In time for the Epicurean Market happening this weekend (that will see superstar chefs like Tetsuya Wakuda of Waku Ghin, David Thompson of Long Chim and a local favorite Justin Quek of Sky on 57) there are more big name chefs headlining a three-day festival of all things food at Marina Bay Sands.
LA-based chef David Myers collaborates with the guys of db Bistro Moderne for a one-night only wine dinner (Sep 16) that centers around everything American. Chef Myers is behind some cool LA concepts like Comme Ca, Pizzeria Ortica and Hinoki & the Bird and come 2015, he’ll be setting up shop in Singapore with a vibrant concept that meshes cocktails and small plates together. Although cocktails and small plates isn’t entirely new to our food-savvy culture, expect a mashup of food from both sides of the Pacific (think laidback Californian dishes with Asian and European touches), as well as a mix of old and new.
With a menu that juxtaposes clean flavors with smoky notes, there are “mix-and-match” dishes like crispy buckwheat chicken with Okinawan salt, big eye tuna with spicy mint-coconut salad, and scallops with grapefruit and mustard seed. Cocktails will also have an East-meets-West approach that involves aperitifs and a take on the Singapore Sling with aged and dark rum, benedictine, maraschino liqueur and orange bitters. The new space is set to take over the Marina Bay Sands lobby’s live entertainment lounge, Fuse.
In even bigger Michelin-starred news, Gordon Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen concept has officially been confirmed for a Marina Bay Sands opening next year. The industrial warehouse-designed space will be modeled like its London counterpart, serving a British-European menu.
