Where to go on Valentine's Day

SINGAPORE - Valentine's Day is just round the corner, and if you haven't made plans yet, we have rounded up some places for you. From mid-range places to splurge-worthy joints, there will be a place to suit your palate and wallet.

Mid-range

Alkaff Mansion Ristorante

Is your partner a die-hard romantic? The hilltop restaurant will be decorated with over 7,000 fairy lights for Valentine's Day.

Choose between a four- or five- course dinner. The five-course dinner has an additional entree of fresh Coffin Bay oysters with salsa and lemon accompanied with a glass of Prosecco. For mains, you have the option of oven-baked Atlantic Cod or Beef Tenderloin.

Price: $89++ per pax (four course), $118++ per pax (five course)
When: Feb 14
Where: Alkaff Mansion Ristorante, 10 Telok Blangah Green, Singapore 109178
Info: Call 6510 3068 or email enquiry@alkaff.com.sg

Balzac Brassiere & Bar

Executive Chef Jean-Charles Dubois has prepared a four-course French dinner that includes mains such as roasted French cod fish with artichokes, and braised and glazed Spanish pork ribs. There is also the tartar of Mozambique prawns with caviar for appetiser.

Available only on Valentine's Day are two His and Hers cocktails at $18++ each. Mr Valentine is a cocktail of brandy with Angostura Bitters, sugar and topped with champagne. Ms Valentine is a cocktail of berries Vodka, elderflower syrup, cherry and topped with champagne.

Price: $98++ per person
When: Feb 14
Where: #01-01 Rendezvous Gallery, 9 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189559
Info: By reservations only. Call 6336 0797.

Eggs & Berries

Do both of you love eggs? Eggs round off the main courses at this restaurant. Choose from either a sous vide marinated duck breast with scrambled eggs on the side or sous vide salmon fillet with a poached egg.

The set menu also comes with a butternut soup topped with milk forth like a cappuccino, and chocolate lava and Boston cream pie for dessert.

Price: $68++ per couple
When: Feb 13 and 14
Where: Westgate, Changi City Point outlets

Fish & Co.

Tuck into a seafood paella platter for two with flame-grilled tiger prawns, mussels, scallops, prawn fitters and crisp battered fish, rice and hand-whipped mash potatoes.

The Valentine's Day platter comes with two mocktails and two soups. It is only valid for dine-in.

Price: $49.95++ for the set
When: Feb 7 to 16
Where: Various oulets

 

Splurge

7Adam Gallery Restaurant

Enjoy the meal at the outdoor terrace while 7Adam's resident band, Princess and The Lilies serenades you. The six-course dinner comes with grilled lobster gratinated with tumeric thermidor style or pan-seared Javanese spiced lamb racks for mains, and entrees such as oysters and celeriac soup with Hokkaido scallop.

Couples will also receive a single stalk of rose, souvenir snapshot and a petit four. Pre-orders of main course is required when making reservations.

Price: $217++ per couple (without wine pairing), $304++ (with wine pairing)
When: Feb 14
Where: 7 Adam Park, Singapore 289926
Info: Call Jobelle at 6467 0777 or e-mail at jobelle@7adam.coom

Sky on 57

Be charmed by the scenic view at 57 storeys and delight in a six-course dinner featuring dishes such as 'Utopia's Paradise' (salmon trout confit, Gillardeau oyster, sea urchin and Oscietra caviar) and 'Love Potion' (roasted vine ripened tomato veloute, poached Maine lobster and basil emulsion).

Price: $250++ per pax, including a complimentary glass of champagne. Additional wine pairing is at $108++ per person
Where: Sands SkyPark, Tower 1, Level 57
Info: For reservations, book online at marinabaysands.com/skyon57 or call 6688 8857

Jaan

Chef de Cuisine Julien Royer presents an indulgent eight-course menu that includes hand-picked scallop with Perigord black truffle, the signature 55' Smoked Organic Egg, and grilled foie gras with mangosteen and berries.

Price: $680++ per couple inclusive of two glasses of Krug Grand Cuvee
When: Feb 14 and 15
Where: Level 70, Equinox Complex, Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore 178882
Info: Call 6837 3322, email reservations@equinoxcomplex.com or make an online reservation at www.equinoxcomplex.com to receive instant confirmation.

 

OTHERS

Takeaway

Da Paolo Gastronomia

If you prefer to have a romantic meal at home, don't worry if you can't cook. You can always get yummy takeouts. Serve up the pretty heart-shaped veal ravioli ($5.80 per 100g) that is tossed in veal jus, sage and grated parmesan. End the meal with a heart-shaped crodo - their version of a cronut - that is filled with a rose-infused chocolate ganache and crowned with a layer of pink marshmallow frosting ($10.80 for two).

When: Feb 6 to 14
Where: Various outlets
Info: www.dapaolo.com.sg

 

With friends

Oriole Cafe + Bar

Maybe you don't have a significant other in your life, but you don't have to miss out on all the V-Day food specials. Enjoy the 1 for 1 promotion on house spirits/pours, beers and house wines, from 3pm to 9pm.

There are also mains such as beef tenderloin ($35) topped with a hollandaise jumbo sea prawn, and baked Scottish salmon ($27) with scallop mousse.

When: Feb 10 to 16
Where: 96 Somerset Road, #01-01, Pan Pacific Serviced Suites; 10/10A Jiak Chuan Road, 9 Raffles Place #01-23/23A, Republic Plaza
Info: www.oriolecoffee.com

 

Singles

Pangaea

Ladies can party it up at Pangaea on Feb 14 and enjoy complimentary entry plus a glass of champagne from 10pm to 1am the next day.

On Feb 15, Pangaea will also be holding its annual Slumber Party Pillow Fight to celebrate the birthday of Michael Ault, founder of Pangaea.

Price: $40 for the Slumber Party Pillow Fight
When: Feb 14 and 15 (different events on each day)
Where: Marina Bay Sands

natlim@sph.com.sg