The Weekly Grub: 5 Things to Eat and Drink in Singapore This Week
PUBLISHED February 1st, 2023 06:00 am | UPDATED February 15th, 2023 11:05 pm
This week, eat and drink your way to happiness in the form of new lunch options in the Central Business District area and a pop-up British pub. Kick back with a cocktail, or two, in a time-travelling cocktail adventure.
Surrey Hills Opens at Raffles Place
Singapore’s CBD gets a new Melbourne-inspired sandwich joint with Surrey Hills. The casual, laid-back deli offers eight handcrafted sandwiches and an array of hearty grab-and-go salad bowls. Perfect lunch sandwiches include the flavourful Oppor-tuna-ty (S$18), light rye with tuna salad and pickled jalapeño, or Spam the Positivity (S$19) with Gochujang-glazed spam and fried Nuyolk egg on white sourdough. Pair your sandwiches with outlet-exclusive drinks like Espresso Sparkling (S$7) and iced long black coffee infused with sparkling water or a refreshing lemonade with rhubarb syrup in the Rhubarb Lemonade (S$7).
Surrey Hills Deli is located at 6 Battery Road, #01-02, Singapore 049909. Open Mon -Fri 8am to 10pm, Sat 9am -4pm. Closed Sun.
British Craft Beer & Pies at Smith Street Tavern
This weekend, British craft beer gurus team up to bring a slice of British pub culture to the largest hawker centre in Singapore at Smith Street Tavern. The pop-up concept stall serves authentic British beer and snacks right in the heart of Chinatown. Come 4 Feb, the Tavern collaborates with “The Pie Monger” to host a Pie and Beer pairing night. A ticket covers three British-styled pies with a local twist – Beef Steak, Pork Belly, and Spicy Chickpea, and three British beers that pair perfectly.
Pies and Beer night runs 4 Feb 2023, 6.30pm-11pm at Smith Street Tavern, 335 Smith Street, #02-58, Singapore 050335. 3 British beers and 3 pies are priced at S$50, get your tickets here.
New Weekday Lunch Menu at Nouri
If you crave a nourishing lunch that is also light and easy, Nouri’s new weekday lunch menu might be your answer. The seasonality-minded menu is refreshed weekly, with a starter and a main course that captures the season’s peak of harvests and produce. Keeping things fresh, Chef Ivan Brehm and team fire up the two-course menu (S$68++) in their style of Crossroads cooking, featuring Nouri’s signature Bread & Broth – sourdough paired with a clear broth made with seven types of vegetables, the Hamachi Tiradito with tamarillo broth, and a 15-day dry-aged duck in the Duck and Physalis.
Nouri is located at 72 Amoy St, Singapore 069891, p.+ 9230 2477. The two-course weekday lunch menu is available Wed-Fri, 12pm-2.30pm. Weekly updated menu and reservations can be found here.
Time-Travelling Cocktails at Origin Bar
Set out on a glitzy adventure through time with 18 new concoctions at Origin Bar, inspired by the dreams or inventions of the past. Starting in the 1800s, the earthy Peanut Butter Therapy (S$26++) is a reminiscence of peanut butter’s first appearance in 1895, when it was made for patients by John Harvey Kellog. This rich tipple sports a nutty flavour with a mix of peanut butter wash, Michter’s Straight Rye Whisky, and Peychaud’s Bitters. Taking a leaf from the potent atomic bomb in 1938, the fruity and spicy Atomico (S$25) blends Yuzu, Wasabi, and Citrus in Sake and Havana Club 3 Anos Rum, served with an explosion.
Origin Bar is located at Lobby level of Tower Wing, Shangri-La Singapore, 22 Orange Grove Road, Singapore 258350, p. + 6213 4398. Open Tue -Sun 5:30pm – 12am.
Bullet 8 Menu at Revolver
Known for their progressive wood-fire grill and bold flavours, the team at Revolver has curated a selection of fire-kissed dishes to spice things up in their new Bullet 8 menu. Lunch is a 5-course meal with a Corsican Sea Bass and a Gruyere Kulchette with Pulled Duck. For dinner (7 or 9 courses), whet your appetite with Revolver’s namesake, Fresh Paneer, paired with mango and habanero for a sweet, spicy kick, and indulge in the Snack Box with bites like the Sago Crab Fritter and Wagyu Caviar Tostadas.
Revolver is located at 56 Tras St, Singapore 078995, p.+65 6223 2812. Open Tue- Wed, 6pm- 12am, Thu -Sun, 11.45 am–2.30 pm, 6 pm–12 am. Bullet 8 menu is available till 31 Mar 2023. Lunch is S$99++ (5 courses), Dinner starts from S$169++ (from 7 courses), Vegetarian menu S$159++ (9 courses).
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