The Weekly Grub: 5 Things to Eat and Drink in Singapore This Week
PUBLISHED July 21st, 2021 06:00 am | UPDATED July 25th, 2024 01:58 pm
With exciting all-you-can-eat seafood buffets and new broth flavours joining long-time favourites at your favourite hotpot spot, this week showcases a variety of cuisines from Cantonese to Brazilian.
Summer Pavilion Launches Weekend Set Lunch with Natural Wine Pairing
From 23 July to 23 October 2021, one Michelin-starred Summer Pavilion is offering a five-course Natural Wines Pairing Set Lunch Menu (from S$120++ per person). Featuring four specially curated natural wines, enjoy dim sum with a clean and crisp Austrian Pet Nat and a dry Chilean Muscat before sampling some orange wine -Weingut Maria & Sepp Muster Gräfin 2017 – with Marinated Smoked Farm Chicken. The last savoury course, Hokkien-style Fried Rice with abalone, prawn, and dried scallop, is paired with Ochota Barrels From the North Mourvèdre 2019 from the Barossa Valley.
Summer Pavilion is located at The Ritz-Carlton Millenia, 7 Raffles Ave, Singapore 039799, p. +65 6434 5286. This exclusive five-course menu is available Fri–Sun, 12pm-2.30pm.
Lobster Broth Joins Old Favourites at Beauty In The Pot
One of Singapore’s go-to spots for hotpot, Beauty In The Pot offers nourishing and exquisite broths, as well as a wide selection of fresh ingredients. Now, the brand has introduced a new seasonal Rich Lobster Broth (from S$20), available till 31st August 2021. Simmered with fresh prawns and local-farmed lobsters for more than eight hours, add more flavour to the umami broth with ingredients like the Ebiko Prawn Paste (S$18.90) and Homemade Fish Tofu (S$2.40). Or simply order up a platter of Fried Beancurd Skin (from S$5.40) to slurp it all up.
Beauty In The Pot has seven locations islandwide. See here for more details. Citi and Maybank Cardmembers, and PGR members can enjoy the Rich Lobster Broth at S$22 for single pot and S$12 for twin pot.
The Elephant Room Introduces New Cocktail Menu
Priding itself as Singapore’s first culture forward cocktail bar, The Elephant Room once again presents new creations that celebrate the rich history, stories, and people that make up the vibrant ethnic enclave of Little India. Priced at S$24++ each, new additions include the sweet and toasty Race Course Plantation, made from clarified sugarcane, rum, and Himalayan salt, as well as the Ayurveda. The gin based cocktail is concocted with fruits and herbs commonly used in the alternative medicine system, such as pickled gooseberry and facto-fermented grapes.
The Elephant Room is located at 20A Teck Lim Road, Singapore 088391, p. +65 9111 5131. Open Mon – Sun, 5.30pm – 10.30pm.
All-Day Dining at The Butcher’s Wife
Known for its bold Brazilian flavours, The Butcher’s Wife has branched out into an all-day dining concept, with a fixed menu offering guests delicious dishes for brunch, lunch, and dinner. Have a taste of Amazon living with the classic Pão De Queijo (S$12), a cheese bread folded with fermented tapioca pulp, and a special blend of cheeses, served with sambal chili and tomato. The Marinated Chicken Thigh Dosa (S$26), dressed in a fermented cashew cream and wrapped in a crispy, glistening South Indian crepe made using fermented lentils and rice is another unique take on Brazilian cuisine.
The Butcher’s Wife is located at 19 Yong Siak St, Singapore 168650, p. +6562219307. Open Tue-Sun 11.30am – 9.30pm. Closed Mon.
Embark On a Voyage to The Seven Seas with Beach Road Kitchen
If a never-ending stream of seafood sounds like a great way to spend your weekend, then Beach Road Kitchen is the place you need to be. From now till 9 August 2021, look forward to Cajun-style seafood boils served a variety of sauces – think Louisiana rub, salted egg, and Mala – to popular local and Asian favourites like Sarawak black pepper crab, seafood biryani, and lobster claw laksa. Sundays brunch sessions are extra special with freshly flown-in Alaskan king crab and lobster brioche rolls.
Beach Road Kitchen is located at JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach, 30 Beach Road, Singapore 189763, p. +65 6818 1913. Beach Road Kitchen’s “The Seven Seas” is available Fri-Sun and public holidays. Enjoy 50% off second diner with DBS & POSB credit cards.
