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OLIVIA RESTAURANT & LOUNGE

The charming dining room is in the capable hands of elbulli alumni chef Alain Devahive and COO Miquel Sabrià, who is also a capable sommelier with an extensive résumé spanning Europe and Southeast Asia.

01-03, 55 Keong Saik Road, S(089158)

TEL: 6221 0522

Named after chef-owner Alain Devahive’s newborn daughter, Olivia has quietly established itself as the place to go for Barcelona staples interpreted through the Catalan lens of the chef. He spent a decade with Ferran Adrià before swapping the shores of Costa Brava for Singapore. The avocado lobster roll is a marriage of Japanese and Barcelona influences, with the lobster meat beautifully encapsulated in thin slices of avocado and topped with a lively ponzu sauce. Devahive’s take on the tubular pasta is the roasted meat canelón stuffed with braised beef cheek and doused with a hearty Parmesan cream for the oomph. For dessert, end with the creamy cheesecake, served warm with the core still moist and oozing onto the plate as you slice it open. The charming dining room is in the capable hands of COO and sommelier Miquel Sabrià, with an equally extensive résumé spanning Europe and Southeast Asia.