News: What’s hot in the dining and drinking scene
Delightful Dim Sum
Award-winning Cantonese restaurant Hai Tien Lo’s dim sum buffet is back – and it’s better than ever! Available on weekdays ($60.80 per adult, $33.80 per child) and weekends ($69.80 per adult, $39.80 per child) from 11.30am to 2.30pm, the à la carte buffet offers an extensive selection of more than 50 handmade dim sum and signature Chinese delicacies. Enjoy unlimited servings of prawn dumplings, deep-fried taro puffs with prawns, barbecued honey-glazed pork, alongside modern specialities like steamed charcoal barbecue pork buns with black truffles. On weekends, upgrade your brunch with freeflow champagne, wines and beers ($129.80), because why not? Level 3, Pan Pacific Singapore, 7 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square.
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Holiday Gifting
Holidays in tropical Singapore call for big, bold flavours, and Singapore-born, charity-driven brand Indian Spicebox is here to help! We love their chai masala blend, which features organic cardamom, cinnamon and dried ginger. It’s perfect not just for a steaming cup of spiced tea, but also great for holiday-themed desserts. If you’re into cooking, try the tandoori masala, a tandoori spice blend ideal for marinating seafood, meats and veggies.
Indian Spicebox’s organic blends ($18 each) are beautifully packaged in a reusable tin and feature a handy QR code on the back, which takes you straight to the recipes. What’s more, the brand contributes a portion of each purchase to funding hot meals for underprivileged families in India. Check out the full range and special holiday gift sets at indian-spicebox.com.
Healthy Boost
For a tasty dose of your daily vitamins and antioxidants, try Unique Time Rejuvenate Antioxidant Infused Shots. Packed with seven essential berry extracts, including pomegranates from Israel and elderberries from Austria, these supplements come in convenient sachets that are perfect for an on-the-go boost. uniquetime.com
Fresh from Hokkaido
Hailing from Japan’s northern island, Baristart Coffee is the first café in Singapore to use rich, full-cream Hokkaido BIEI Jersey milk in its full-range of offerings. There are only 800 brown jersey cows in Hokkaido – barely one percent of the cow population.
Rich and creamy with a tinge of sweetness, the ultra-premium milk is used as a highlight in both sweets and savouries at the café. Dishes here are created by a team of stellar chefs headed by pastry chef Emi Sasaki, and made from scratch – the perfect accompaniment to your choice of coffee. Find outlets at Tanjong Pagar (65 Tras Street) and Sentosa Island (40 Siloso Beach Walk). baristartcoffee.sg
Home for the Holidays
Preparing a turkey this Thanksgiving or Christmas? Save yourself the legwork of cooking everything from scratch with Huber’s range of turkeys (from eight to 22 pounds) and homemade stuffings. They use fresh imported spices and quality meat that’s free of growth hormone and antibiotic. Made with the family’s secret recipes, the healthy and delicious stuffings contain no nasties like MSG, fillers, chemicals or preservatives, making their shelf life much shorter than commercially made options. All the stuffings are sold raw – choose from flavours like chicken and mushroom, sage, and chestnut. If you’re getting a turkey at the butchery, you can request for it to be marinated, stuffed and tied. Other poultry choices include duck, goose, quail and pigeon. hubers.com.sg
Pasta Delivery
Da Paolo Pasta Bar delivers to your doorstep, so you can enjoy fresh homemade pasta in the comfort of your home. A new launch by the Da Paolo Group, the pasta concept highlights recipes handed down by founder Paolo Scarpa’s great grandmother, dating back to 1989. Must-tries from the menu include the Bolognese and Carbonara, with pasta options such as fresh egg tagliatelle and gluten-free pasta. Don’t forget to add in an order of the tiramisu – a classic dessert done well! Order online at Deliveroo, GrabFood and Foodpanda.