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How are we already in January 2022, y’all? Before you start stocking up on CNY snacks like pineapple tarts and bak kwa or make a date for your reunion dinners, look to our list of best new restaurants in Singapore for all the piping hot deets on fresh openings. These are the coolest new kids in town you don’t wanna miss out on!
Best new restaurants in Singapore: January 2022 edition
Binary
Inspired by the binary star, a celestial phenomenon that sees two stars orbiting close to each other, the gastro-bar champions two popular cuisines. The word ‘fusion’ isn’t used here. Instead, both Asian and Western cuisines are perfectly balanced, each shining on its own. Pick from the two variations of cuisines or simply enjoy both styles if you’re sharing. First off, you can’t leave the place without trying the homemade kubaneh bread ($14) with garlic butter and kombu butter. The Jewish Yemeni pull-apart bread is highly addictive and we cleared it in minutes. If you like a little zing in your meal, go for the Asian option of the octopus ($28) doused in “lao gan ma” chilli crisp. Oh, and the gammas al ajillo tiger prawns are little flavour bombs with a generous amount of sauce to mop up your kubaneh bread with.
Next, the mains ($38): Iberico Pluma in chimichurri or gochujang; and tiger prawns served thermidor-style or with mentaiko. Don’t be afraid of the gochujang Iberico. It’s perfectly balanced with just the right amount of spice. If you’re coming for drinks, the wine wall and range of sakes, cocktails and craft beers will welcome you nicely. The sides are just as good. Forget boring fries; the mushroom fritti ($14) impresses with every crunch. And the parmesan bacon cauliflower ($14) reminds us of carbonara. Round off your meal with an egglet with blue sea salt ice cream, chocolate pop rocks and yuzu jam ($16).
Binary, #01-01, Palais Renaissance, 390 Orchard Road, Singapore 238871
Claudine
Sitting beautifully in a colonial chapel at Dempsey Hill, Claudine is the second and latest concept by chef Julien Royer (from Odette) in Singapore. The space, vacated by The White Rabbit, is warm, inviting and inspired by a traditional French brasserie. It’s home to the bar and lounge for pre-dinner drinks on leather armchairs, and the dining room, which features plush velvet banquettes and an open kitchen. When you’re seated, take a moment to admire the immersive installation, Singapore Pastoral – a landscape of pressed wild grass within 50 custom-made glass panels bordering the dining room.
The restaurant, named after Royer’s mother, offers a mix of French classics and recipes from Royer and the culinary team. Highlights include the bouillabaisse, his take on the traditional Provencal fish stew, and vol-au-vent, a puff pastry filled with veal sweetbread, cockscomb, chicken quenelle and morel. All of which you can pair with your bottle of choice from the wine list of over 300 labels. For dessert, don’t miss out on profiteroles and baked Alaska, served with chestnut ice cream, pear ginger sorbet and hazelnut dacquoise, and flambeed at the table.
Claudine, 39C Harding Road, Singapore 249541
Marguerite
Surrounded by the lush and lovely blooms of the Flower Dome, Marguerite is chef-owner Michael Wilson’s new fine dining restaurant in Singapore. Taking over the space left behind by Pollen, it focuses on seasonal ingredients with its seven-course tasting menu (from $228 per person). To start, enjoy smoked eel served with seaweed vinegar, dill oil, oyster leaf, granny smith apple and Amur caviar-topped horseradish gelato. Another exquisite dish? A New Zealand Ora King salmon that’s dry-aged and poached in olive oil before it’s paired with salmon roe, French breakfast radish and fried kelp. For sweets, the tropical fruit vacherin is beautifully presented as a Marguerite flower with coconut meringue petals, yogurt bavarois, and a mango and passion fruit sorbet core.
To complement your meal, take your pick from fine wines or a non-alcoholic selection of clarified juices and fermented jun teas. The dining room features a stunning garden setting with Scandinavian furniture and white marble tabletops – it’s delightfully charming in the day and incredibly romantic when evening falls. But, you can also choose the 10-seater private dining space decked out in blue, burgundy, grey and dark forest green with a statement table in the centre of it all.
Marguerite, #01-09, Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay, 18 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore 018953
Caviar
A fine dining gem hidden in Palais Renaissance, Caviar sets its sights on one exquisite ingredient: sturgeon roe. Opened by restaurateur Jason Ong, who’s behind Uni Gallery, this new restaurant in Singapore highlights eight varieties of the world’s best caviar in modern European style. We’re talking about Kaluga Queen, Oscietra, Sevruga and Beluga. And we love how the degustation menu features dishes prepared with zero waste, as every element of each ingredient goes into the recipe. Creations include wild-caught cod cured with kombu kelp and served with leek in plum extract, and botan ebi tartare with water chestnut and Polanco Oscietra caviar. Pair your meal with champagnes, wines and spirits from across the globe. Psst: you can also indulge in a tin of caviar served with six shots of the vodka or spirit you like.
Caviar, #B1-07, Palais Renaissance, 390 Orchard Road, Singapore 238871
Kilo Singapore
Kilo has reopened its doors at Duxton with an evolved concept and we’re lovin’ it. You’ll still find the raw, rustic space kitted out with concrete walls, natural stones, pops of greenery and splashes of colour adding a little vibrance to the decor. The menu takes you on a journey through Latin America with starters like ceviche ($22) with chunks of tuna, seabass and red prawn, and the cold cuts platter ($34) for you to nibble on pork terrine, baba ganoush and Mont d’Or.
Mains are all about applewood and cherry wood grilled meats, including Australian grass-fed ribeye ($48), New Zealand lamb rack ($36) and Iberico pork ribs with sweet potatoes ($36). Of course, you can go down the seafood path if you’d like: simply choose from fish of the day, oysters, clams and mussels. Don’t forget sharing plates of steak tartare on confit potato ($22) and squid ink rice with crispy calamari ($26). Love your wines? Take your pick from natural labels. Alternatively, go for cocktails such as the Cuban Manhattan ($18, with Myer’s dark rum) and rhubarb gin fizz ($16, with rhubarb, Bombay, lemon and soda).
Kilo Singapore, 97 Duxton Road, Singapore 089541
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