CHRISTMAS CHEER
Intimate festive dos call for impeccable gifts. Spoil your gracious host with one of these when you go avisiting
ATLAS BAR has offerings that will get everyone merry. Readily available at its e-store (shopatlasbar.sg), the Mulled Wine Set ($50) comes with a spice blend, housemade vanilla cognac syrup and a bottle of Tenimenti Mancini Podere Della Filandra Chianti DOCG, while the Gin Sets (from $118) offer two bottled cocktails, three recipe cards and a choice from six gin bottles (including Kyoto’s KI NO BI GO Kyoto Dry Gin and New Zealand’s Scapegrace Gin).
Or if champagne is what you are looking for,
PS.CAFÉ’s e-store (store.pscafe.com) has the Bubbly Bundle ($85) of a bottle of Santa Margherita Prosecco Brut DOCG—with crisp notes of white-fleshed fruits, acacia and peach blossom—complete with two champagne flutes. The Christmas Spirit Bundle ($140) promises a sweeter note with a bottle of Four Pillars Christmas gin (made using distilled Christmas puddings), four bottles of
Fever Tree Ginger Ale and a jar of Four Pillars Orange Marmalade that’ll pair beautifully with one of the artisanal loaves by KRUSTY BY
KAUSMO (kausmo.com) that’s available for ordering this season.
Indulge in the ‘ Cocoa’ & Butterscotch Snowflake Pullapart ($18) that’s layered with a spent coffee ganache and topped with a brown butter honey; or the Heirloom Caprese Galette
($50) with ponzu-dressed heirloom tomatoes, mozzarella slices and locally grown herbs delivering flavour-packed punch. Also not to be missed is the trio of spreads ($90)—Cranberry Rosemary Cream Cheese; Smoked Eggplant & Pepper Dip; Chipotle Tzatziki Dip—delivered with complimentary Oregano sea salt crackers.
For a crowd-pleaser, look to Singapore chocolaterie
MR BUCKET’s (mrbucket.com.sg) jolly curation of bonbons and more. Expect festive flavours such as Peppermint Cookie and Spiced Pear Hazelnut along with alcoholic ones like Coffee Caramel Whisky (from $23 for a box of six). The Drinking Chocolate kits ($30), on the other hand, throw the spotlight on Asian cacao with four flavour profiles: Milky and malty 45 percent Milk Triang Bera, and fruity and earthy 64 percent Dark Panchor, both from Malaysia; smoky and nutty 72 percent Dark Calinan from the Philippines; and zingy and woody 80 percent Dark from India’s Anaimalai Hills. (A mini whisk and marshmallows are included to complete the experience.) Available for purchase in-store.