| THE STRAITS TIMES | FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020 | C6 life happenings ●

FOOD Teochew Porridge Buffet Try four varieties of rice porridge, Hedy Khoo STFood Online Editor recommends PROMOTIONS including and ginger chicken congee. Dishes Opus Bar & Grill Goes Over include steamed fish, braised The Top For Its 5th Birthday beancurd and braised meat. Steak lovers get to enjoy endless There is also a Fu Rong omelette servings of Opus’ Over-The-Top- live station. Desserts include kueh Fries prepared with foie gras fat lapis and chiffon cake. Food Picks and black truffle puree when they WHERE: Oscars, Conrad Centennial order any of Opus’ premium sharing Singapore, 2 Temasek Boulevard steaks or platters priced from MRT: Promenade WHEN: Sun - Thu: $138++. Enjoy this offer with the 6 - 10pm PRICE: $35++ ongoing beverage package of TEL: 6432-7481 two-hour free-flow wines at INFO: bit.ly/32ZIAdb $15 a person from Sundays until Thursdays, or 50 per cent off Go Clean, Go Green selected wine by the bottles on To celebrate International Fridays and Saturdays. Women’s Day, executive chef WHERE: Lobby Level, Hilton Marcus Tan has curated a special Singapore, 581 Orchard Road three-course set menu. For starters, MRT: Orchard WHEN: This month choose between a garden green & next month, dinner: 6.30 pm – salad and wild mushroom soup. 10.30pm (daily) PRICE: From $138++ Mains include pan-fried Norwegian TEL: 6730-3390 salmon or sous-vide chicken breast INFO: www.hiltonsingapore with sauteed seasonal vegetables. restaurants.com/opus Dessert is a lychee rose cake or strawberry tiramisu. Taiwan Porridge Birthday WHERE: Escape Restaurant and Privilege At Coffee Lounge Lounge, One Farrer Hotel, To celebrate the 36th year of 1 Farrer Park Station Road its serving Taiwan porridge MRT: Bendemeer WHEN: Till March 15, supper, Coffee Lounge will treat lunch: noon - 2.30pm, dinner: diners celebrating their birthday 6 - 10pm PRICE: $38++ month to a 36 per cent discount TEL: 6705-7825 off the Taiwan Porridge A La Carte INFO: www.onefarrer.com Buffet. Tuck into savoury dishes such as sauteed chicken with Star Grouper Three Ways dried chilli, braised pork belly with Recommendations Menu dark soya sauce, chilled beancurd Head chef Ng Sen Tio presents ASIAN CLASSICS WITH A TWIST The accompanying belacan fried rice for the Route 65’s in Japanese soya sauce and pork multiple expressions of the star Even if you dislike fusion food, give newly opened Route 65 was tasty, but the grains are too broken for my liking. (clockwise floss, baby squids in sweet oyster grouper fish in a three-course in Suntec City a chance. The Cheesy Lobster Carrot Cake ($20++) is not on from top left) sauce and fried omelette with chye menu suitable for four to six people. The lifestyle bar and kitchen concept serves Asian the list of mains, and is good for sharing between two Cheesy poh. Not valid on Saturdays, Sundays, It comprises sauteed star grouper classics with a twist by head chef Anthony Ng, 36, who and three people. Lobster eves of public holidays and public fillet, served with young luffa deserves praise for his valiant versions and zeal in making The radish cake is a little too soft and too garlicky, Carrot Cake, holidays. gourd and egg whites, sliced fish a variety of condiments from scratch. but it is beautifully presented as a 24cm disc-shaped Signature WHERE: Goodwood Park Hotel, belly that is deep-fried before being The Signature ($16++) comes on an opeh omelette garnished with pork floss and an edible flower. Hokkien Mee, 22 Scotts Road MRT: Orchard braised with preserved clam sauce leaf. The texture of the noodles is tender without being There are also chunks of slipper lobster in the dish. Grilled WHEN: Till Dec 31, noon - 2.30pm and ginger, and a fish head and bone overcooked and there is a generous serving of squid, The accompanying belacan cheese sauce sounds like an Half-spring (lunch), 6 - 10.30pm (dinner) soup, simmered with aromatics; prawn and roast pork. odd combination, but turns out tasty. Chef Ng Chicken PRICE: Mon – Thu: $39++ (adult), Chinese parsley, ginger and scallion, The sambal chilli is cooked in-house from scratch. successfully matches the savoury pungency of belacan Panggang $19.50++ (child); Fri: $42++ (adult), and served in individual portions The noodles are braised in a bisque-like prawn broth, and cheese with onion and chilli. and Superstar but the dish can do with more pronounced seafood Route 65 is having a one-for-one promotion for its main $21++ (child) TEL: 6730-1746 with century egg. Beef flavours. courses for dinner. Rendang. INFO: E-mail coffee_lounge@ WHERE: Yan, 05-02 National Gallery Other mains to try are the beautifully glossy and WHERE: Route 65, 01-434 Suntec City North Wing ST PHOTOS: goodwoodparkhotel.com or go to Singapore, 1 St Andrew’s Road www.goodwoodparkhotel.com flavoursome Grilled Half-spring Chicken Panggang ($16++) Tower 5, 3 Temasek Boulevard MRT: Esplanade HEDY KHOO MRT: Esplanade WHEN: Till March 31, and Superstar Beef Rendang ($25++), which comes with a OPEN: 11.30am to 1am daily lunch: 11.30am - 2.30pm, beef short rib that I find a little strong in meaty odour. INFO: www.facebook.com/route65sg Spring Season At Tandoor dinner: 6 - 10.30pm PRICE: $168++ The award-winning North Indian TEL: 6384-5585 restaurant presents its four-course INFO: www.yan.com.sg set menu for spring. Tandoor’s DINING WITH A VIEW variation of sea perch Pakora, Italian restaurant Zafferano is one of two main courses choices, WINE/WHISKY EVENTS offering a four-course International includes ebiko caviar and Women’s Day Menu priced at $68++, Jerusalem artichokes with cumin to Komyuniti’s KOM-Pair with the option to order sparkling balance the flavours of fish. Komyuniti has a monthly menu wine Spumante at $10++ a glass. Alternatively, go for the Australian featuring a food and drink pairing The first course is charcoal-grilled lamb shank prepared with a inspired by a unique ingredient. white asparagus on a bed of apple modern twist on a cassoulet bed, This month, it is fresh tomatoes. wood-smoked mascarpone cream, topped with a delicious braised cured egg yolk, housemade dill oil and For the Trio Of Tomato Bruschetta sauce. a sprinkling of sumac. Flatbread ($18++), tomatoes are WHERE: Tandoor at Holiday Inn It is followed by housemade prepared three ways – as a coulis, Singapore Orchard City Centre, tagliolini served with red prawn crudo confit and sun-dried – and nestled 11 Cavenagh Road (right). The pasta is freshly made between flatbread and melted MRT: Somerset/Dhoby Ghaut in-house with imported eggs from mozzarella. It is to be paired with WHEN: March 20 - May 19 (Tue- Sun), Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture. Head Tomate Grande ($16++), a blend lunch: noon - 2.30pm, dinner: 6.30 - chef Andrea De Paola, 28, says the of dill, citrus, tomato and 10pm PRICE: $68++ a person eggs are especially creamy in texture carbonated celery juice with a TEL: 6733-8333 INFO: E-mail and give the pasta an elastic texture. base of BenRiach Heart of [email protected] For mains, it is a tough choice Speyside whisky. between roasted halibut and Italian Family-friendly Easter Themed WHERE: Level 10 Yotel Singapore, fennel confit with a light lemon butter Reservations for it must be made with Extravaganza At Marriott Cafe 366 Orchard Road MRT: Orchard sauce, and a charcoal-grilled 200-day the restaurant via phone (6509-1488) WHEN: Till March 31, 6.30am - grain-fed Black Angus beef striploin or e-mail ([email protected]), and Indulge in more than 90 Western and midnight (Sun - Thu), 6.30 - 1am served with roasted sunchoke cream diners should quote “International Asian delicacies such as premium (Fri, Sat, eves of public holidays and French blue-foot mushrooms. Women’s Day”. seafood on ice, charcuterie and & public holidays) PRICE: From $16++ End the meal with chef De Paola’s WHERE: Zafferano, Level 43 Ocean cheese, live foie-gras station and TEL: 6866-8067 INFO: E-mail version of millefoglie (Italian custard Financial Centre, 10 Collyer Quay mouth-watering roasts. Dessert book.chope.co or go to and puff pastry) with apple, paired MRT: Raffles Place OPEN: 11.30am to lovers can enjoy more than 25 www.facebook.com/komyunitisg with olive oil sponge and housemade 3pm; 5.30pm till late (Mondays to creative confections, including a calvados (apple brandy) ice cream Fridays); 6.30pm till late (Saturdays) Grand Easter Chocolate Eggs Display. Smoke & Mirrors Launches (right). TEL: 6509-1488 INFO: E-mail There will be free-flow sparkling wine, The menu is available till tomorrow. [email protected] red and white wines, beer, a live ‘Married Pony’ Menu mimosa and sangria station, soft The menu showcases eight drinks, alcoholic milkshakes and classic cocktails, each married to juices for adults, and free-flow soft one ingredient. The term “Pony” OLDIES AND GOODIES drinks, juices and live milk station for describes a small stemmed glass There is nothing like the aroma of children. The little ones can also look that can hold 142ml of a drink while freshly baked bread to start your forward to a whole afternoon of most cocktails contain morning. boisterous fun and entertainment, about 220ml. Highlights include Unlike other bakeries selling with activities such as Easter egg Turmeric & Spritzer, made with run-of-the-mill buns and pastries, painting and balloon sculpting. Select Venezia Aperitivo, topped Swee Heng Bakery’s outlet at Ang Mo WHERE: Singapore Marriott Tang with sparkling wine and married Kio Avenue 10 has several items which Plaza Hotel, 320 Orchard Road with aromatic turmeric; and Cacao are worth an early morning detour. MRT: Orchard WHEN: April 12, & Negroni, which sees negroni The Otah Bun ($1.50) is particularly noon - 2.30pm made with prohibition Shiraz alluring. The slice of otah on top of the light fluffy bun is tender, with enough PRICE: $108++ (adult), $48++ (child) barrel-aged gin, Campari, Cocchi di of a spicy kick to wake your senses in TEL: 6831-4605 INFO: Torino and cacao. the morning. www.singaporemarriott.com/dining WHERE: 06-01 National Gallery Singapore, 1 St Andrew’s Road The Black Sugar Coconut Bun ($1.40) comes with a well-calculated Peach Garden Introduces MRT: City Hall/Esplanade WHEN: 3pm - 1am (Mon - Thu), amount of filling. The grated coconut ‘Oishi Flavours Of Japan’ cooked in black sugar is sweetly 3pm - 2am (Fri), noon - 2am Peach Garden Chinese Restaurant addictive and not cloying. (Sat, eves of public holidays has launched a special promotional The Cik Rendang Bun ($1.60) has a & public holidays), noon – 1am (Sun) menu with new dim sum items, generous filling, but it is my least PRICE: All drinks priced at $15++ a la carte and set menu offerings favourite of the four items I picked. for spring. There are Japanese- TEL: 9380-6313 INFO: E-mail The slightly spicy filling of chicken inspired creations including [email protected] thigh cooked in rendang sauce does Flaming Seafood Fried Rice In or go to www.smokeand not taste like rendang. Whole Japanese Pumpkin, Chilled mirrors.com.sg The Otah Bun, Black Sugar Coconut Sea Urchin , Pan-fried Shirobuta Bun and Cik Rendang Bun are easy to Pork with choice of Chef’s Special Burnt Ends Cellars’ identify in the display cases as they Mala, Black Pepper or Mushroom Pallet Party 29 are decoratively wrapped with has a velvety melt-in-the-mouth Swee Heng Bakery’s offerings include buns and sauces and Steamed Xiao Long Bao The event will feature new pandan leaves. texture. Swiss rolls. with A5 Wagyu Beef. Australian wines for tasting and Don’t forget to try the Chocolate WHERE: Swee Heng Bakery, 01-1728, WHERE: ‘Oishi Flavours of Japan’ for sale. As part of International Swiss Roll ($2.80), a classic item. Block 449 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 are available at all Peach Garden Women’s Day, a complimentary Baked at Swee Heng’s central kitchen MRT: Ang Mo Kio OPEN: 6am to outlets, but dim sum items are Burnt Ends Cellars tote bag will in Senoko, the cake is light, airy and 9.30pm daily TEL: 6459-7071 available only at Thomson Plaza be gifted to women who spend & Hotel Miramar MRT: Various $50 or more on wines. There will WHEN: Till April 30, 11am - 3pm, also be a snack menu of modern 6 - 10.30pm daily PRICE: Dim sum Indian barbecue flavours to pair items from $6.80++, with the wines. a la carte specials from $22++ WHERE: Rogue Trader, Level 2, & six-course set menu at $68++ 21 Campbell Lane MRT: Jalan Besar a person INFO: www.peachgarden. WHEN: Sun, 1 - 5pm ADMISSION: $10 com.sg/enquiries INFO: www.eventbrite.sg