Ginger – Heritage Flavours Buffets [MEDIA INVITE]

Roasted Wagyu Beef with Rendang Sauce

From this month onwards, Ginger will showcase Asian-inspired dishes to the buffet line for weekday and weekend buffet, curated by Executive Chef Vincent Aw.

Executive Chef Vincent Aw
Image Credit: PARKROYAL on Beach Road, Singapore

For Weekday lunch, you can look forward to sumptuous local dishes such as Chicken Rice, Kueh Pie Tee, Assorted Satays, Braised Kurobuta Pork Belly with Flower Bun, Curry Chicken Noodles, Penang-style Prawn Noodles and Salted Egg Prawns.

Weekday Lunch Buffet
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For Weekday dinner, highlights include Baby Lobster Laksa, Babi Ponteng, Braised Pork Trotter Mee Sua Soup, Claypot Pork Ribs Herbal Soup with Chicken Crullers, Deep-fried Soft-shell Crab with Chicken Floss, Wok-fried Prawn Noodles, and Salted Egg Crab / Singapore Chilli Crab.

Weekday Dinner Buffet
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During the tasting session, I tried their Hainanese Chicken Rice. The rice is plump, fragrant and filled with chicken stock, while the chicken is succulent with a good springiness in the skin. They also served the beansprout with the chicken rice, which tasted like Ipoh beansprout dish, earthy and crunchy.

Hainanese Chicken Rice (rice not in the picture)

The mutton and chicken satays are not to be missed, it is well marinated, slightly charred externally and juicy internally.

Mutton Satays

The BBQ river prawns will make unscheduled appearances during weekday dinner or weekend dinner. It is grilled slightly undercooked, so you can still enjoy the delicious brain juice from the prawns, though the flavour is stronger compared to those you eat in Thailand. It is served with Thai style chilli or BBQ style chilli.

BBQ River Prawn

BBQ River Prawn - Plain, Chilli and Thai Sauce

The salted egg crab that I had definitely entice the “finger licking good” episode during lunch. The Indonesian mud crab is fresh and meaty. The external part is evenly coated with salted egg, and frankly, some of the flavours did trickle down into the flesh in the crab body.

Salted Egg Crab

For something comforting, Ginger’s porridge will definitely hit the sweet spot. With traditional condiments such as peanuts, olive, pickled turnip, dace fish, chicken floss, fermented beancurd and braised beancurd skin, it just feels like home.

Porridge and Condiments

Traditional desserts such as red bean soup, Peranakan desserts, cakes and ice creams surely give you a sweet ending to the meal.

Desserts

Heritage Flavours Weekday Buffet

Lunch: Mon – Fri, S$35++ (per Adult), S$17.50++ (per Child)

Dinner: Mon – Thu, S$58++ (per Adult), S$29++ (per Child)

* Food items on the buffet line are served on a periodic and rotational basis, to provide an all-new dining experience upon every visit.

Weekend buffet at Ginger will impress you further with its luxurious selections during the weekend buffet. Indulge in premium dishes such as Soft-shell Crab with Wasabi Mayo, Claypot Rock Lobster with Fish Maw Soup, Grilled Half-shell Scallop with Oriental Butter Emulsion, White Pepper Crab, Salted Egg Yolk Crab, Wagyu Beef Cheek Rendang.

Baked Salmon with Salmon Skin

In the carving stations, you can look forward to Whole Baked Nyonya Salmon and Whole Roast Wagyu Beef.

Whole Roast Wagyu Beef
Image Credit: PARKROYAL on Beach Road, Singapore

The rock lobster has always been a permanent luxury staple at Ginger. This time around, it will be cooked with fish maw soup. Although during the tasting, I did not feel the OMPH in the broth, I am pretty sure it will be better during the dinner, like the previous few times that I dine there.

Claypot Rock Lobster with Fish Maw Soup

The rendang style roasted wagyu beef is one of the styles in cooking beef in Ginger. Cooked to medium rare, it proves to be the right texture for the beef. The sauce works well with the beef, although it can do with a bit of twang so you won’t get overwhelmed with the richness of the sauce.

 

Roasted Wagyu Beef with Rendang Sauce

Premium Madness Weekend Buffet

Lunch: Sat - Sun, S$58++ (per Adult), S$29++ (per Child)

Dinner: Fri – Sun, S$68++ (per Adult), S$34++ (per Child)

* Food items on the buffet line are served on a periodic and rotational basis, to provide an all-new dining experience upon every visit.

Thank you very much for to the team at PARKROYAL on Beach Road for the tasting invitation. Cheers!!

Food & Drinks: 7.25/10

Value: 7.25/10

Service: N/A (Tasting Event)

Ambiance: 7.5/10

Budget per Person:$26 - $50, $51 - $80

Ginger

7500 Beach Road

PARKROYAL on Beach Road, Singapore

Ground Floor

Singapore 199591

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Breakfast: 06.00 – 10.30

Lunch: 12.00 – 14.30

Dinner: 18.00 – 22.00

  

The Peranakan – Yesteryears Menu for Mother's Day [MEDIA INVITE]

To celebrate the upcoming Mother's Day 2017, The Peranakan has prepared Yesteryears Set Menu. It is a combination of their signature dishes with some yesteryears dishes from Chef Raymond Khoo family recipes book.

Part of Dining Area - Table for 10

Mother's Day Yesteryears Menu

The Yesteryears set menu started with the choice of Sup Bakwan Kepiting or Itek Tim. LD and I choose one of each. Although we have tasted it before, we found the both soup are more robust and intense this time around. The sweetness of the crab and pork were highlighted in every slurp of the Sup Bakwan Kepiting. The meatballs are springy with a touch of crunch in every bite.

Sup Bakwan Kepiting

Meanwhile, the Item Tim soup has that salty and tangy flavour that will wake up your appetite.

Itek Tim

2^nd dish was Nasi Ulam. The memorable and aromatic Nasi Ulam is presented in a heart shape, to show the love and appreciation to our Mothers. The aromatic fresh herbs especially the lemongrass plus the al-dente texture of the rice. You should treat this dish as a rice salad instead of to be eaten with other dishes.

Nasi Ulam in Heart Shape

The Peranakan – High Tea set & Yee Sang Istimewa [MEDIA INVITE]

We are back at The Peranakan to experience The Peranakan High Tea Set ($28 / pax). This set combines the savoury and sweet dishes from the regular menu. In total there will be up to to 14 dishes in the high tea set with a choice of drink that include a pot of Malacca Tea, Coffee, Lemongrass Tea or Pandan Tea.

The Peranakan High Tea Set

The highlights of our high tea session are:

The signature Mee Siam is definitely a must try. Although I am not a mee siam fan, I can recognise the version here is very solid. It is filled with spices and has the right balance of spiciness and tanginess that will open up your appetite to go about the rest of the dishes. Best to consume it when it's hot.

High Tea Mee Siam

Nasi Ulam Istimewa was one of my favourite dish during our last visit and it remain the same. (Check out the full review from our last visit here). The Satay Babi Sum Chan got an upgrade here, where it is wrapped in buns. The portion of the meat and bun is perfect fit. The satay gravy is well-absorbed by the soft pillowy white bun, plus the pork belly just melts in your mouth.

Nasi Ulam Istimewa (Left), Satay Babi Sum Chan (Top)

Kueh Pie Ti was served earlier as snacks, but it is normally part of high tea. Crispy cup filled with well braised turnip and condiments. You have the option to add the chilli, but I give it a miss.

Kueh Pie Ti

For the sweet stuff, Pulot Inti Durian & Pulot Inti Kelapa remain my favourites. The combination of glutinous rice with the richness of coconut milk and fillings never fails to entice my appetite. The durian paste here is velvety and smooth, without being ridiculously pungent.

Pulot Inti Durian (Left), Satay Babi Sum Chan (Right)

The Toast and Durian paste also will give you another shot to fulfill your durian cravings.

Completing the offerings for high tea are Toast Hay Bee Hiam, Ngoh Hiang Pork, Pisang Goreng, Kuih Kosui (Kueh Ko Swee), Pineapple Tart and Love Letter. Please note that the menu on the high tea will be rotated daily.

In case you are wondering if the portion is definitely sufficient as we all struggle to finish all the food. Portion for 6 pax and there are six of us.

The Peranakan High Tea Set

Availability: Daily from 11.00 – 17.30

Price : $24++ Weekday; $28++ Weekend per pax (min of 2 pax required)

The Peranakan – Straits Cuisine At Its Finest [MEDIA INVITE]

The Peranakan

The recent revamped of the shopping centre beside Orchard Hotel, now known as Claymore Connect has unveiled a new peranakan restaurant, named The Peranakan. The Owner / Chef behind this is Executive Chef Raymond Khoo, a peranakan and well experienced Chef whom for the first time open a restaurant true to his root.

Part of the Outdoor Seating

For him, The Peranakan is about cooking peranakan food according to Chef Khoo family recipe.

Mini Peranakan Shop

Peranakan Tea Set

Located in the 2^nd floor of Claymore Connect, the restaurant is easy to spot from far away. It is bright, glamorous and proudly displaying a true heritage of Peranakan culture. The furnitures, the batik table covers, wallpapers, cutleries and the overall presentation just showcase the Peranakan heritage. I actually think, The Peranakan looks more like a Peranakan Museum than a restaurant.

Part of Dining Area

Part of Dining Area

Kopi Tiam Singapore Restaurant – Premium Singapore Cuisine [MEDIA INVITE]

Kopi Tiam Singapore Restaurant

Kopi Tiam Singapore Restaurant in Swissotel The Stamford is a perfect place to savour Singapore cuisine in air-conditioned comfort and settings. Popular Singapore dishes such as Fried Carrot Cake, Laksa, Mee Goreng, Nasi Lemak are readily available using premium ingredients to boost up the flavour of the food.

Kicking off this tasting session was Rojak ($16) and Satay ($16). The ingredients such as pineapple, cucumber, you tiao (fried dough) and water spinach in the rojak are fresh and contributed different flavours to the dish. The chilli is on the mild side which was good for me, it provide a subtle kick to the delicious fermented prawn paste that coated the ingredients. Satay was tender and succulent. It is well seasoned, with a hint of charred aroma. I personally like the mutton and beef, which was absent of any gamey taste. The peanut sauce was a bit too diluted for my liking, so I just ate the satay without it.

Rojak

Satay - Chicken, Mutton and Beef

Orchard Cafe – Straits Cuisine Buffet

Introducing the newly launch Straits Cuisine Buffet by Orchard Hotel. Straits Cuisine Buffet consist of Peranakan cuisine, traditional roast and seafood items and other all time local favourites dishes. Complementing the selections above, look forward to their live stations and a la minute highlights.