Restaurants in Singapore World Travel https://www.youtube.com/user/World1Tube Singapore Travel Guide, Tourism http://goo.gl/wa0u86 The Singapore restaurants below have been grouped into three pricing categories: Expensive (over S$200) Moderate (S$80 to S$200) Cheap (up to S$80) These Singapore restaurant prices are based on the average price of a three-course meal and a bottle of house wine or cheapest equivalent; they do not include service charge or tax. Restaurants in Singapore will add a 10% service charge, 7% Goods and Services Tax and 1% government tax to the bill. This 18% is known as 'triple plus' and is mandatory. Tipping is not required on top. Les Amis Price: Expensive Les Amis is Singapore's undisputed Grande Dame of fine French dining. New resident chef Armin Leitgeb (who has worked in several three-Michelin-starred restaurants in Europe) creates contemporary European food with classic techniques. Signature dishes include the lightly smoked eel "tiède", with crispy pork crouton, horseradish and Dijon mustard emulsion, the Baby monkfish on the bone served with maitake mushroom, lettuce and caper, and the roasted, crispy skin suckling pig, with cabbage, speck potatoes and caraway. The décor, by renowned Singaporean architect Kay Ngee Tay, features a generous mix of yellow marble and teak, and there are five private dining rooms in addition to the main restaurant. Address: 2-16 Shaw Centre, 1 Scotts Road, Singapore, Singapore Raffles Grill Price: Expensive The classic French cuisine and top-class service has made Raffles Grill (in the Raffles Hotel) the most exclusive restaurant in Singapore, and deservedly so. It has previously been named as the island's top restaurant, and the old colonial interior is innately stylish, while the food is exquisite. Signature dishes include pan-fried duck liver with puff pastry and wild mushrooms, and pan-seared Angus beef rib-eye with truffle mash, finishing with the rich chocolate moelleux. No lunch Saturday, closed Sunday. Address: Raffles Hotel, 1 Beach Road, Singapore, Singapore Au Jardin Price: Moderate Surely one of the best settings for Singapore dining, in the midst of the Botanical Gardens, Au Jardin has won a plethora of awards since opening in 1998. Set in an elegantly restored 1920s black-and-white residence, it offers fantastic views from its two balconies, over lush greenery and cascading waterfalls. Its unique charm and intimate dining space (it has just 12 tables) is particularly good for wining and dining clients, with contemporary haute French cuisine. There are several fixed-price menus, including the Provençal Sunday Brunch and various choices of degustation menus. Favourite dishes include Wagyu beef carpaccio with parmesan and truffle oil, roasted Pyrenees baby lamb with garlic gnocchi, and shark fillet with Avruga caviar and dry sherry. The wine list is as respected as its food. Reservations highly recommended. Address: EJH Corner House, Cluny Road, Singapore, Singapore Forlino Price: Moderate Opened in 2008, this inventive upscale Italian restaurant, helmed by Michelin-starred chef Osvaldo Forlino (and his family), quickly wowed both critics and local diners. This place is seriously hot, so make sure you book in advance. Forlino's acclaim is rooted in the chef's masterful blending of Italian cooking with choice ingredients from across Europe and Asia, resulting in exquisite dishes like tagliatelle with duck ragout and foie gras, free range roast rabbit with sweet peppers and a dessert of pannacotta sweetened by plum golden figs. Situated beside Marina Bay, the location is a perfect complement to the extraordinarily good cooking. Address: 2-6 One Fullerton, One Fullerton Road, Singapore, Singapore The Blue Ginger Price: Cheap Although at the pricier end of cheap restaurants in Singapore, The Blue Ginger is a tasty and cosy dining experience in the heart of Chinatown, located in a traditional Peranakan shop-house. Peranakan food is Singapore's most multi-ethnic cuisine, having emerged from traditional home cooking, and blending Malay and Chinese culinary styles and flavourings. The Blue Ginger recreates something of Singapore's formative life of the times, while dishing up favourites like Ayam Buah Keluak (braised chicken with turmeric and galangal cooked with Indonesian black nuts) and Babi Pong Tay (stewed pork shoulder in preserved black bean paste with cinnamon bark). There is a private dining area on the veranda. The décor is ornate yet homely, rather like dining inside a great aunt's house filled with family treasures. Address: 97 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore, Singapore

• published: 22 Nov 2013
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