C6 life happenings | THE STRAITS TIMES | FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2020 | FOOD Eunice Quek Food Correspondent recommends PROMOTIONS Picks Lawry’s The Prime Rib Take your child to the steak restaurant for a meal this month. Children under the age of 12 dine for free with every adult a la carte main course or set menu ordered. Food The promotion is limited to a maximum of two free children’s meals a table, a bill. The complimentary meal offered is the Lawry’s three-course kids’ set menu. WHERE: 333A Orchard Road, 04-01/31 Mandarin Gallery, Mandarin Orchard Singapore MRT: Somerset WHEN: Valid daily for lunch & dinner till March 31, 11.30am - 10pm (last order, Sun - Thu), 11.30am - 10.30pm (last order, Fri, Sat & eve of public holidays) TEL: 6836-3333 INFO: www.lawrys.com.sg Art’s New Spring Menu Italian fine-dining restaurant Art celebrates spring with a new menu. Highlights include the Tender milk-fed piglet rack, which comes with young zucchini, vincotto and grape sauce, and Khorasan wheat tagliolini, which comes with sea urchin and Nubia red garlic in creamy sauce. WHERE: 05-03 National Gallery Singapore, 1 St Andrew’s Road MRT: City Hall WHEN: Daily, noon - 2pm (lunch) & 6.30 - 10pm (dinner) PRICE: Three courses ($78), four courses ($108), five courses ($138), premium five courses ($188) TEL: 6866-1977 INFO: www.artrestaurant.sg Tanuki Raw’s Lunch Bowls Enjoy the daily lunch specials with a selection of SAVOURY DELIGHTS BY OLLELLA usual cabbage. Instead, the main donburi (Japanese rice bowls), including truffle I have been a long-time fan of Ollella, a ingredients are chayote (a type of yakiniku don, chirashi donburi and Okinawan black sugar home-grown business which gourd), green papaya, long beans and miso-baked rice. specialises in kueh, choux puffs and ketupat. It comes in a rich and WHERE: 01-05 National Design Centre, 111 Middle Road; eclairs and has a branch at coconutty gravy, topped with & 04-01 Orchard Central, 181 Orchard Road Takashimaya’s Basement 2 Food Hall. housemade serundeng (Indonesian MRT: Bugis/Somerset WHEN: Daily, 11.30am - 3pm It also dishes out Indonesian-style spicy fried coconut flakes). PRICE: From $12++ ($10 from Mon - Thu) savoury dishes – just as delicious as For a bowl of comfort food, go for its sweets – at its dine-in Makan the nasi ayam kecap ($7) – braised INFO: tanukiraw.com House outlet in Race Course Road. diced chicken thigh and shiitake My favourite item is the Sate Ayam mushrooms on rice. It reminds me of EASTER (above, $7.50 for six sticks), which is Taiwanese lu rou fan (braised pork chicken satay on a whole new level. It rice) – just with a different meat. is the savoury gravy that makes the Save space for the kueh and eclair A Sumptuous Easter Brunch difference, as it is not the usual offerings. Or get the seasonal dairy- Start the brunch at Marina Bay Sands’ Rise with a cold peanut gravy. The dark brown dip’s free cempedak cake ($25) – loaded seafood selection of fresh Fine de Claire oysters and key ingredient is candlenut, which with a generous amount of fruit. Alaskan king crab, then slurp up a steaming bowl of packs a smoky, umami punch. It is WHERE: Makan House by Ollella, PHOTOS: CONRAD CENTENNIAL SINGAPORE, EUNICE QUEK, creamy lobster bisque. After that, dig into whole poured over the tender chicken thigh 454 Race Course Road MRT: Farrer MAKAN HOUSE BY OLLELLA, PORTA on skewers. Park/Bendemeer OPEN: 11.30am to roasted Sanchoku wagyu striploin and maple-glazed The other highlight is lontong (right, 6pm (Wednesdays to Sundays), gammon, before ending the meal with apple strudel. $5.50), but because it is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays Children can enjoy activities such as an Easter egg hunt Indonesian-style, do not expect the TEL: 6917-7273 INFO: www.ollella.com and egg decorating. WHERE: Rise, Tower 1 Lobby Hotel, 10 Bayfront Avenue, Marina Bay Sands MRT: Bayfront/Promenade WHEN: April 12, noon – 3pm PRICE: $98++ an adult, CHILL OUT AT BEAST & $38++ a child TEL: 6688-5525 BUTTERFLIES INFO: bit.ly/2Wo19Gl If working from home is giving you cabin fever, head out to a quiet cafe All-You-Can-Eat Chicken or all-day dining venue for a change of scene. You will also be supporting Feast on Yardbird’s signature Lewellyn’s fine fried chicken, the food and beverage scene, which made based on a century-year-old recipe of chicken has seen an overall dip in diners. brined in a blend of secret spices for 27 hours, before A peaceful oasis in Robertson Quay being fried to golden-crisp perfection. Pair the meal is Beast & Butterflies at M Social with refreshing cocktails. You can opt for the beverage Singapore, which also has an al fresco package ($30++ a person) to enjoy two hours of area offering an all-day happy hour unlimited signature tipples, including the citrus mimosa for wines from $6++ a glass. and bubbly bellini. Its extensive menu offers dishes WHERE: Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, B1-07 Galleria with an Asian spin and you will be Level, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, 2 Bayfront spoilt for choice. To start, you cannot go wrong with Avenue MRT: Bayfront/Promenade WHEN: April 12, scallop carpaccio ($26) or spam fries 10am - 4pm PRICE: $34++ TEL: 6688-9959 ($13), with a choice of two dips such as INFO: bit.ly/2QrSjUe wasabi and seaweed, mala, truffle garlic, and bacon and cheese. Egg-cellent Easter Brunch Other highlights include the tender complete with crispy crackling – and At Atrium Restaurant bulgogi pork ($38), bulgogi marinated the spicy sauce packs quite a punch. Expect an upsized buffet spread and fun activities pork collar served with duck For tea, try the rojak ice cream toast for the little ones. Enjoy specials such as Truffle Egg fat-roasted potatoes, and salad; ($12 or $24) with assam shrimp paste Cocotte with Smoked Salmon; Tea Boiled Egg deep-fried Atlantic cod ($30) with sauce, mango, crisp red jambu and in Claypot; Japanese Steamed Egg with Mushroom crispy egg noodles, bailing vanilla ice cream. mushrooms and cai xin; and lobster The dish grows on me – after I wrap Chawanmushi; 60 Degrees Sous Vide Egg with Caviar and porridge ($38) in crab broth with baby my head around a sweet, and cold, Chives; and Pan-fried Duck with Kumquat Compote. abalone, crispy conpoy, bonito flakes version of rojak. Meat lovers will like the carving station for Roasted Prime and shredded ginger and scallions. WHERE: Beast & Butterflies, M Social Ribeye Jus. My favourite dish is the crispy pork Singapore, 90 Robertson Quay WHERE: Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium, 317 Outram Road knuckle (right above, $26 or $36) with MRT: Fort Canning/Clarke Quay PORTA’S NEW MENUS MRT: Tiong Bahru WHEN: April 19 - 21, noon - 3.30pm sauerkraut, spicy Thai nam jim sauce OPEN: 11.30am to 10pm daily Modern European restaurant PRICE: $84++ an adult, $20++ a child (aged six – 12) and sweet hoisin sauce. It is a TEL: 6657-0018 INFO: E-mail Porta has refreshed its menus and INFO: bit.ly/2QsAVip delicious combination of flavours – [email protected] launched a Green Monday menu – in partnership with Hong Kong-based Sakura Matsuri Special At Cafe Aster social enterprise group Green Monday. Bite into tender and juicy salmon glazed with flavourful This plant-based menu includes teriyaki sauce, sandwiched between a buttery seaweed Beyond Meat’s meat substitute croissant and served with a side of seaweed fries. products – something I have never Complete your meal with a matcha ice-cream sundae. really been fond of. WHERE: Bayfront Plaza, 01-21 Gardens by the Bay, 18 However, the creamy orecchiette Marina Gardens Drive MRT: Bayfront WHEN: Till April 8, pasta (above, $24++) with wild 10am - 8pm daily PRICE: From $3.90 INFO: bit.ly/3d8ijh7 mushrooms and sliced Beyond sausage is a dish I can get behind. Sakura Delight I also enjoy the Beyond burger ($29++) with plant-based Daiya The special Wok-fried Homemade Radish Cake with cheese, caramelised onions, Sakura Shrimps in XO Chilli Sauce is available for housemade ketchup and brioche a limited season. This dish can serve up to four people. buns. It comes with salad and fries. WHERE: Majestic Bay Seafood Restaurant (below Flower If plant-based meat substitutes Dome), 18 Marina Gardens Drive MRT: Bayfront are not your thing, go for the WHEN: Till March 31, 11.30am - 3pm (lunch) & 5.45 - 9pm burratina ($22++), topped with shio (dinner) PRICE: $18.80++ TEL: 6604-6604 kombu (kelp) and served with roma INFO: bit.ly/39YbsVO tomatoes and basil pesto. The updated a la carte menu also offers seafood options such as the WINE/WHISKY EVENTS black cod ($29++) with a pistachio LAKSA TEOCHEW PORRIDGE braised items such as pork, beancurd, and wild puffed rice crust, served in a What makes a Teochew porridge bean sheet and egg. deep-green spinach dashi stock; Introduction To Champagne Class buffet better? A clever spin on the usual breakfast and venus clams capellini ($24++), This class is specially designed for beginners and serious A sweet one-for-one deal ($35++ a egg station is the Fu Rong omelette cooked in clam stock with shio enthusiasts who wish to explore their most loved wine person), available this month at live station. Pick from ingredients kombu and topped with deep-fried regions and learn about champagnes. Oscar’s, Conrad Centennial such as crab meat, prawn, lap cheong sakura ebi for that additional WHERE: Fine Wines SG Tasting Room: 02-60 CT Hub 2, Singapore’s buffet restaurant.