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| FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2019 | THE STRAITS TIMES | happenings life D5 FOOD INFO: 6774-0122 (One-North) e-mail mj1n@ goodwoodparkhotel.com; PROMOTIONS 6730-1704 (Scotts Road), e-mail min_jiang@ goodwoodparkhotel.com Osaka Cocina Nikkei Pop-Up Feast Of Abundance At Lime At Nami Lime Restaurant’s feast features Nikkei restaurant Osaka will debut its dishes such as baked seabass with first collaboration in Asia and housemade spicy glaze, stir-fried Singapore at Shangri-La Hotel’s Nami sliced pork with leek and spicy bean Restaurant & Bar, which will showcase sauce, drunken seafood bowl (clams, the blending of Japanese and oyster, baby lobster and mussel), Peruvian cultures. Osaka’s Nikkei roasted chicken with Sichuan Ceviche, its take on the iconic pepper-infused BBQ sauce, roasted Peruvian dish, features scallops and beef sirloin and Lime’s signature baby white fish cured with wasabi sauce. lobster laksa. For dinner, there are The signature Inka Nigiri Duo unlimited servings of baby lobster comprises tuna tataki and and pan-fried foie gras. The Pisco-braised pork jowl. Prosperity Yusheng Platter ($48++ - WHERE: Level 24 Tower Wing, $88++), served with fresh salmon Shangri-La Hotel Singapore, slices, crispy fish skin and gold coin 22 Orange Grove Road MRT: Orchard/ bak kwa, is complimentary for groups Stevens WHEN: Jan 21 - 27, 6 - 10pm of at least 10 people for dinner and PRICE: $188++ a person, Super Lunch Sunday. Peruvian-inspired cocktails $24++ WHERE: Lobby level, Parkroyal on each TEL: 6213-4398 INFO: E-mail Pickering, 3 Upper Pickering Street [email protected] MRT: Chinatown WHEN/PRICE: Jan 18 - Feb 19; lunch (Mon - Sat, noon - Sakuraya Student Set Meal 2.30pm): $68++ an adult/$48++ a Fish Mart Sakuraya is offering a child; Super Lunch (Sun, 12.30 - Students’ Set ($9.80 nett) at its 3.30pm): $98++/$58++; dinner (daily, outlets. The Tori Karaage Set 6.30 - 10.30pm) $88++/$58++ comprises fried chicken (three TEL: 6809-8899 INFO: E-mail pieces), California maki (four pieces) [email protected] and half udon. Other sets such as Una Tama Don, Gyudon, Tendon and Tori Celebration Of Spring Karaage Oyako Don come with pickles At Zafferano Wong Ah Yoke can choose only one main hawker Roti Prata With Dhalcha And Fish and miso soup. Zafferano’s Italian Table Saturday Food Critic dish. Curry (above, $12) comes from WHERE (MRT): 02-01 The Seletar Mall Champagne Brunch features Chinese The hawker dishes are different Springleaf Prata Place near Upper recommends (Sengkang, Fernvale LRT); B1-50 West New Year-inspired dishes, including Picks from what you find at lunch, with Thomson Road. It is not as crisp or Coast Plaza (Clementi); 01-32 crispy-skinned porchetta of lighter fare that is supposedly more fluffy as some roti prata I have eaten, Anchorpoint (Queenstown); B1-84D slow-roasted pork belly and chicken suitable for breakfast – although I but is pretty good nonetheless. The Parkway Parade (Eunos/Dakota) think that many Singaporeans would fish curry, which is flavourful but not broth with tortellino, inspired by the WHEN: Weekdays (except public Food BREAKFAST HAWKER SPREAD not think twice about eating most of overly fiery, is a winner. traditional Chinese dumpling soup. AT LOBBY LOUNGE these at any time of the day. Nasi Lemak ($19) comes from holidays), 2.30 - 5pm PRICE: $9.80 WHERE: Level 43 Ocean Financial I love the hawker dishes that are part The most obvious breakfast item is The Coconut Club in Ann Siang Hill. nett, dine-in only, one order a student Centre, 10 Collyer Quay MRT: Raffles of the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore’s Soft-Boiled Eggs With Kaya Toast The rice has a slight whiff of coconut pass TEL: 6214-3736 (Seletar Mall), Place WHEN: Jan 26, noon - 3pm Lobby Lounge lunch buffet, ($12), with a delicious kaya from a milk fragrance – which I could not 6773-6973 (West Coast Plaza), PRICE: $98++ - $128++ a person especially the bak chor mee and recipe by the hotel’s executive chef. detect when I ate the dish at the 6474-2495 (Anchorpoint), 6345-4714 TEL: 6509-1488 beef rendang. So when it started a Just enough is spread on the toast original restaurant – but overall, the (Parkway Parade) INFO: E-mail [email protected] similar concept for breakfast on to balance a thin slice of butter nasi lemak is decent, not weekends, I could not wait to check it between the bread slices. outstanding. Prosperity Reunion Package out. The Fried Carrot Cake ($12) is WHERE: The Lobby Lounge, CHINESE NEW YEAR There are six hawker dishes which pretty good too. Also created Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, At Sheraton Towers you can order a la carte or as part of in-house, it is the old-fashioned type 22 Orange Grove Road MRT: Orchard Families having their Chinese New a semi-buffet priced at $29.50 a with pieces of rice cake fried with WHEN: Saturdays, Sundays and Singapore Debut For Year reunion meals at Sheraton person. The semi-buffet includes sticky dark soya sauce and bits of public holidays, 7 to 11am Hock Wong Bak Kwa Towers can get privileges and items such as soon kueh, chwee pickled radish. It is delicious when PRICE: Buffet is $29.50 for adults, Hock Wong, which began in Kuala freebies. Those who book at least five kueh and chee cheong fun, but you eaten hot from the wok. $14.75 for children Lumpur more than a decade ago and tables will enjoy free-flow soft drinks opened in Johor Baru in 2015, set up a and Chinese tea (for four hours), factory in Singapore last year to offer festive cookies and nuts for the its bak kwa here. Already being sold pre-event reception, waiver of DELICIOUS $35 SPANISH SET LUNCH online, it will be available at pop-up corkage fee, auspicious goodie bags La Cala, the Spanish restaurant at Duo Galleria near stalls in some malls. For the festive for all guests and an $88 F&B Beach Road, offers a good-value three-course set season, it comes in gift boxes. voucher. A minimum booking of 15 lunch at $35 nett. There are three choices for starters and five choices WHERE/WHEN:Pop-ups (till Feb 3) at tables gets a complimentary barrel of for mains, but dessert is fixed. Suntec City (from Mon), Westgate 22.7-litre Carlsberg draught beer, The starters are the most impressive, especially the (Jan 14), VivoCity (Jan 15), Nex (Jan 17), while a booking of 25 tables or more Chicken Cannelloni With Bechamel And Parmigiano Marina Square (Jan 18), Causeway gets two complimentary barrels of Cheese. You get three cannelloni (pasta rolls filled with Point & Waterway Point (both Jan 21) beer and a weekend stay in a deluxe minced chicken), which is generous for a starter, baked and Tampines Mall (Jan 23) room with breakfast buffet for two. in a delicious creamy, cheesy sauce. PRICE: $33 (600g) & $49 (1kg); WHERE: 39 Scotts Road MRT: Newton Poached Egg With Parmentiere And Button Bacon: $48 (600g) & $72 (1kg); WHEN: Jan 21 - Feb 19 PRICE: From Mushroom Cream is yummy too. It is like a thick and gift boxes: $148 (five 600g boxes) & $888++ (table for 10) creamy mushroom soup, with bits of potato in it and a $245 (five 1kg boxes) TEL: 6839-5845 INFO: E-mail poached egg in the centre. TEL: 6904-5520 INFO: E-mail [email protected] Among the main courses, my vote goes to [email protected] or Mushrooms Paella (below), which looks simple with just pieces of champignon on a layer of rice, but hidden go to hockwong.com.sg Festive Dishes And Local among the grains are chopped pieces of mushroom as Favourites At Feast@East well. The rice, cooked perfectly till it has just a bit of bite Lapis, Tarts And Other CNY At the Huat Ar! buffet , diners can left, is really flavourful. Goodies From Pan Pacific enjoy a mix of festive dishes and local Meatballs With Baby Calamari And Potatoes is Pan Pacific Singapore’s Chinese New favourites. delicious too, though the serving could be bigger. Year goodies include a lapis selection WHERE: Level 3 Grand Mercure The sole dessert, Char-grilled Pineapple With Toffee ($58+ - $62+, 1kg) – Lapis Surabaya, Singapore Roxy, 50 East Coast Road, Sauce, Crumbles And Vanilla Ice Cream, is pretty good, Rainbow Kueh Lapis, Classic Kueh Roxy Square MRT: Eunos/Dakota so I have no complaints there. Lapis and Prune Kueh Lapis. The WHEN/PRICE: Today - Feb 3, Feb 11 - If you are dining in a group, I would suggest you order RAMEN GETS OYSTER BOOST different dishes and share everything. That way, you Pineapple Pastry Combination ($58+, 19; lunch (noon - 2.30pm): $58.90++ Konjiki Hototogisu, the one-Michelin-starred ramen shop get to try more items and, because serving sizes can be 18 pieces) features three flavours: an adult/ $29.90++ a child/$41.90 in Tokyo, already has one outlet here at Chijmes serving quite different, everyone gets enough to eat. traditional pineapple tart, charcoal nett a senior/$37.90 nett a pioneer; noodles in a delectable clam broth. WHERE: La Cala, 01-40/43 Duo Galleria, 7 Fraser Street pineapple tart with Korean yuzu tea, dinner (6 - 9.30 pm): $62.90++ an Last month, a second outlet opened at Great World City, MRT: Bugis WHEN: Set lunch available on Mondays to and Japanese matcha tarts with red adult/$31.90++ a child/$44.90 nett a but the noodles here come in an oyster consomme instead Saturdays, 11.30am to 2.30pm PRICE: $35 nett, includes bean.

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