Top Dining Deals This F1 Season (2013)

Bacchanalia
Over at Pan Pacific Singapore, the folks behind Bacchanalia will host their daytime pop-up brunch party Bacchanalia Brunch: GPSS Edition on September 21, 1pm ($100-10,000 for package for 20 inclusive of buffet brunch and drinks). The bash will feature delish canapés and dishes from the French-Asian restaurant, accompanied by cool music courtesy of DJs Jesse Marco, Stephen Day and Sungus.

Balzac Brasserie
For their Singapore Grand Prix 2013 Special Promotion (available September 15-26), get a promotional sausage platter paired with a glass of wine at just $18.  

Bar & Billiard Room (Raffles Hotel)
On September 22, the restaurant will offer a real feast, the F1 Sunday Brunch—with live chef stations preparing dishes such as foie gras with alfonso mango, lobster ravioli with foie gras, roasted welsh rack of lamb, US Omaha beef tenderloin, jamón ibérico (flown in from Spain) as well as three kinds of oysters (Belon, Fine de Claire and New Zealand)—served with Champagne Billecart-Salmon (from $228).

District 10 Bar & Restaurant
The restaurant-bar’s got five cocktails ($16 each) for Formula One weekend in September: Webbers Red Bull, Ferrarinrochor’s, Tim Mercedes, The Lotus, and Mc Claren Shake. They’ve also come up with 10 bar bites to go alongside including fried buffalo chicken wings ($14), calamari with wasabi mayonnaise ($14), sautéed tiger prawns ($15), and jamon iberico mini baguette sandwiches ($22).

Edge
The For Dine for the Price of Three deal (from $58/person) on September 16-22 to celebrate F1 includes a buffet of Chinese, Malay, Indian, Singaporean, Thai and Japanese cuisines from seven open kitchens, prepared a la minute. There’s also a special F1 brunch ($128) on September 22, including G.H.Mumm Champagne, Cloudy Bay sauvignon blanc and pinot noir, and draft beer.

Guy Savoy
This French gastro temple will host an exclusive dinner, Singapour fête le Champagne (September 19), working with nine top Champagne houses to pair a five-course menu—including dishes like oyster in gelée, and artichoke black truffle soup—with bubbly from $948. There’s also the F1 Grand Prix lunch (September 22) from $55 including summery recipes such as lamb shank in saffron and carpaccio of dorade. Plus, the fine dining establishment is offering an early dinner three-course meal (6-7pm) at $130 during the F1 weekend.

Hai Tien Lo
The F1 Set Menu (from $108) on September 20-22 includes six courses of dishes such as barbecued Beijing duck, double-boiled abalone and baked king prawns. There’s also a Yum Cha buffet ($128) with recipes like double-boiled Buddha Jumps over the Wall and braised whole abalone, plus all-you-can-eat on dim sum (think steamed pork dumplings and deep-fried prawns with wasabi mayonnaise).

Lobby Lounge (Pan Pacific Orchard)
They’ve got a trio of Gourmet Grand Prix Burgers from September 20-22, which you can with fries and beer for $29. There’s the Pit Stop—an organic charcoal bun with wagyu patty, kurobuta bacon, avocado and monterey jack—Re-Fuel (multi-grain brioche with teriyaki glazed pork belly, with pork jerky and spicy pork floss) as well as Accelerate, comprising a fleur de sel bun with Moroccan-spiced Tasmanian lamb patty, caramelised pineapple, hummus and feta.

OCF
The F1 menu here (September 20-21) includes four courses of sophisticated dishes (think Bressan pigeon, Hokkaido scallops and sea bream with herb emulsion) for $148.

Keyaki
At the F1 Weekend Brunch ($60 or $120 with G.H.Mumm Champagne, Cloudy Bay sauvignon blanc and pinot noir, and draft beer) on September 21-22, dig into an eight-course Japanese set brunch including sashimi, chawanmushi, yakimono, teppanyaki, agemono, shokuji and dessert.

Tiong Bahru Bakery
The ever-popular bakery has got a special F1 Apple Lemon Jelly Tart ($7) for racing season from September 19-22.

Waku Ghin
Chef Tetsuya Wakuda will serve lunch for the F1 weekend (September 20-21), a degustation menu priced at $250.

Wooloomooloo Steakhouse
Not only will you be able to see the race from the window of this restaurant, they’re offering a hospitality package that includes free flow canapés including lamb cutlets and jumbo shrimps, an open bar with Champagne, fine wines and premium spirits and, just in case you’d rather watch the race up-close, a big screen telecasting the F1 race. The deal is on September 20-22 and goes for $450-650.