Celebrate special occasions at home with these restaurant and bar takeaways

As the Covid-19 situation continues, more of us are having to pick up the phone and cancel previously-planned birthday or anniversary celebrations out.

But instead of having to cook a meal at home, how about ordering a takeaway from a nice restaurant or bar, or even getting a private chef in for a luxe dining experience?

By doing so, you'll not only still get your celebratory treat, but also help to support your favourite F&B businesses during this time, so it's a win-win all round.

Here's a roundup of bars, restaurants, and private chefs to check out.

Restaurant takeaway and delivery

Places that didn't use to offer to-go items now are. Places that used to offer now have a wider selection.

Violet Oon

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Violet Oon Singapore's classic Peranakan favourites like Beef Hor Fun and Dry Laksa are now available for takeaway. Give thirty minutes notice before picking up your takeaways from any Violet Oon Singapore restaurant branch save for National Gallery.

To order: Email eat@violetoon.com or call 9834-9935

Summer Palace, Basilico, and Dolcetto

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F&B outlets managed by Regent Hotel Singapore will be offering a larger-than-usual selection of takeaway dishes from their Italian restaurant Basilico and Chinese restaurant Summer Palace. Order pick ups are at Dolcetto, where a selection of bistro items are also available.

Les Amis

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Les Amis, which recently ranked No. 11 on 2020's Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list, is offering a whole oven roasted French chicken for takeaway. The bird comes with chicken jus and asparagus from Provence. Advance order of at least 1 day required.

To order: email lesamis@lesamis.com.sg or call/WhatsApp 9117-2540

Jumbo bento boxes

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Jumbo Seafood will be offering bento boxes with dishes from its stable of restaurants including Chui Huay Lim Teochew Cuisine. Items available for both takeaway and delivery.

You can view the full selection here.

Meatsmith

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Burnt End's sister restaurants - both Meatsmith Telok Ayer and Little India - are on food delivery services. Most of the original menu is available for delivery or takeaway, including crowd favourites like their smoked brisket and suckling pig biryani.

Super Smith

Not just another grain bowl concept - chef-partner Jasper Jek is a Joel Roubouchon Singapore alumnus. Healthy, nutrient rich foods like bulgar wheat and Norweigan salmon are available, and delivery fee for orders above 9 pax have been waived for those in One-North.

Full selection here.

Kota88

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Authentic Chinese-Indonesian dishes like nasi campur babi and kepiting sauce padang, which features Sri-Lankan crabs in Kota88's signature padang sauce: Now available on Deliveroo.

Delivery here.

Lai Bao

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Lai Bao offers classic Teochew comfort food like fish head charcoal steamboat, braised pork belly and contemporary twists like charcoal tofu. A perfect reprieve from the drudgery of working from home. Available on Foodpanda, Deliveroo or Grabfood.

Full menu here

15 Stamford by Alvin Leung and Arcade

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With a total six dining establishments to pick from, The Capitol Kempinski Hotel offers something for everyone. Contemporary Asian, Italian, German, Spanish or Thai: Your pick.

Read more here

Alma by Juan Amador

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Starting from mid-April, Alma will swoop in to spice up your work-from-home lunches. Savour Michelin-starred takeaway every Tues - Thurs, provided you're one of the lucky 50 to snag a set.

Vianney Massot Restaurant

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For French, one Michelin starred takeaway, look no further than Vianney Massot Restaurant, which now offers exquisite milk-fed Pyrenees lamb leg slow-roasted to tender perfection. It comes with pilaf rice and decadent mini-crossaints and baguettes and feeds four to five.

To deliver, call 6909-6360 or email reservations@vianneymassot.com

Firebake

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If you miss the smell of freshly baked woodfired sourdough, Firebake is now delivering. Don't forget their signature bread pudding or prawn capellini - home dining doesn't have to be boring.

Available on all Grabfood or Deliveroo. Tel: 6440-1228

Tim's Fine Catering

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Fine dining caterers Tim's Fine Catering have started a campaign to celebrate the hard work of healthcare workers and other frontline staff.

Every five meals sold on their online shop equals one bento meal donated to our unsung healthcare heroes. This includes a three-course fine dining meal delivered to your doorstep for you and your family to prepare (just reheating will do) together.

Read more here

Crossroads, Marriott Cafe, Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant

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Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza's eateries are offering a 30 per cent discount on takeaway. Whether you're partial to steak frites, a buttermilk chicken sandwich or Cantonese delights, you'll be spoilt for choice with what they have to offer.

Click on the individual restaurants for their respective menus and takeaway timings: Crossroads, Marriott Cafe, Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant

Private chef services

Chefs from your favourite restaurants, cooking in the comfort of your own home.

Il Lido Group

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Experience any of the restaurants - Art, Braci, and Amo - under the group in the comfort of your own home. They'll take care of everything from menu design, setting the table, service staff, to the cleaning up. You can even rent china and glassware; and chef Beppe de Vito himself is available for this service.

Call or email the restaurants for their respective menus.

Cure

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Modern European restaurant Cure is offering the chance to have chef-owner Andrew Walsh cook in your home. Available for 6 or more diners. For the healthcare heroes dining in, you get a free cocktail and 25 per cent off the bill.

Email Marketing@curesingapore.com for more info.

Bar-roque

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The French grill-focused restaurant has their Bar-roque @ Home service, where the team comes to cook at a location of your choice. They are also now offering takeaway and delivery.

Email enquiries@bar-roque.com.sg or call: 6444-9672

Yan

Six-course Cantonese classics in your own home, prepared a la minute by a personal chef? Sign us up.

Call 6384-5585

Gift vouchers

One of the most direct ways to help your favourite restaurant is to buy gift vouchers. This provides an injection of cash, while giving you the option to dine when things get a little less scary.

COMO Dempsey

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You can now purchase vouchers of $50 and $100 for COMO Dempsey, which includes restaurants Candlenut, COMO Cuisine, Ippoh Tempura By Ginza Ippoh, The Dempsey Cookhouse & Bar and COMO Marketplace. Gift vouchers are valid for 6 months from issue.

More info here

Preludio

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The fine-dining restaurant is offering "Tough Times Tickets", vouchers that entitle you to their 8-course dinner for the price of the 6-course menu of the current Time-themed chapter. Bookings must be fulfilled a year from purchase.

Buy your tickets here

Have your drinks to go

Perhaps the hardest hit now are bars - with the enforced one month closure of entertainment venues.

Shares Michael Han of Plan B Asia, which distributes brands including Gosnells, Seedlip, and Empirical spirits, "we should evolve and adapt our way of life instead of letting the pandemic infringe upon it completely…if hotels, restaurants and bars are affected during the Coronavirus pandemic so are we in the f&b distribution business."

Have your drinks to-go with these bars offering takeaway cocktails or wine delivery services. For the full craft cocktail experience, you can get the same dense, crystal-clear ice cubes that bars use, from ice suppliers Tuck Lee.

The Old Man

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The popular cocktail bar will be offering a large portion of their menu for takeaway, including their Clear Old Fashioned - a colourless, crystalline take on the classic, made possible with a rotovap.

Takeaway drinks come in sealed bags, complete with garnishes on the side. E-vouchers with no expiry date are also available for purchase.

Full takeaway menu here. Tel: 6909-5505 or email info@theoldmansg.com

Manhattan

Can't get enough of one of the region's best bars? Manhattan's negroni, and other favourites, will be available for takeaway in a bottle. If only you could bring a touch of its gorgeous old New York decor home with you.

Sunday Punch

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There's a drink for everyone with Sunday Punch's extensive small batch bottled cocktails. What's new is a collab with Plain Vanilla - a raspberry-thyme concoction inspired by flavours from the bakery.

For their catalogue, click here.

Praelum Wine Bistro

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If you've been to this wine bistro, you'd know that getting the recommendation of the sommeliers here are a huge part of the experience. Praelum's now offering wine delivery at retail prices - with the recommendation of one of the friendly somms. Just drop them a call for ideas, and to order.

Tel: 6238-5287

The Secret Mermaid

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Get your favourite American-inspired drinks from the heart of Raffles Place with their delivered cocktails. They're portioned for two: Perfect for sipping with your stay-home buddy.

Click here for more.

This article was first published in The Peak.