Beef Sukiyaki Don Keisuke
A restaurant with only 2 dishes?! Beef Sukiyaki Don Keisuke, the 15th restaurant that was opened by Chef Keisuke Takeda. The highlight of this new restaurant is definitely the premium beef sukiyaki with the concept of combining two classic Japanese Elements - Beef Sukiyaki and Gyu Don.
Photo credits: alainlicious
This restaurant holds only 14 people with counter seats and it is a very exclusive experience because you can see how the dedicated chef prepares your food right before your eyes! This created an experience where diners are able to make use of their 5 senses before even tasting the dish. Upon ordering, they will also slice the beef on the spot, to ensure the freshness of the beef slices.
Photo credits: sethlui
The 2 items in their menu are - 1. Premium Beef Sukiyaki Don, topped with US prime beef; 2. Kiwami Wagyu Sukiyaki Don, generously topped with the one of the top 3 well-known Japanese aka Yonezawa Beef A4. Both Beef Sukiyaki Dons comes with a side of Miso Soup and Sesame Tofu.
Photo credits: alainlicious
Beef Sukiyaki Don Keisuke
Address: 11 Kee Seng Street, #01-01, S089218
Tel: +65 65351129
Opening Hours: (Daily) 1130 - 1430 | 1700 - 2200 [last order at 2130]
Bee Cheng Hiang Grillery
Bee Cheng Hiang Singapore opened their first flagship store - the Bee Cheng Hiang Grillery at 1359 Serangoon Road. This is an evolution of the Bakkwa industry, launching a rather high concept flagship store that builds on Bee Cheng Hiang brand distinction even more.
Photo credits: Bee Cheng Hiang website
According to the company’s press “This Grillery concept store is the fruition of a decade-long dream to elevate the Bakkwa experience to an unprecedented height. One of the unique Bakkwa experience that allows customers to engage with Bee Cheng Hiang’s passion is the wine pairing menu.”
Photo credits: fig 1 - eatbook.sg; fig 2 - foodielicious
The menu is conceptualized by consultant Chef Zor Tan, the former executive chef of Restaurant Andre, who has come up with sharing plates centered around bakkwa and pork floss. Here are some of the menu items:
Photo credits: Bee Cheng Hiang website (Fig 1 - Mozzarella Katsu; Fig 2 - Gourmet Enoki Roll & Fig 3 - DIY Slider)
Bee Cheng Hiang Grillery
Address: 1359 Serangoon Road, Singapore 328241
Tel: 6291 5753
Operating hours: 9.30am – 10.30pm
Restaurant Ibid
Restaurant Ibid is opened by Woo Wai Leong, a training lawyer-to-be and he became the first winner of the inaugural MasterChef Asia season. The word ‘ibid’, means ‘from the same source’ in Latin, an ideology which forms the basis of the inspiration for the dishes here.
Photo credits: misstamchiak (Fig 2 - Chef Woo Wai Leong)
Dishes from Restaurant Ibid comes from Nanyang-style and contemporary Chinese Cuisine, where Chef Woo cooks with the familiar Asian style but makes use of modern Western techniques. There is no a la carte menu for dinner, where set menus of 4-courses, 6-courses and 8-courses are available. Here are some interesting dishes that Chef Woo came up with:
Photo credits: rubbisheatrubbishgrow (Fig 1 - Shaobing, Fig 2 - Grilled Escargots, Fig 3 - Tea Egg Soubise & Fig 4 - White Radish Porridge)
Photo credits: rubbisheatrubbishgrow (Fig 1 - Grouper, Fig 2 - Lamb Tartare, Fig 3 - Short Rib, Fig 4 - Hibiscus Tang Yuan & Fig 5 - Soy Milk Ice Cream)
Restaurant Ibid
Address: 18 North Canal Road Singapore 048830
Tel: +65 9151 8698
Opening Hours: 11.30 am - 2.30 pm, 6.30 pm - 10.30 pm [closed on Sun]
Wine & Chef
Feeling a little fancy tonight? Try out the Italian-Asian Fusion Restaurant - Wine & Chef. Wine & Chef has a cozy feel with the warm lightings and wooden furniture, giving the restaurant a fuzzy and rustic homey feel. They also carry a wide range of Italian boutique wines for you to pair with the dishes.
Photo credits: Fig 1 - Danielfooddiary; Fig 2 - Wine & Chef Facebook
Wine & Chef aims to be “semi-fine dining” so that you can enjoy great quality dishes without creating a hole in your wallet. A 3-course weekday set lunch is as low as $18/pax, what a steal! For example, with the $18 set meal, you can get a Smoked Duck Salad, Roasted Baby Chicken and a Venere Rice Pudding. Whether it is for a date or an after-work gathering, Wine & Dine is the perfect place. Below are some of their signatures that have received a lot of compliments from fellow customers.
Photo credits: Wine & Chef Facebook (Fig 1 - Soy braised US Choice beef short ribs; Fig 2 - Iberico Pork Collar;
Fig 3 - Scarmorza; Fig 4 - Pasta Alle Vongole)
Photo credits: Wine & Chef Facebook (Fig 1 - Salmon Risotto; Fig 2 - Scallop Capellini; Fig 3 - Nduja Pasta;
Fig 4 - Salmon Crudo)
Wine & Chef
Address: No.7 Keong Saik Road, #01-01 S089115 (Outram Park MRT)
Tel: +65 62219286
Opening Hours: 11:00 am - 11:00 pm (Mon - Sat), Closed on Sun
Odette
Odette - the French fine dining restaurant in Singapore, which is named after Chef Julien Royer’s late grandmother. Odette is ranked no.5 in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant in 2018 as well as 2 Michelin Stars in 2016/2017. Chef Julian is a talented rising chef, who brought JAAN (the previous restaurant that he worked in) to greater heights.
Photo credits: (danielfooddiary) Chef Julien Royer
The interior design is simply breathtaking; it is decorated with soft colors made up of light grey, white and pastel pink, which gives off an elegant, modern yet homely feel. Odette is located at National Gallery Singapore, a great venue to bring your loved one here for a special occasion to enjoy a romantic dinner and visit the exhibitions.
Photo credits: Odette website
Chef Julien will expand on his produce-driven cuisine to showcase the best seasonal ingredients from around the world in their purest form and flavour. Born into a family of farmers, he was taught to appreciate and value the beauty of seasonal produce, and that style is apparent in the taste and presentation. You can expect 4 course meals to 8 course meals, each dish is carefully designed and thought out. The dishes are made out of different textures, tastes, smell, etc., to bring cuisine to another height. Here are some signature dishes that you can expect at Odette:
Photo credits: (therantingpanda) Fig1 - Amuse Bouche; Fig 2 - Mushroom Tea; Fig 3 - Pine smoked organic egg; Fig 4 - Bread-Crusted Arctic Char
Odette (National Gallery Singapore)
Address: 1 St Andrew’s Road, Singapore 178957
Opening Hours: Lunch: 2pm to 1.30pm (last seating)
Dinner: 7pm to 9.00pm (last seating)
Monday – Dinner only；Tuesday to Saturday – Lunch & Dinner
Closed on Sunday & Public Holidays
Whitegrass Restaurant
Whitegrass Restaurant is opened by a celebrity chef - Sam Aisbett, who has quite the resume for his work experiences at influential restaurants like Quay and Tetsuya. This restaurant serves modern Australian cuisine fine dining, with an Asian twist (due to chef Sam’s experience working at Tetsuya, a famous Japanese Restaurant).
Photo credits: danielfoodiary - Chef Sam
Whitegrass Restaurant sits at CHIJMES, a heritage building since the 19th century. Unlike most fine dining restaurants out there, Whitegrass Restaurant gives off a homely feel with colorful pastels interiors such as patterned sofas, hand-painted murals on the walls, vibrant colored rugs, etc. All of these gave off a homely and comfortable ambiance, which makes the dining experience lovely.
Photo credits: misstamchiak
Here at Whitegrass Restaurant, you have the 2-courses, 3-courses, 5-courses and 8-courses meal option. The dishes here are well thought and carefully designed by Chef Sam himself, you can certainly taste the effort that he had put in for each and every dishes. The dining experience at Whitegrass Restaurant is one of a kind, the ambiance is wonderful and the food is extraordinary. Below are the dishes that you can expect at Whitegrass:
Photo credits: (misstamchiak) Fig1 - bibimbap; (danielfooddiary)
Fig 2,3,4 - Salad, Sashimi & Slow-cook Mangalica Pork
Whitegrass Restaurant
Address: 30 Victoria Street, #01-26/27, Chijmes, S187996
Tel: +65 68370402
Operating Hours: (Thursday & Friday) 12:00 pm - 2:15 pm
(Tuesday - Saturday) 6:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Imperial Herbal Restaurant
Different from the usual herbal soups that you will find at hawker centers, Imperial Herbal Restaurant is dedicated in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and serve dishes that actually have health benefits. This is a place for those who seek exotic dishes and are willing to try ingredients that one won't usually find elsewhere.
Photo credits: misstamchiak
The interior design of Imperial Herbal Restaurant is inspired by retro Chinese-style, the interior is decorated with colors of red, white and gold as well as wooden pieces of furniture. The restaurant is popular among older folks, as they can enjoy the delicacies and sip on their herbal teas while catching up with their fellow friends.
Photo credits: (left) misstamchiak; (right) eatbook.sg
This restaurant offers exotic yet nourishing ingredients such as Crocodile meat and Deer Tendon; the dishes are also infused with various Chinese medicine that is great for health, such as Dang Shen, Goji berries, ginseng, cordyceps, etc.
Photo credits: misstamchiak - Fig 1: Buddha Jumps over the Wall soup; Fig 2: Braised Cod Fish flamed with Dang Shen and Huang Qi; Fig 3: Braised Crocodile Tail; thehungrybunnie - Fig 4: Lingzhi Soup
Imperial Herbal Restaurant
Address: 382 Havelock Road, Level 2, 4 Points by Sheraton, Singapore 169629
Tel: 6337 0491
Operating Hours: Monday - Friday: 11:30am to 2:30pm, 6pm to 10:30pm
Saturday - Sunday: 11:30am to 11pm
Tamarind Hill Restaurant
Thai food is very common in Singapore, what about Authentic Thai Cuisine with an innovative twist? Hidden atop the forested green Labrador Nature Reserve is Tamarind Hill Restaurant, serving traditional and contemporary Siamese cuisine. What’s even more special? The restaurant is located inside a stand-alone historic colonial bungalow amid a vastly green surrounding.
Photo credits: therantingpanda
There is an outdoor and indoor seating area, it can accommodate about 180 diners. Coming here can be a hassle as it is quite “ulu” (rural) and troublesome to travel without a car. The atmosphere here is very comfy and relaxing, it feels as though you are out of town on a vacation.
Photo credits: misstamchiak
A must-try menu from their appetizers section is the Lychee Duck Salad. You usually wouldn’t pair something as sweet as lychee with a savoury ingredient like Duck meat, but the salad over here is done so well that everything compliments one another. The sweetness and juiciness from the lychee really add a touch to the duck meat; How can you skip Tom Yum Soup while dining at a Thai Cuisine Restaurant?! They sell Clear Tom Yum Soup here, packed with robust flavours and filled with fresh ingredients. The soup is spicy and sour, very appetizing and the seafood flavours are well infused into the soup.
Photo credits: misstamchiak Fig 1 & 2 - Lychee Duck Salad & Clear Tom Yum Soup; therantingpanda Fig 3 & 4 - Burmese-style Beef & Scallop Tempura
Overall, even though the price is up there but the quality of food and the environment of the restaurant hit all the right places.
Tamarind Hill Restaurant
Address: 20 Labrador Villa Road
Tel: 6278 6364 (Enquiry & Reservations)
Opening Hours: Lunch 12pm - 3pm; Dinner 6:30pm - 10:30pm
Morton’s the Steakhouse
Morton’s the Steakhouse is a classic when it comes to premium quality steaks, nothing can really goes wrong here when Morton’s is already in Singapore for more than 20 years.
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You can start off your romantic date night at Morton’s bar for some drinks to kick off the atmosphere, and guess what? Morton's has its own “Mortini Night” which is basically Happy Hour operating from 5pm - 7pm, Mondays to Saturdays, where cocktails are going at $15.95/glass and there is a free-flow supply of complementary Filet Mignon steak sandwiches!
Photo credits: Morton’s the Steakhouse TW Facebook page
The steak sandwiches are delicious, but don’t stuff yourself or else you might not be able to enjoy the star of the night - Steaks. After the drinks at the bar, proceed to Morton’s the Steakhouse dining restaurant below. The ambience at the restaurant is very cozy with dimly-lit lights, featuring a retro American-style steakhouse with booths, heavy steak knives, etc. With all these in place, the highlight of the night are definitely the delicious steaks.
Photo credits: Morton’s the Steakhouse TW Facebook page (Fig1: Potterhouse steak; Fig2: Wagyu Filet Mignon with Fire Roasted Pepper & Jalapeno Butter; Fig3: American Wagyu New York Strip; Fig4: Bone-in Filet Mignon)
The expected damage for this meal per pax would be $200 - $250, but it’s definitely worth it! They use Prime Black Angus which are air-flown to Singapore from USA. The quality of the meat are top-notch with highest fat marbling and tenderness, ensuring an unforgettable experience at Morton’s.
Morton’s the Steakhouse
Address: Mandarin Oriental Singapore, Level 4
5 Raffles Avenue, Marina Square, Singapore
Phone: (+65) 63393740
Operating Hours: (Bar) Mon - Sat; 5pm - 11pm
Sun; 12pm - 9pm
(Dining Room) Mon - Sat; 5:30pm - 11pm
Sun; 12pm - 9pm
JAAN Restaurant
Looking for somewhere fancy to celebrate a memorable date? Look no further, JAAN is the right place to go (if you have the budget). JAAN is a modern french fine dining restaurant, with an amazing view from level 70 of the Marina Bay Sands complimented with excellent food and services.
