Headed by acclaimed chef Jason Tan, this classy garden restaurant serves what they call French-inspired, gastro-botanica cuisine, which aims to celebrate sustainably sourced seasonal produce. Their Business Luncheon menu ($58 for three courses, $78 for four courses, available Tuesday to Saturday) offers an initiation to their one-Michelin-starred cooking. You'll be spoilt for choice with options that sound as delicous as they look — think Iberico pork with polenta, buckwheat and beurre noisette, and Patagonian toothfish with cauliflower, parmesan, garlic, hazelnut and lardo. Don't miss their signature "My Interpretation of Kaya Toast" for dessert! Pro-tip: This is one of the places that offers their set lunch menu on a weekend, so make a date for a Saturday feast!
Avg price: $70 per person
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Headed by award-winning chef Jason Tan, Corner House serves up French-inspired gastro-botanica cuisine, using sustainably-sourced seasonal produce. Housed in a black-and-white colonial bungalow in the Botanic Gardens, the garden setting is charming and atmospheric, and perfect for a leisurely meal. On weekdays, catch up with a friend over the three/ four-course Business Luncheon set ($48/ $58); on weekends, bring someone special for the indulgent four-course Sunday brunch ($78). Resist filling up too quickly on the freshly baked bread and croissants, divine as they may be when smeared with French Bordier butter and homemade jam, and save your tummies for the stellar savoury plates. The selection changes regularly, but rest assured the cooking is top notch; standouts include the likes of the wobbly 62 Degree Farm Egg, served on a moat of flavoursome Paris mushroom emulsion, and the Duck Leg Confit — crisp on the outside and fork tender inside, and drizzled with just enough burnt orange, soy caramel and beurre noisette sauce to make taste buds swoon. The desserts here are just as skilfully executed, so expect nothing less than an ensemble of textures and flavours for a sweet, sweet finale. For wine lovers, be sure to get at least a glass from their impressive 40-page wine list.
Ambience: Classy and modern
Price: Avg $160 per couple, without drinks
Housed in a black-and-white colonial bungalow in the Botanic Gardens, Corner House serves up gastro-botanica cuisine by award-winning chef Jason Tan, which aims to highlight sustainably-sourced seasonal produce and vegetables. Expect inventive and creative plates such as Oignon doux des Cévennes, a roasted, hollowed-out onion filled with a sous vide egg and grated black truffle; New Zealand Cod Crispy Scales, and; ‘My Interpretation of Kaya Toast’, a deconstructed kaya toast, featuring gula Melaka and pandan ice cream sandwiched between muscovado sablés. The lush and refined setting of this fine-dining restaurant is the perfect backdrop for an exquisite French meal, so bring someone you're dying to impress. ;) Prices from $42 for a three-course lunch set.
Taking over after Au Jardin at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, Corner House channels its excitement by ushering in a new era of what Chef Jason Tan calls "gastro-botanic" cuisine. Surrounded by the gardens, Corner House places strong emphasis on seasonal produce and herbs. Order the free-range chicken with surf & turf sauce, and don't miss their impeccably presented cocoa pebble dessert, it might help you better understand why gastro-botanic was coined!
