| FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 | THE STRAITS TIMES | happenings life D5

FOOD Rebecca Lynne Tan Food Correspondent recommends PROMOTIONS BASILICO CELEBRATES 10 YEARS and caramelised apples to balance

Picks The antipasti buffet at Regent out the richness of the hunk of . Surf & Turf At Gordon Grill ’s Italian restaurant If you like risotto with a bite, opt for Surf & Turf at Goodwood Park Hotel’s Basilico has been one of my the Risotto Alla Pugliese (left), Gordon Grill is a four-course set menu

Food favourites since the restaurant which was introduced in 2009. Here, in which diners can pick their own opened in 2008. carnaroli rice – a starchy Italian rice Surf & Turf combination for the main It has a good selection of cold cuts, variety, which makes for a creamier course from ingredients such as from soppressata to mortadella, and firmer risotto – is cooked in Maine lobster, Hokkaido scallops, as well as various types of cheese, flavourful seafood stock and United States Snake River Farms gorgeous breads, tapenades, grilled prosecco, and served with lobster, wagyu flat iron steak, free-range vegetables and salads – plenty here king scallops, tiger and Iberico pork collar and Victoria Farm to whet the appetite. asparagus. Australian lamb chop, alongside an In celebration of its 10th Offerings at the table appetiser, and dessert. anniversary, the restaurant has include elegant , gelato, rice WHERE: Goodwood Park Hotel, brought back 10 of its favourite dishes pudding and chocolate mousse. 22 Scotts Road MRT: Orchard/Newton (you get to choose one) from past WHERE: Basilico, Level 2 Regent WHEN/PRICE: Wed - Oct 14; lunch menus. For $92, eat as much as you Singapore – A Four Seasons Hotel, (noon - 2.30pm, weekdays) $68++ want from the antipasti buffet and 1 Cuscaden Road MRT: Orchard a person; dinner (7 - 10.30pm daily), choose a from the list. WHEN: Till Tuesday, 6.30 to 10pm $88++ TEL: 6730-1744 Go for the Porchetta Alla Romana daily PRICE: $92 a person. Price INFO: E-mail gordon_grill@ from 2013, a slow-cooked includes antipasti and dessert buffet, goodwoodparkhotel.com Roman-style pork belly with a subtle as well as a choice of one main course. hint of fennel. The meat is tender and Wine available at additional cost. NATIONAL DAY the crackling, a crispy golden brown. TEL: 6725-3232 INFO: E-mail It comes with braised sour cabbage [email protected] Spicy Sichuan Specialities, Sri Lankan Crab Promotions At Crystal Jade Crystal Jade Kitchen is serving Sri Lankan crabs prepared five ways – chilli, white pepper, steamed with Hua Diao wine, salted egg yolk and sauteed with ginger and scallion. At Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao outlets, there are new Spicy Sichuan specialities such as Sauteed Spicy Tea Tree Mushroom ($15.80++), Sauteed Spicy Pork Collar with potato and lotus roots ($16.80++), Chongqing Spicy ($8.80++) and Pan-fried Mala Pork Buns ($6.80++ for three pieces). WHERE: Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao & Crystal Jade Kitchen outlets WHEN: Till Aug 31 PRICE: Crabs: $68++ - $88++ (Aug 6 - 12: $53++); Sichuan specialities: $6.80++ - $16.80++; check with outlets for DBS/POSB & CASUAL JAPANESE FARE NATIONAL DAY EATS PHOTOS: BASILICO/ FOLKLORE’S NEW DISHES Jadeite card discounts The best way to catch up with friends AT THE CLIFFORD PIER REGENT SINGAPORE, Damian D’Silva of Folklore in Beach Road will be INFO: crystaljade.com/index is over a meal. Some casual Japanese The Clifford Pier at The Fullerton Bay DON & TORI, introducing new items to his menu from Monday. fare – everyone loves sushi and Hotel is collaborating with zi char THE CLIFFORD PIER/ He serves what he dubs “Singapore heritage cuisine”, Heritage-Themed Dinner chicken karaage – in a nice, relaxed restaurant New Ubin Seafood to roll THE FULLERTON a range of Peranakan, Malay, Eurasian, Indian and Chinese Buffet At Edge setting always works. For this, make out a dozen locally inspired dishes to BAY HOTEL, dishes that represent the heartbeat of Singapore. This buffet at Pan Pacific Singapore’s your way to Don & Tori in Tras Street. celebrate National Day next month. FOLKLORE About 40 per cent of the existing menu has been Edge showcases a wide range of local There is nothing traditional about Of the dishes on their collaborative overhauled. Of the new dishes I tried at a tasting earlier this favourites including ban mian with the food at this eatery and that is fine menu, I like the smoked pork curry week, must-eats include the Sotong Masak Belado sliced abalone and fried silver by me. It serves popular favourites, ($26, served with rice) – tender (market price) – fresh, supple squid tossed in an aromatic, fish, as well as black pepper crab and from salads and maki rolls to sashimi chunks of smoky pink pork in sweet-spicy sambal with a roundness from the caramelised mini salted egg yolk croissants. End and rice bowls – just the stuff for a a flavourful, comforting, non-spicy chilli and fresh tomatoes it is made with; Ambiler Kacang your meal with chef Eddy night out with friends. curry with vegetables such as lady’s ($16), a tangy and mildly spicy Eurasian dish of pork belly Chat over spicy edamame ($8), fingers and eggplant; as well as the and long beans that must be eaten with steamed white rice; Yau’s local with modern edamame beans coated in piquant pan-seared sea bass with chincalok and a delicious Indonesian-style Ayam ($24, above), a interpretations such as Durian Gula sambal and share a spicy tuna maki sambal and petai ($46, served with thick and coconutty chicken curry with soulful flavours of Melaka and Red Ruby Panna ($18) as well as other appetisers such rice). The chincalok (fermented krill) cumin and coriander. Cotta Verrine. as an uni foie gras maki ($25) and sambal is zingy and bright and goes If you like sambal petai ($26), chef D’Silva’s version, WHERE: Level 3 Pan Pacific Singapore, grilled chicken wings ($12). well with the fish. a pungent sea of red sambal served with prawns and 7 Raffles Boulevard MRT: Promenade Be sure to order crowd-pleasers Other dishes include The Pier speckled with fried stink beans, is a real winner. WHEN: Today - Sun, Aug 3 - 9: 6.30 - such as the truffle gyu don ($28, add ($28, above), served WHERE: Folklore, Level 2 Destination Singapore Beach 10pm PRICE: $92++ (adult), $46 (child $10 for foie gras, above), a juicy piece with lala clams and chicken liver. Road, 700 Beach Road MRT: Lavender WHEN: New dishes (aged six - 12) TEL: 6826-8240 of steak served on rice with an onsen The noodles are braised in a stock will be available from Monday, noon to 2.30pm, 6 to 9.30pm INFO: E-mail dining.ppsin@ egg, and sakura ebi angel hair with chicken liver to give it added daily TEL: 6679-2900/9021-9700 INFO: E-mail panpacific.com ($32), cold pasta tossed with truffle depth. [email protected] Classic British Roast oil, konbu and crisp sakura ebi. The dishes are available a la carte At Bread Street Kitchen WHERE: Don & Tori, 74 Tras Street or as part of a lunch or dinner set. MRT: Tanjong Pagar OPEN: Noon to WHERE: The Clifford Pier, lobby level, By Gordon Ramsay 3pm, 6pm to midnight (Mondays to The Fullerton Bay Hotel, 80 Collyer Begin your meal with the chef’s Saturdays), closed on Sundays Quay MRT: Raffles Place special starters such as tamarind TEL: 9811 -7888 WHEN: Wednesday to Aug 31, spiced chicken wings with spring noon to 2.30pm, 6.30 to 10pm, onions and coriander, followed by weekdays only unlimited servings of hearty meats TEL: 6333-8388 INFO: E-mail such as Angus beef striploin, Dingley [email protected] Dell pork rack on the bone and spring chicken on the bone with Yorkshire pudding, red wine gravy and seasonal greens. Finish the feast with housemade soft-serve ice cream. WHERE: 01-81 The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, 2 Bayfront Avenue alfresco garden, the durian and fruit for one week. Served with a cup of served with Goma Mixed Greens and wine-pairing dinner. Dishes include MRT: Bayfront WHEN: Aug 9, 11am - corner will feature Mao Shan Wang housemade local of the day, the WINE EVENTS Truffle Dust. Brand ambassador Yin Yang Peking Duck paired with a 5pm PRICE: $67++ a person durians and other fresh fruit. sets come with (Aug 6), bak Edouard Payot will speak throughout Les Vignerons de Mancey Bourgogne TEL: 6688-5665 INFO: E-mail WHERE: Mandarin Oriental Singapore, chok mee (Aug 7), mee soup Truffle & Wine Dinner the evening. pinot noir from France; Chef’s Special BreadStreetKitchen.Reservations 5 Raffles Avenue (Aug 8), Grand Mercure Roxy At 1919 Waterboat House WHERE: 03-01 The Waterboathouse, BBQ Pork Ribs paired with a Korta @MarinaBaySands.com MRT: Promenade signature (Aug 9), Singapore Uncork and unwind at the 3 Fullerton Road MRT: Raffles Place Select Vineyard Reserve Merlot from (Aug 10), chicken curry M. Chapoutier wine dinner at 1919 WHEN/PRICE: Aug 3 - 5 & 9 - 12: WHEN: Aug 2, 6.30pm PRICE: $105++ Chile; and Double-boiled Hashima Flavours Of Singapore At mee (Aug 11) and noodles Waterboat House. The menu for the $108++; Aug 6 - 8: $88++ a person TEL: 6538-9038 paired with an Andrew Garrett Melt Cafe (Aug 12). one-night-only gourmet dinner TEL: 6885-3500 INFO: E-mail Sparkling Shiraz from Australia for Dig into a melting pot of local cuisines WHERE: Lobby level, Grand Mercure comprises five dishes, each infused INFO: E-mail [email protected] at all-day dining restaurant Melt Cafe. [email protected] Singapore Roxy, 50 East Coast Road with truffle and paired with wines dessert. On offer are fresh seafood and (Roxy Square) MRT: Eunos/Dakota from the Rhone Valley appellations. Yam’s Kitchen WHERE: 04-101 E!Hub@Downtown specialities such as the King Prawn Seven Days Of $5.30 Sets WHEN: Aug 6 - 12 PRICE: $5.30++ The evening will start with welcome Anniversary Dinner East, 1 Pasir Ris Close MRT: Pasir Ris Laksa, Kueh Cups and At Wave Cafe TEL: 6340-5882 canapes. Dinner highlights include Contemporary Chinese restaurant WHEN: Aug 7 & 8, 8 - 10pm Roasted stuffed with Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy’s INFO: grandmercureroxy. Beef Tenderloin, Foie Gras Tofu & Yam’s Kitchen celebrates its eighth PRICE: $78 a person TEL: 6584-5884 aromatic Six Treasure rice. In the Wave Cafe is offering $5.30++ sets com.sg Truffle Sauce and Iberico Pluma Pork anniversary with a six-course INFO: yamskitchen.com.sg