Restaurant List for Singapore
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Restaurant List for Singapore
In a previous post a couple of people suggested i posted a summarised list that i have been preparing of restaurants in singapore.
All info was gathered from this list as well as a few of the blogs you all mentioned. There is nothing new here as i havent been to any of these places (yet), so pretty much all the content is the result of your hard-work, input and ideas. Hope nobody objects to having their ideas re-presented and quoted in this format.
Enjoy,
C
Singapore Restaurant List
Iggy’s:
o Third floor of regent hotel. Fusion food/Modern European. (Chef; Dorian Schuster). (65) 6732-2234; Set menu only. “Wildly expensive, but excellent”. “Fantastic over the counter fine dining restaurant”. Voted 4th best restaurant in Asia. Consistently excellent reviews.
o Chubby Hubby says; “While other Western restaurants often pull off amazing meals … for a special degustation meal as delicious as it is inventive, there’s no place better than this tiny, L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon inspired, restaurant in the Regent Hotel. Lunch is a great deal here. They have 2 course and 3 course menus, as well as a 5 course for S$55”.
PS Café (International Cuisine):
o Harding Road; views of lush tropical foliage. Bookings essential.
o Housed in a rebuilt glass, brick and steel building in one of Singapore’s quietest but most central neighbourhoods, ‘Dempsey Road’. Stunning building in a “kind of 50’s, Hollywood Hills, Modernist way”. “PS Café (28B Harding Road) packs a punch with its casual-chic atmosphere and great food”.
o “Imagine having a restaurant so busy that you refuse to answer the telephone at all - here it is. The PS Cafe only takes bookings by SMS and does not take bookings at all for brunch on Sunday. It is worth it - just check out the huge pieces of home made rocky-road on the counter as you walk in. The menu is quite restricted but delicious and the service is brisk. Sit indoors near the open kitchen or outside overlooking the forest. On Sundays, expect a thirty minute wait - don’t fret as we have seen some others doing, just put your name down and stroll around Dempsey Road for a while. This should help to ensure that you can manage all three courses”. (Time Out Singapore)
o “This elegant restaurant of glass and timber serves what co-owner Philip Chin calls "casual gourmet" dishes, the best of which may be the superbly executed, fall-off-the-bone duck rending”. (Time Magazine)
o Some mixed reviews, though mainly re service.
Jade (Fullerton Hotel):
o Overseen by Sam Leong, and operated by the Tung Lok Group. “Updated Cantonese style cooking” located at the Fullerton Hotel.
My Humble House: (also overseen by Sam Leong)
o Located within the “Esplanade, Singapore’s new performing arts centre”.
o Stunning décor etc. The “wow” factor. Recommended. 8 Raffles Ave. This is the first venture abroad for Zhang Jin Jie, a celebrity chef in her native China. “The hyper-modern look and ‘post-Sichuan’ cooking are anything but modest”.
o “The ultra stylish My Humble House, wows diners with its mix of cool design and superb neo-classic Chinese cuisine such as the melt-in-the-mouth wasabi prawns and soft-shell crab with pickled salad” (The Age)
Le Papillon (Anderson Ho):
o Located in the “Red Dot Traffic Building”, Maxwell Road, (65) 6327-4177
o Modern European. Building and bars/restaurants described as “self-consciously cool”, but food apparently very good.
St Pierre:
o Central Mall, Magazine Road, Asian influenced French; ‘Celeb’ chef Emmanuel Stroobant. Much respected ‘upscale’ French restaurant.
o “Belgium chef Emmanuel Stroobant is the closest thing Singapore has to a celebrity chef. The restaurant made its name with an astonishing foie gras menu, but these days its aggressively French tastes are tempered with Asian inflections, such as lobster with yuzu-green tarts, scallops and seaweed oil, wild kiniko mushroom soup, and a sailboat of filo and wasabi-scented wild barramundi served with grilled aubergines and pine nuts”. (Time Out Singapore)
Brussels Sprouts:
o Emmanuel Stroobant’s latest restaurant at Robertson Quay. Features 14 types of mussels and a large assortment of Belgian Beer. Recommended casual eatery:
o “Situated with views of the river on the corner of the burgeoning Pier@ Robertson, the half-indoor, half-outdoor dining area is set around an elongated oval bar … Stroobant is something of celebrity himself, with his TV show ‘Chef in Black’ and the successful Saint Pierre and San Marco restaurants already under his belt” (Time Out Singapore)
The Majestic: (New Cantonese style, located in New Majestic Hotel):
o 31 Bukit Pasoh Road, similar to ‘Ember’. Located in The New Majestic a trendy boutique hotel. Lots of hype. Some mixed reviews … Hotel looks beautiful and interesting and has been featured in lots of cool design type articles/magazines, though some hint at food being overrated/disappointing
Graze:
o Located in the Rochester Park Neighbourhood, where colonial bungalows have been turned into restaurants and bars. “Graze's green and serene setting incorporates an outdoor area with dining pavilions bordered by bamboo and broad-leafed bushes … Wong has dubbed it a "house and garden" restaurant, which is an apposite tag, and it's an airy concept that works well on sultry equatorial evenings”.
o Trendy, “Wallpaper” type place. Food is Asian fusion, restaurant is designed by same people that did Longrain (Sydney), and Prince Hotel (Melbourne).
o Conde Nast Traveler magazine includes Graze on its list of Hot Tables 2007.
Pierside:
o View of Marina Bay, Fullerton Rd. “A breath of Sydney chic”. Some mixed reviews. Located in the One Fullerton complex in Singapore, “a trendy and casual eatery run by the Marmalade Group”.
o “Most people come to Pierside Kitchen for the view, which is generally considered to be the best of all the restaurants in Singapore. Overlooking the confluence of the Singapore River and the Straits of Malacca, with wide angle views of the Esplanade, the restaurant has plenty of seating outdoors, but the dining room is graced with floor-to-ceiling windows too, so you have the view no matter where you sit”.
o Chubby Hubby says; “It’s really nice on a bright, sunny day — very Australian in a way. I’m also very happy to find another place that offers a good, affordable a la carte Sunday brunch (I hate hotel buffets). I’ll definitely be back, so long as I can get a reservation”.
Il Lido (Italian food):
o Upscale. Located at the Golf Club on the island of Sentosa
o (Sentosa Golf Club, 27 Bukit Manis Road, Sentosa. T: 6866 1977)
o “Beneath a Marc Wanders chandelier, dine on Michele Pavanello's homemade pasta with creamy sea urchin, and a superb tiramisu”
Ember (At Hotel 1929, Keong Saik Rd, Chinatown):
o The official restaurant of Hotel 1929, one of the many boutique hotels opening all over Singapore. Features chic, retro décor and an eclectic Modern European menu.
o Owned by the same people as Majestic. “A few streets away from the Majestic is Ember … where talented Sebastian Ng serves up a thoroughly eclectic modern European Menu”. (Business Times, 2006)
o “A quirky retro-styled hostel-meets-boutique hotel in Singapore’s colourful Chinatown”
Song of India:
o Contemporary Indian cuisine, 33 Scotts Road. Set in a beautifully restored black and white bungalow and Keralan inspired gardens, just down the road from the Sheraton. Very elegant. Chef comes from “Rang Mahal”, one of the top Indian restaurants in the city and the menu “is creative and sophisticated”. Set price tasting menu for lunch is recommended as amazing value! Consistently very highly recommended.
o Phone: 65-6836-0055
La Strada (Italian):
o Scotts Road. Modern Italian menu by Aussie chef Leandro Panza.
o “ The tagliatelle ragu is an extraordinary blend of pork, veal and beef cooked first in tomato and milk, and finished in the oven. Also superb is the large slab of ravioli filled with foie gras and an entire cut of quail; the rust-red stew of fat clams and mussels in an intensely flavoured tomato base; and fork-tender spring chicken … All this is backed by flawless service”. (Time Out Singapore)
La Braseria (Italian):
o Highly recommended on ‘traveling hungryboy’, and ‘the skinny epicurean’.
o Described as an “Italian gem in the middle of nowhere”; 70 Greenleaf Road Singapore.
Gunthers (Modern French Cuisine):
o New upscale restaurant, opened by Belgian chef Gunther Hubrechsen, previously behind Les Amis. 36 Purvis street.
o ‘Chubbyhubby’ says; “While some have commented that the interiors are a tad too somber and plain for them … I really like the dark, urban and minimalist interiors. It’s a nice grown-up environment for very grown-up meals … Gunther’s currently offers, in addition to the a la carte menus, a set lunch at S$38 and a set tasting (dinner) menu at S$128. The latter is extremely good value (given both the high level of service here and the quality of the food”.
Nonya Food:
o The Katong quarter, especially along the East Coast Road stretch, apparently has the best Nonya in town.
True Blue (“Paranakan Food”):
o 117 East Coast Road – in a restored two-storey shop-house in neo-colonial French style. Upstairs above a Chinese shophouse. Great food, “elegant not stuffy”. Small and intimate. Owned by Benjamin a well known Kebaya maker.
Din Fai Tung:
o At the Wisma Atria Shopping centre on Orchard. It’s a Singapore outlet of a famous Taiwanese dumpling restaurant. Not too upmarket, but excellent food. Some Fodorites seem to prefer Crystal Jade though?
Victors Kitchen:
o Small dim-sum restaurant, recommended on “chubby hubby” blog. “Place is tiny … there is one long counter covered with dim-sum steamers and a small open kitchen”. Apparently has great custard buns! “king prawn har kau” one of the chefs specialities. He says; “If you’re a dim-sum fan you must check out this tiny, inexpensive find”.
o Victors Kitchen: 91 Bencoolen St, Sunshine Plaza
Shanghai Ren Jia Dim Sum:
o Recommended highly on various blogs as excellent dim-sum. “Located at Upper Thomson Road (beside Han's Restaurant) … the shen jian bao is said to be extraordinarily good and well proven by the various news paper clippings and foodie reviews pasted on the glass walls of the eatery”.
Indochine (A mix of Cambodian, Vietnamese and Laotian):
o There are several locations around town. Mostly people seem to prefer one on Club St. for lunch, but one on the river is noted as being good for dinner. This is attached to the back of the Asian Civilisations Museum and you dine on the terrace outside.
o Indochine Wisma Atria: “The perfect place to rest your weary feet after some serious retail therapy. This multi-venue bar offers alfresco dining (PhoChine) and the more sophisticated fusion cuisine restaurant (Nude). 435 Orchard Road, Wisma Atria, Singapore. Phone +65 6333 5003.See indochine.com.sg”.
Min Jiang (At Rochester Park):
o It’s the same people that run Min Jiang Goodwood Park (known for dim sum) and Peking Duck, which is meant to be their speciality! (Szechuan, Cantonese and Peking Duck). Modern Chinoiserie style interior. Recommended.
o “The Ernesto Bedmar-designed interior is uncompromisingly modern, and the cuisine decidedly innovative”. (Time Magazine)
Taste Paradise:
o 49 Mosque St. relatively new and “getting a lot of buzz”. Upscale, modern Chinese. Intimate, low lighting, nice décor etc. Some say v.good, though some mixed, even disappointing reviews.
Crystal Jade XiaoLongBao:
o Specialises in hand-made noodles. XiaoLongBao is a Shanghainese steamed dumpling with minced meat inside, eaten with vinegar and ginger. YUM. Highly Recommended.
Crystal Jade Kitchen:
o “Specialises in noodles, (not the handmade kind), congee and other types of local HK cuisine. (Best place to find all ‘Crystal Jade’s is in Ngee Ann City along Orchard Road)”.
Crystal Jade Jiangnan (previously ‘Hu Cui’ Restaurant):
o Shanghainese cuisine. Also serving dim-sum at lunch. Cantonese & Shanghai “environs”. Highly recommended on the “ChubbyHubby” blog. “While there are flashier Chinese restaurants in town none are as consistently good as this always packed crowd-pleaser”.
o In the Ngee Ann City Shopping Mall, Phone: (+65) 6238 1011. Address: #02-12 Ngee Ann City, 391 Orchard Road, Singapore
Crystal Jade Palace:
o 391 Orchard Road (Takahimaya Shopping Centre) has “great Chinese food/dim-sum, described as more “haute-cuisine” style. “Upscale, ask for a private room”.
‘No Signboard’:
o Much “venerated” crab place in Geylang & National Stadium, that now has more convenient location in the Esplanade. Upscale for a crab place. Seating is facing river with a fab view.
o “perfectly steamed fish, tangles of kang kong fried with dried prawns or astonishing sambal. But the restaurant (one of four in town) makes its name with crabs, including the iconic black pepper and chili varieties”. (Time Out Singapore)
o 8 Raffles Avenue, #01-14 Esplanade Mall
Macaroon Restaurant:
o Pudding oriented restaurant, opened by Les Amis Group. Featured in Wallpaper mag, and very much in that designer mould.
o #01-08 Robertson Walk, 11 Unity St (6235 7277, www.macaron.com.sg). MRT: Clarke Quay. Tue-Thu 6pmmidnight; Fri-Sat 3pm-midnight; Sun 3-10pm. Prix fixe menus start from $38.
Best Ice Chendol:
o ‘Dove Desserts’, recommended as serving excellent Chendol and traditional Cheng Tng. Chendol is made in the shaved ice style, rather than as drink, and the owner, “Helen is so particular about her Gula Melaka that she insists on driving to Malacca to buy the best stuff there to bring home”.
o Toa Payoh Lor 7 Hawker Centre, #01-21
Ice Monster:
‘Ice Monster’ is a well-known ice dessert chain from Taipei that has opened a shop in Singapore (180 Bencoolen Street #01-23, 6339-7362)
o It specialises in a range of ice desserts consisting of “ice shavings with an assortment of toppings that range from fresh fruits, taro and red bean to cookies and cream”.
Wacha (Japanese):
o Small, cute, boutique style Japanese restaurant with a reasonably priced menu. Highly Recommended by ‘chubby hubby’ and ‘Time Out Singapore’.
o “You’d never guess from the nondescript façade that this tiny boutique is also home to wonderful Japanese food. As you browse the bright space lined with a rack of exquisitely embroidered obi sashes and shelves of teapots and lacquer ware, it takes a while to notice that there’s actually a kitchen counter in the corner. The place fits only about 20 diners and bookings are advisable – and book often, the menu changes every few weeks”. (Time Out Singapore)
o 14 Ann Siang Road Singapore, Tel: +65 6438 1553
All info was gathered from this list as well as a few of the blogs you all mentioned. There is nothing new here as i havent been to any of these places (yet), so pretty much all the content is the result of your hard-work, input and ideas. Hope nobody objects to having their ideas re-presented and quoted in this format.
Enjoy,
C
Singapore Restaurant List
Iggy’s:
o Third floor of regent hotel. Fusion food/Modern European. (Chef; Dorian Schuster). (65) 6732-2234; Set menu only. “Wildly expensive, but excellent”. “Fantastic over the counter fine dining restaurant”. Voted 4th best restaurant in Asia. Consistently excellent reviews.
o Chubby Hubby says; “While other Western restaurants often pull off amazing meals … for a special degustation meal as delicious as it is inventive, there’s no place better than this tiny, L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon inspired, restaurant in the Regent Hotel. Lunch is a great deal here. They have 2 course and 3 course menus, as well as a 5 course for S$55”.
PS Café (International Cuisine):
o Harding Road; views of lush tropical foliage. Bookings essential.
o Housed in a rebuilt glass, brick and steel building in one of Singapore’s quietest but most central neighbourhoods, ‘Dempsey Road’. Stunning building in a “kind of 50’s, Hollywood Hills, Modernist way”. “PS Café (28B Harding Road) packs a punch with its casual-chic atmosphere and great food”.
o “Imagine having a restaurant so busy that you refuse to answer the telephone at all - here it is. The PS Cafe only takes bookings by SMS and does not take bookings at all for brunch on Sunday. It is worth it - just check out the huge pieces of home made rocky-road on the counter as you walk in. The menu is quite restricted but delicious and the service is brisk. Sit indoors near the open kitchen or outside overlooking the forest. On Sundays, expect a thirty minute wait - don’t fret as we have seen some others doing, just put your name down and stroll around Dempsey Road for a while. This should help to ensure that you can manage all three courses”. (Time Out Singapore)
o “This elegant restaurant of glass and timber serves what co-owner Philip Chin calls "casual gourmet" dishes, the best of which may be the superbly executed, fall-off-the-bone duck rending”. (Time Magazine)
o Some mixed reviews, though mainly re service.
Jade (Fullerton Hotel):
o Overseen by Sam Leong, and operated by the Tung Lok Group. “Updated Cantonese style cooking” located at the Fullerton Hotel.
My Humble House: (also overseen by Sam Leong)
o Located within the “Esplanade, Singapore’s new performing arts centre”.
o Stunning décor etc. The “wow” factor. Recommended. 8 Raffles Ave. This is the first venture abroad for Zhang Jin Jie, a celebrity chef in her native China. “The hyper-modern look and ‘post-Sichuan’ cooking are anything but modest”.
o “The ultra stylish My Humble House, wows diners with its mix of cool design and superb neo-classic Chinese cuisine such as the melt-in-the-mouth wasabi prawns and soft-shell crab with pickled salad” (The Age)
Le Papillon (Anderson Ho):
o Located in the “Red Dot Traffic Building”, Maxwell Road, (65) 6327-4177
o Modern European. Building and bars/restaurants described as “self-consciously cool”, but food apparently very good.
St Pierre:
o Central Mall, Magazine Road, Asian influenced French; ‘Celeb’ chef Emmanuel Stroobant. Much respected ‘upscale’ French restaurant.
o “Belgium chef Emmanuel Stroobant is the closest thing Singapore has to a celebrity chef. The restaurant made its name with an astonishing foie gras menu, but these days its aggressively French tastes are tempered with Asian inflections, such as lobster with yuzu-green tarts, scallops and seaweed oil, wild kiniko mushroom soup, and a sailboat of filo and wasabi-scented wild barramundi served with grilled aubergines and pine nuts”. (Time Out Singapore)
Brussels Sprouts:
o Emmanuel Stroobant’s latest restaurant at Robertson Quay. Features 14 types of mussels and a large assortment of Belgian Beer. Recommended casual eatery:
o “Situated with views of the river on the corner of the burgeoning Pier@ Robertson, the half-indoor, half-outdoor dining area is set around an elongated oval bar … Stroobant is something of celebrity himself, with his TV show ‘Chef in Black’ and the successful Saint Pierre and San Marco restaurants already under his belt” (Time Out Singapore)
The Majestic: (New Cantonese style, located in New Majestic Hotel):
o 31 Bukit Pasoh Road, similar to ‘Ember’. Located in The New Majestic a trendy boutique hotel. Lots of hype. Some mixed reviews … Hotel looks beautiful and interesting and has been featured in lots of cool design type articles/magazines, though some hint at food being overrated/disappointing
Graze:
o Located in the Rochester Park Neighbourhood, where colonial bungalows have been turned into restaurants and bars. “Graze's green and serene setting incorporates an outdoor area with dining pavilions bordered by bamboo and broad-leafed bushes … Wong has dubbed it a "house and garden" restaurant, which is an apposite tag, and it's an airy concept that works well on sultry equatorial evenings”.
o Trendy, “Wallpaper” type place. Food is Asian fusion, restaurant is designed by same people that did Longrain (Sydney), and Prince Hotel (Melbourne).
o Conde Nast Traveler magazine includes Graze on its list of Hot Tables 2007.
Pierside:
o View of Marina Bay, Fullerton Rd. “A breath of Sydney chic”. Some mixed reviews. Located in the One Fullerton complex in Singapore, “a trendy and casual eatery run by the Marmalade Group”.
o “Most people come to Pierside Kitchen for the view, which is generally considered to be the best of all the restaurants in Singapore. Overlooking the confluence of the Singapore River and the Straits of Malacca, with wide angle views of the Esplanade, the restaurant has plenty of seating outdoors, but the dining room is graced with floor-to-ceiling windows too, so you have the view no matter where you sit”.
o Chubby Hubby says; “It’s really nice on a bright, sunny day — very Australian in a way. I’m also very happy to find another place that offers a good, affordable a la carte Sunday brunch (I hate hotel buffets). I’ll definitely be back, so long as I can get a reservation”.
Il Lido (Italian food):
o Upscale. Located at the Golf Club on the island of Sentosa
o (Sentosa Golf Club, 27 Bukit Manis Road, Sentosa. T: 6866 1977)
o “Beneath a Marc Wanders chandelier, dine on Michele Pavanello's homemade pasta with creamy sea urchin, and a superb tiramisu”
Ember (At Hotel 1929, Keong Saik Rd, Chinatown):
o The official restaurant of Hotel 1929, one of the many boutique hotels opening all over Singapore. Features chic, retro décor and an eclectic Modern European menu.
o Owned by the same people as Majestic. “A few streets away from the Majestic is Ember … where talented Sebastian Ng serves up a thoroughly eclectic modern European Menu”. (Business Times, 2006)
o “A quirky retro-styled hostel-meets-boutique hotel in Singapore’s colourful Chinatown”
Song of India:
o Contemporary Indian cuisine, 33 Scotts Road. Set in a beautifully restored black and white bungalow and Keralan inspired gardens, just down the road from the Sheraton. Very elegant. Chef comes from “Rang Mahal”, one of the top Indian restaurants in the city and the menu “is creative and sophisticated”. Set price tasting menu for lunch is recommended as amazing value! Consistently very highly recommended.
o Phone: 65-6836-0055
La Strada (Italian):
o Scotts Road. Modern Italian menu by Aussie chef Leandro Panza.
o “ The tagliatelle ragu is an extraordinary blend of pork, veal and beef cooked first in tomato and milk, and finished in the oven. Also superb is the large slab of ravioli filled with foie gras and an entire cut of quail; the rust-red stew of fat clams and mussels in an intensely flavoured tomato base; and fork-tender spring chicken … All this is backed by flawless service”. (Time Out Singapore)
La Braseria (Italian):
o Highly recommended on ‘traveling hungryboy’, and ‘the skinny epicurean’.
o Described as an “Italian gem in the middle of nowhere”; 70 Greenleaf Road Singapore.
Gunthers (Modern French Cuisine):
o New upscale restaurant, opened by Belgian chef Gunther Hubrechsen, previously behind Les Amis. 36 Purvis street.
o ‘Chubbyhubby’ says; “While some have commented that the interiors are a tad too somber and plain for them … I really like the dark, urban and minimalist interiors. It’s a nice grown-up environment for very grown-up meals … Gunther’s currently offers, in addition to the a la carte menus, a set lunch at S$38 and a set tasting (dinner) menu at S$128. The latter is extremely good value (given both the high level of service here and the quality of the food”.
Nonya Food:
o The Katong quarter, especially along the East Coast Road stretch, apparently has the best Nonya in town.
True Blue (“Paranakan Food”):
o 117 East Coast Road – in a restored two-storey shop-house in neo-colonial French style. Upstairs above a Chinese shophouse. Great food, “elegant not stuffy”. Small and intimate. Owned by Benjamin a well known Kebaya maker.
Din Fai Tung:
o At the Wisma Atria Shopping centre on Orchard. It’s a Singapore outlet of a famous Taiwanese dumpling restaurant. Not too upmarket, but excellent food. Some Fodorites seem to prefer Crystal Jade though?
Victors Kitchen:
o Small dim-sum restaurant, recommended on “chubby hubby” blog. “Place is tiny … there is one long counter covered with dim-sum steamers and a small open kitchen”. Apparently has great custard buns! “king prawn har kau” one of the chefs specialities. He says; “If you’re a dim-sum fan you must check out this tiny, inexpensive find”.
o Victors Kitchen: 91 Bencoolen St, Sunshine Plaza
Shanghai Ren Jia Dim Sum:
o Recommended highly on various blogs as excellent dim-sum. “Located at Upper Thomson Road (beside Han's Restaurant) … the shen jian bao is said to be extraordinarily good and well proven by the various news paper clippings and foodie reviews pasted on the glass walls of the eatery”.
Indochine (A mix of Cambodian, Vietnamese and Laotian):
o There are several locations around town. Mostly people seem to prefer one on Club St. for lunch, but one on the river is noted as being good for dinner. This is attached to the back of the Asian Civilisations Museum and you dine on the terrace outside.
o Indochine Wisma Atria: “The perfect place to rest your weary feet after some serious retail therapy. This multi-venue bar offers alfresco dining (PhoChine) and the more sophisticated fusion cuisine restaurant (Nude). 435 Orchard Road, Wisma Atria, Singapore. Phone +65 6333 5003.See indochine.com.sg”.
Min Jiang (At Rochester Park):
o It’s the same people that run Min Jiang Goodwood Park (known for dim sum) and Peking Duck, which is meant to be their speciality! (Szechuan, Cantonese and Peking Duck). Modern Chinoiserie style interior. Recommended.
o “The Ernesto Bedmar-designed interior is uncompromisingly modern, and the cuisine decidedly innovative”. (Time Magazine)
Taste Paradise:
o 49 Mosque St. relatively new and “getting a lot of buzz”. Upscale, modern Chinese. Intimate, low lighting, nice décor etc. Some say v.good, though some mixed, even disappointing reviews.
Crystal Jade XiaoLongBao:
o Specialises in hand-made noodles. XiaoLongBao is a Shanghainese steamed dumpling with minced meat inside, eaten with vinegar and ginger. YUM. Highly Recommended.
Crystal Jade Kitchen:
o “Specialises in noodles, (not the handmade kind), congee and other types of local HK cuisine. (Best place to find all ‘Crystal Jade’s is in Ngee Ann City along Orchard Road)”.
Crystal Jade Jiangnan (previously ‘Hu Cui’ Restaurant):
o Shanghainese cuisine. Also serving dim-sum at lunch. Cantonese & Shanghai “environs”. Highly recommended on the “ChubbyHubby” blog. “While there are flashier Chinese restaurants in town none are as consistently good as this always packed crowd-pleaser”.
o In the Ngee Ann City Shopping Mall, Phone: (+65) 6238 1011. Address: #02-12 Ngee Ann City, 391 Orchard Road, Singapore
Crystal Jade Palace:
o 391 Orchard Road (Takahimaya Shopping Centre) has “great Chinese food/dim-sum, described as more “haute-cuisine” style. “Upscale, ask for a private room”.
‘No Signboard’:
o Much “venerated” crab place in Geylang & National Stadium, that now has more convenient location in the Esplanade. Upscale for a crab place. Seating is facing river with a fab view.
o “perfectly steamed fish, tangles of kang kong fried with dried prawns or astonishing sambal. But the restaurant (one of four in town) makes its name with crabs, including the iconic black pepper and chili varieties”. (Time Out Singapore)
o 8 Raffles Avenue, #01-14 Esplanade Mall
Macaroon Restaurant:
o Pudding oriented restaurant, opened by Les Amis Group. Featured in Wallpaper mag, and very much in that designer mould.
o #01-08 Robertson Walk, 11 Unity St (6235 7277, www.macaron.com.sg). MRT: Clarke Quay. Tue-Thu 6pmmidnight; Fri-Sat 3pm-midnight; Sun 3-10pm. Prix fixe menus start from $38.
Best Ice Chendol:
o ‘Dove Desserts’, recommended as serving excellent Chendol and traditional Cheng Tng. Chendol is made in the shaved ice style, rather than as drink, and the owner, “Helen is so particular about her Gula Melaka that she insists on driving to Malacca to buy the best stuff there to bring home”.
o Toa Payoh Lor 7 Hawker Centre, #01-21
Ice Monster:
‘Ice Monster’ is a well-known ice dessert chain from Taipei that has opened a shop in Singapore (180 Bencoolen Street #01-23, 6339-7362)
o It specialises in a range of ice desserts consisting of “ice shavings with an assortment of toppings that range from fresh fruits, taro and red bean to cookies and cream”.
Wacha (Japanese):
o Small, cute, boutique style Japanese restaurant with a reasonably priced menu. Highly Recommended by ‘chubby hubby’ and ‘Time Out Singapore’.
o “You’d never guess from the nondescript façade that this tiny boutique is also home to wonderful Japanese food. As you browse the bright space lined with a rack of exquisitely embroidered obi sashes and shelves of teapots and lacquer ware, it takes a while to notice that there’s actually a kitchen counter in the corner. The place fits only about 20 diners and bookings are advisable – and book often, the menu changes every few weeks”. (Time Out Singapore)
o 14 Ann Siang Road Singapore, Tel: +65 6438 1553
Oct 15th, 2007, 07:52 AM
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"How on earth did I miss Song of India?"
IIRC, it is on the same side of the street as the Sheraton, down across from the Goodwood Park. There are a couple of these "bungalows" in a row, so perhaps the SOI is 'hidden' in that respect.
Certainly sounds like a great spot for lunch! Thanks for the post charps7!!
Best, Dave
IIRC, it is on the same side of the street as the Sheraton, down across from the Goodwood Park. There are a couple of these "bungalows" in a row, so perhaps the SOI is 'hidden' in that respect.
Certainly sounds like a great spot for lunch! Thanks for the post charps7!!
Best, Dave
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Thank you, charps7. Between this, the hawker stalls in KMLoke's message http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...p;tid=35061905 and the wonderful eats in Hong Kong after I leave Singapore, I'm going to need 2 seats on the plane coming home!
Oct 16th, 2007, 02:28 AM
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Thanks Dave - I'll make a point of looking for Song of India on my next pass through Singapore. I'd done some research on Indian restaurants prior to my last trip, yet seems I missed the one closest to my hotel!
Oct 16th, 2007, 04:59 AM
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Oct 17th, 2007, 02:24 PM
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Another Singaporean foodie website, recommended by 'dimsumdolly'.
Risking information overload, but what the heck!
http://www.hungrygowhere.com
Risking information overload, but what the heck!
http://www.hungrygowhere.com
Oct 31st, 2007, 10:29 PM
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Hi,
unfortunately i cant go back and edit my original list - i just wanted to add a restaurant called 'Vintage India'. My mum just got back from Singapore, and tried Song of India, but also this restuarant, and said it was equally as good. Thought i should add it on ...
unfortunately i cant go back and edit my original list - i just wanted to add a restaurant called 'Vintage India'. My mum just got back from Singapore, and tried Song of India, but also this restuarant, and said it was equally as good. Thought i should add it on ...
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I know Melnq8. This trip i am only going to be there for 4 days ... so impossible to fit in everything i want. my mum goes there very regularly, however, so has been trying everything off the list! I cant wait to get there for Christmas. Just got a booking for Iggy's!
