seasons Hotel Wedding

January 6th, 2013 365days2play

I can’t believe a week has past since my wedding at 4 Seasons hotel! Months and months of preparation all leading up to this grand day. It was really a whirlwind affair, memorable no doubt because I have been talking non-stop about it to anyone who wants to listen! I have so much to blog about that I don’t even know where to start, which is kind of the reason why one week has elapsed without me writing anything.

I’ll get round to detailing everything, but for now I’m revelling in my regained free time! It’s back to binging again during the weekends, swimming during daylight hours without fearing getting tanned, and just basically having more time to catch up on my favourite activities like blogging and baking!

For now, let me leave you with photos of the Four Seasons Wedding Lunch Banquet. Photos are all courtesy of my official wedding photographer Daniel Beh. Absolutely love love love the Four Seasons Ballroom, with its full length windows on one side. It’s a cosy size too, high ceiling without any pillars, max tables is 32, but we had a really comfortable and spacious ballroom with only 22 tables. I have to count my lucky stars that we managed to get this beautiful ballroom without having to guarantee a much higher table count. I am itching for someone to get married at Four Seasons and invite me so that I can relive the memories again! Smile Smile Smile

Four Seasons Hotel Singapore Ballroom

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