Birthday

This was probably the nicest appetizer in the dinner set menu. Served hot and fragrant with egg white custard. Lobster was juicy and cooked to perfection.

Headed by acclaimed chef Jason Tan, this classy garden restaurant serves what they call French-inspired, gastro-botanica cuisine, which aims to celebrate sustainably sourced seasonal produce. Their Business Luncheon menu ($58 for three courses, $78 for four courses, available Tuesday to Saturday) offers an initiation to their one-Michelin-starred cooking. You'll be spoilt for choice with options that sound as delicous as they look — think Iberico pork with polenta, buckwheat and beurre noisette, and Patagonian toothfish with cauliflower, parmesan, garlic, hazelnut and lardo. Don't miss their signature "My Interpretation of Kaya Toast" for dessert! Pro-tip: This is one of the places that offers their set lunch menu on a weekend, so make a date for a Saturday feast!
Avg price: $70 per person
Photo by Burpple Tastemaker Michelle Kayla Tey
Reservations available via Burpple

Going in with zero expectations, Candlenut’s signature dessert could possibly be a hit-or-miss with many saying that it requires an acquired taste due to the faint aftertaste of buah keluak. But luckily for me, the gentle earthiness certainly added to the appeal of this sweet yet modern spin.

An overall stunning and intriguing combination, the dark scoop of Buah Keluak ice cream takes center-stage with its distinct bitter and slight sour notes. Married with a good dose of 80% Valrhona chocolate, the creamy creation also had an exceptionally luxe and decadent mouthfeel. And together with the smooth bittersweet ice cream expect a great interplay of textures, temperature as well as flavours highlighting the different elements - the bed of salted caramel, chocolate crumble, poprocks and chilli specks.

So a dessert to savour slowly, the persistent fizzle and the warm blanket of chocolate espuma sealed the deal for me.

This dish alone, if you repeat the order numerous times, will definitely make your $58++ worthwhile as you get a cut of beef grilled to medium rare, some greens and a perfectly poached egg that’s ready for some egg flowing motion.
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The clams cooked with scallion and chilli was rather mediocre and probably overshadowed by the excellence of the other dishes such as the coppa & duck toasties. As for the bacon chop and rum spice pineapple,; surprisingly, I actually preferred the grilled pineapple more than the fatty bacon chop.
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Ending a meal on a sweet treat is always welcome and here at the brunch, they serve a berries, yogurt & honey crumble, cinnamon crepes with bacon ice cream and the most unique out of the trio, a peanut butter parfait with berries.
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Salted and Hung
Address: 12, Purvis Street, Singapore 188591