Gaggan Anand

I have been wanting to go Gaggan’s restaurant in Bangkok but ever since COVID hits, all hopes were dashed. Fortunately, the Mandala Club has invited the famed rockstar personality over to Singapore as a resident chef for a period of time from now to 31 March 2022. If you are not aware, Chef Gaggan has been awarded numerous international accolades and his previous restaurant was ranked best in Asia from 2015 to 2018, earning two Michelin stars along the way. All the talk aside, his famed degustation menus are crafted from seasonal ingredients with locally sourced produce and a huge injection of his unconventional creativity, so much so that diners are encouraged to stamp their interpretations and imaginations of each course based on emojis.

The restaurant is opened from Wednesdays to Sundays, and we had the lunch menu ($288++) that day which was a nine-course dining experience that started off with a Yogurt Explosion, a molecular gastronomy that has been very popular recently in fine dining restaurants. I shall not spoil the fun and let your imaginations run wild with emojis if you are planning to dine there before the residency ends but all in all, Gaggan and his team managed to marry the bold flavours of Indian cuisine with great ingredients and present it in a modern, avant-garde manner that you can never get elsewhere. The pace of each course was timed perfectly so that you will not be overwhelmed and my favourites, besides the Yogurt Explosion, is the Charcoal Chicken Tikka Masala, Dry Curry, Chow Mien with Duck & Ginger and the soul-comforting Claypot Basmati Rice with Alaskan King Crab Curry.
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✨ Gaggan Anand
📍 31 Bukit Pasoh Road, Mandala Club, Singapore 089845
🍴 [Self Funded]