D6 life happenings | THE STRAITS TIMES | FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018 | FOOD Spend $30 At Youngs And One Eunice Quek Food Correspondent recommends Kid Dines Free PROMOTIONS Easter specials at Youngs include mains choices of asparagus Legendary Hawker Dishes At carbonara ($16++), beef Bourguignon Picks Shangri-La’s Semi-Buffet ($22++) and lamb chop ($24++). The Lobby Lounge, Shangri-La Hotel Kids aged two to six years old Singapore, has introduced seven dine free with every $30 spent iconic hawker dishes in its (maximum two kids). Food semi-buffet lunch – bak kut teh WHERE: The Oval @ Seletar Aerospace by Legendary Bak Kut Teh, beef Park, 3 Hyde Park Gate MRT: Punggol rendang by Rumah Makan Minang, WHEN: March 30 & April 1, 8.30 - 1am; chilli crab and mantou by Dragon March 31, 8.30 - 2am PRICE: Mains: Phoenix, bak chor mee with fish maw $16++ - $24++, starter & dessert: soup by Seng Kee Mushroom Minced $8++ - $14++ TEL: 6734-2850 Meat Noodle, Katong laksa by The INFO: E-mail [email protected] Original Katong Laksa (Janggut), prawn noodle soup by Beach Road Easter Burger Prawn Mee and Shangri-La’s own Pigsfly’s two casual dining outlets will Hainanese chicken rice. Guna of be serving a special Bacon Springleaf Prata Place takes centre Cheeseburger Smash topped with a stage tomorrow in the first of the fried egg – a week-long Easter Heritage Weekend Pop-up series. limited-edition menu addition. WHERE: Lobby Level, Tower Wing, WHERE (MRT): Pigsfly Novena: 273 Shangri-La Hotel, 22 Orange Grove Thomson Road (Novena); Pigsfly Road MRT: Orchard/Stevens Katong: 19 East Coast Road (Eunos) WHEN (PRICE): Semi-buffet lunch, WHEN: Mon - April 1 PRICE: $10 nett weekdays: 11.30am - 2.30pm ($38++ TEL: 6265-0261 (Novena), a person), weekends/public holidays: 6348-2283 (Katong) INFO: E-mail 11.30am - 5pm ($42++) [email protected] TEL: 6213-4398 INFO: E-mail [email protected] Bouncy Bash At Carlton City Carlton City’s Plate brings back its Beijing Cuisine Offers Easter Bouncy Bash with a special At Prima Tower buffet spread and fun activities for Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant is the kids. Food items include offering its Peking duck and seafood appetisers such as smoked salmon set lunch at $288++ for 10 (usual platter, duck rillettes and crabmeat price: $418++) and an exclusive set salad; traditional roast items such menu at $468++ ($720++), with as herb-crusted lamb leg, CAFFE B’S UPDATED MENU wasabi foam, ponzu jelly, ikura and yuzu dressing. barbecued Peking duck and sauteed honey-glazed gammon ham, roast With Caffe B’s recent move from Marina Bay Sands to Club I can never have enough pasta and risotto, so two noodles with shredded duck meat in prime ribs and baked whole Street, the Japanese-Italian restaurant has also dishes are right up my alley – Risotto Nero ($18), both sets. The lunch set has items soya-sesame salmon; as well as refreshed its menu. squid ink risotto tossed with butter and parmesan and such as fish maw and seafood in mains such as beef cheek and red Start your meal with the Farmer’s Egg ($12), with served with seared scallop; and “Golden” angel hair cold thick soup, deep-fried sea bass and wine stew, mini gratinated duck leg creamy clam espuma, shio kombu, sea urchin, lemon pasta ($32), which is cappellini tossed with truffle oil and stewed pork ribs. The exclusive confit pot pie and charcoal-grilled jam and chives; and espelette octopus salad ($16, above), topped with sea urchin, ikura and shio kombu. set has dishes such as braised shark’s barbecue pork spare ribs. with Spanish octopus marinated in espelette peppers Both the pasta and risotto are cooked just right and fin soup with seafood, deep-fried WHERE: Level 3 Carlton City Hotel, served with burnt capsicum puree, wakame, champagne the bits of yuzu peel and ikura in the cappellini add that garoupa, braised abalone with 1 Gopeng Street MRT: Tanjong Pagar vinegar and brussels sprouts. burst of flavour to cut through the rich sea urchin. mushrooms and broccoli. WHEN: April 1, noon - 2.30pm The octopus is grilled until tender and retains its smoky This restaurant is definitely back on my foodie radar. WHERE: 201 Keppel Road PRICE: $40++ an adult, $20++ a child flavour, which is complemented by the puree and WHERE: 64 Club Street MRT: Telok Ayer MRT: HarbourFront WHEN: Till April 15; (seven - 12 years old, free for those up champagne vinegar. OPEN: 2pm - midnight (Mondays to Saturdays), lunch: 11am - 2.30pm (Fri & Sat), to age six) TEL: 6632-8922 INFO: E-mail f&[email protected] The Farmer’s Egg is also on the bar bites menu, along closed on Sundays TEL: 6887-3311 10.30am - 2.30pm (Sun & public holidays); dinner: 6.30 - 10.30pm with Hiroshima Oyster ($15) – a plump oyster topped with INFO: www.facebook.com/CaffeB.Singapore PRICE: $288++ - $468++ (for 10 people) TEL: 6272-8822/8988 WINE/WHISKY EVENTS INFO: pfs.com.sg Journey Through The Royal Palaces Of India With PERANAKAN HERITAGE AT Peranakan Dinner Buffet At THE CLIFFORD PIER Glenmorangie Sheraton Towers One-Michelin-starred chef Peranakan chef Philip Chia reprises Executive chef Eric Cheam and his his guest chef stint at The Clifford Munjunath Mural’s menu includes team join hands with sixth- Noorjahan Ki Pasand (velvety chicken Pier in The Fullerton Bay Hotel, generation Nonya Shermay Lee to serving up the very best of almond shorba served with four present a buffet spread of toppings), Patiala Chicken Tandoori, Peranakan cuisine with a la carte Peranakan dishes at The Dining dishes (weekdays only, from $16), Nizami Kacchi Handi Chicken Biryani; Room. Highlights of the more than and the Royal Shahi Palate set menus and dinner buffets. 20 dishes include udang nanas comprising Chicken Rashida, Kashmiri The lunch ($35 for two courses, pedas, ayam buah keluak, Rogan Josh and Hirva Prawn Masala. $39 for three courses) and dinner oven-baked whole snapper with The dishes will be paired with the sets ($68 for four courses) offer itek sambal hijau and Nonya chap chai. Glenmorangie Original, Signet, tim (duck soup with preserved salted WHERE: Lobby level, Sheraton Towers Lasanta, Quinta Ruban, Nectar Do’r vegetables and tomatoes) served Singapore, 39 Scotts Road and Glenmorangie 18 Year Old piping hot – perfect to whet the MRT: Newton WHEN: April 7 - 29: 7 - single-malt whiskies. appetite. 10pm (Sat & Sun) PRICE: $68++ an WHERE: Song of India, 33 Scotts Road There is also a choice of main adult, $34++ a child (six - 12 years old), MRT: Newton WHEN: Wed, 7pm course. Options for lunch and dinner 15 per cent off for Citibank PRICE: $108++ ($86.40 for HSBC include babi tohay (braised pork cardholders TEL: 6839-5621 cardholders) TEL: 6319-4038 belly in red rice yeast with infused gravy to go with my rice. buah keluak fried rice. INFO: E-mail thediningroom@ INFO: E-mail asianmasters@ lemongrass, shallots and garlic) For the lunch main, you can also WHERE: The Clifford Pier, The sheratonsingapore.com sph.com.sg and an aromatic ayam buah keluak pick gulai kambing (thick lamb curry Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore, (right). with Thai Penang influences) and, 80 Collyer Quay MRT: Raffles Place Pasta Passion At Dolce Vita Sunday Wine Down At PS.Cafe Chef Chia says the babi tohay is a for dinner, there is udang masak WHEN: Monday to April 13, noon - Mandarin Oriental Singapore The next edition of PS.Cafe’s monthly “forgotten” dish as it requires using pedas nanas (braised mixed 2.30pm (weekday set lunch), 6.30 - celebrates the art of pasta-making wine-tasting series celebrates the fresh cincalok that has been vegetables) as a third option. 10pm (weekday set dinner), 6.30 to with fresh housemade pasta. The new wave of Australian wines. After fermented with brandy for a week. Highlights from the weekend 10pm (weekend dinner buffet) highlight from the a la carte menu is the tasting, guests can buy bottles at The pork belly is tender and all buffet dinner ($68) include fried TEL: 6877-8911/8912 the Tortelli, a round hat-shaped pasta a discount from a selection of labels I want is more of the savoury brandy- seafood laksa chor bee hoon and INFO: www.fullertonhotels.com served with a wholesome mushroom such as Mac Forbes (Yarra Valley), consomme topped with pureed and Patrick Sullivan (Yarra Valley/Wine of diced chestnut ($32++). Others Australia), Alpha Box & Dice include the signature Norcina (Langhorne Creek/McLaren Vale) and PASTA DELIGHTS AT THE CLIFF made from hand-cut tagliolini with Sam Vinciullo (Margaret River). What was formerly known as ilLido at The Cliff is now Umbria sausage ($36++) and the WHERE: 38 Martin Road MRT: Fort known simply as The Cliff, a modern Italian restaurant ever-popular Carbonara featuring Canning WHEN: Sun, 4 - 6pm with a more casual spin. Chef de cuisine Simone spaghetti with Pecorino sabayon PRICE: Free wine-tasting; wine for Fraternali still helms the kitchen and continues to dish and pancetta ($30++). sale: $49 - $86 a bottle out authentic Italian cuisine. WHERE: Level 5 Mandarin Oriental TEL: 8188-6191 Singapore, 5 Raffles Avenue His signature pastas are a must-have, especially the INFO: www.pscafe.com MRT: Promenade WHEN: Weekday spaghetti “alla chitarra” (guitar spaghetti) with smoky lunch: noon - 2.30pm; weekend lobster ($42, below), where the pasta is handmade – The Flavours Of Thailand brunch: noon - 3pm; daily dinner: pressed through a special tool that resembles guitar With Terrazas 6.30 - 10.30pm PRICE: $30++ - $48++ strings. Savour authentic Thai dishes TEL: 6885-3500 INFO: E-mail featuring the flavours of Thailand, Other stand-out items are the beef cheek tortelli with [email protected] parmesan cream and red wine sauce ($30); and fronted by executive chef Pramote pappardelle with pork ragout and rosemary ($24).