London Restaurant Uses Touchpads for Orders, Projectors for Mood Alteration

The Inamo restaurant in London’s fashionable SoHo district isn’t known for its splendid food or outstandingly accommodating waitresses.

Instead, the new Asian fusion eatery is getting raves for its use of a touch pad-projection system that allows diners to send food orders directly to the chefs and makes the dining experience fully interactive. Source

Buy 1 and Get 1 Free Voucher - BAB Noodle @Millenia Walk

Buy 1 and Get 1 Free
Just print the voucher & present it, you will enjoy great tasting Asian food at BAB Noodle @ Millenia Walk

Featuring an extensive menu of Korean, Japanese and Thai; rice and noodle specialties. If this is the first time you patronize BAB Noodle, you cannot miss their Ginseng Chicken Soup, Kimchi Chicken Chicken Ramen, as well as their BiBimBAB Bulgogi Beef. The familiar joys of Asian food culture paired with amicable ambience, BAB is the ideal locale for valuable meal and a casual dine in experience as the day draws to an end.

BAB is located at:
9 Raffles Boulevard
Millenia Walk
#01-20/21/22
Singapore 039596
Tel: 63366770
Fax: 63366771

Operating hours:
11am to 1030pm daily

New Dishes at Persimmon

By popular demand, Persimmon is expanding the Main Courses to include dishes such as:

* chargrilled sotong with tomato-lemongrass sauce (smoky chargrill flavour contrasts deliciously with zingy spicy sauce)

* crispy pork belly with mustard sauce (what can we say, we love pork...)

* beef goulash with buttered linguine (in Persimmon style, we've spiced up our stew with chilli, galangal, cinnamon and star anise)

Of course, their signature dishes such as Chicken Rice Salad, Linguine Laska-Leaf Pesto, Spaghetti Aglio Olio Porchetta, and Fisherman's Pie remain.

Introductory Offer: From now through Sunday May 3rd, 1 dines for FREE with every 3 paying adults. This offer is by reservation only. Please mention this promotion when you make the booking.

Gordon Ramsay Crashes Out Of World's Top 50 Restaurants

Gordon Ramsay's flagship restaurant has fallen out of an influential list of the top 50 restaurants in the world, denting the chef’s once unimpeachable reputation.

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, a small venue in the heart of Chelsea, has long been considered one of Britain’s finest, if not its best.

However, it would appear that dishes such as quail and foie gras pithivier with wild mushrooms, confit leg and celeriac remoulade, no longer impress the critics as they once did.

For the first time since Restaurant magazine started publishing its annual survey of the top restaurants in the world, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay has failed to make the top 50. In fact, the restaurant, last year ranked 13th, dropped out of the longer top 100 list altogether.

A spokesperson for Gordon Ramsay Holdings said: "Gordon takes all these sort of surveys with a pinch of salt. As always, Gordon regards his thousands of customers as his most valued critics. They are his judge and jury." Source

Gordon Ramsay Defends 'Meals On Wheels' Scandal

Gordon Ramsay maintained that the food in his gastro-pubs was fresh yesterday, despite admitting it was prepared in a backstreet kitchen in south London. Gordon Ramsay maintained that the food in his gastro-pubs was fresh yesterday, despite admitting it was prepared in a backstreet kitchen in south London.

Staff in a Ramsay kitchen in Clapham prepared up to half the dishes for his three pubs in the capital – the Warrington in Maida Vale, the Narrow in Limehouse, the Devonshire in Chiswick – and for his Chelsea bistro, Foxtrot Oscar. Preparing food off-site for warming-up is common in mid-market restaurants but is less frequent in establishments run by Michelin-starred chefs.

Ramsay, who has 10 Michelin stars, more than any other British chef, has often spoken out against ready meals and praises fresh ingredients on his TV show Kitchen Nightmares.

A spokeswoman for his company, Gordon Ramsay Holdings, said prepping was "very common" in the restaurant business and insisted the food was fresh. "It's all sealed and delivered to the pubs and cooked freshly that day," she said. "So being cooked in one Gordon Ramsay premises and delivered to another is not going to make a difference." Two of the pubs, the Warrington and the Narrow, were in the top 10 pubs in the 2009 Michelin Guide, she added. Source

S. Pellegrino World’s Best 50 Restaurants List

1 = El Bulli, Spain (The World's Best Restaurant + Best Restaurant in Europe)
2 = The Fat Duck, UK
3 ▲7 Noma, Denmark (Chef's Choice)
4 = Mugaritz, Spain
5 ▲21 El Celler de Can Roca, Spain (Highest Climber)
6 = Per Se, USA (Best Restaurant in the Americas)
7 = Bras, France
8 = Arzak, Spain
9 ▼6 Pierre Gagnaire, France
10 ▲11 Alinea, USA
11 = L'Astrance, France
12 ▼7 The French Laundry, USA
13 New Entry Osteria Francescana, Italy (Highest New Entry)
14 ▲2 St John, UK
15 ▲5 Le Bernardin, USA
16 ▲11 L'Hôtel de Ville - Philippe Rochat, Switzerland
17 ▼8 Tetsuya's, Australia (Best Restaurant in Australasia)
18 ▼4 L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, France
19 ▼2 Jean Georges, USA
20 New Entry Les Créations de Narisawa, Japan (Best Restaurant in Asia)
21 ▲18 Chez Dominique, Finland
22 ▲21 Ristorante Cracco, Italy
23 ▲12 Die Schwarzwaldstube, Germany
24 ▲16 D.O.M., Brazil
25 ▲9 Vendôme, Germany
26 ▲2 Hof van Cleve, Belgium
27 Re Entry Masa, USA
28 ▼16 Gambero Rosso, Italy
29 ▲13 Oud Sluis, Netherlands
30 New Entry Steirereck, Austria
31 New Entry Momofuku Ssäm Bar, USA
32 ▲16 Oaxen Skärgårdskrog, Sweden
33 ▼4 Martin Berasategui, Spain
34 ▼4 Nobu London, UK
35 New Entry Mirazur, France
36 ▼17 Hakkasan, UK
37 ▲13 Le Quartier Français, South Africa (Best Restaurant in the Middle East and Africa)
38 Re-Entry La Colombe, South Africa
39 ▲5 Asador Etxebarri, Spain
40 New Entry Le Chateaubriand, France
41 = Daniel, USA
42 Re-Entry Combal.Zero, Italy
43 ▼28 Le Louis XV, Monaco
44 ▲3 Tantris, Germany
45 New Entry Iggy's, Singapore
46 New Entry Quay, Australia
47 ▼2 Les Ambassadeurs, France
48 ▼25 Dal Pescatore, Italy
49 ▼13 La Calandre, Italy
50 New Entry Mathias Dahlgren, Sweden
Source

Iggy’s Takes Home Top Honours At The S. Pellegrino World’s Best 50 Restaurants Award

Illustrious Singaporean restaurateur and sommelier Ignatius Chan's five-year-old eponymous restaurant has been awarded the 45th position in this year’s S. Pellegrino World’s Best 50 Restaurants list, 32 places up from last year.

Voted by the public as Asia’s Number One restaurant in last year’s edition of The Miele Guide, Iggy’s is one of the only two restaurants from Asia that made it into the top 50 in the annual list organised by UK’s Restaurant Magazine.

Chan was ecstatic the morning after the grand celebratory dinner that was held at London’s Freemason Hall on Monday night (20 April). The modest, soft-spoken epicure revealed that he did not expect it. “It was an exuberating moment! It was a really fantastic surprise,” said Chan. “I want to take this opportunity to thank every person who has supported Iggy’s since day one,” he added.

Clearly overwhelmed with pride and joy, Chan did not fail to mention how much he is looking forward to returning to Singapore to celebrate with the rest of his culinary team. “They have put in a lot of effort,” said Chan.

Recognising how spectacular it is to be placed alongside restaurants from countries that have tremendous agricultural support like Spain, Italy and France, the unassuming restaurateur thinks that it is a great honour to be among the top 50 in the world. He is happy to be able to “represent little Singapore, a city with little or no farms, in a global competition like this.”

EXPOSED: Gordon Ramsey Served Pre-prepared Meals From Central Supplier

Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay has defended the use of 'boil-in-the-bag' meals in his restaurants, claiming are still 'freshly prepared'.

It has been revealed that customers at four of the celebrity chef's restaurants are likely to be served pre-prepared meals produced by a central supplier. The food arrives in transit vans, is reheated – then sold for up to six times the cost price.

Food critics said this amounted to hypocrisy, as Ramsay has always stressed the importance of freshly cooked ingredients.

He recently told Olive magazine: ‘My food hell is any ready meal. It’s so easy to prepare a quick dish using fresh produce, such as a simple stir-fry, but people still resort to ready meals that all taste exactly the same.’

In another interview he condemned roadside restaurants which employ staff ‘to heat up pre-prepared food’ rather than hiring chefs to make food on site. Source

Morton's Steak and Seafood Special

Morton's is featuring a steak and seafood set dinner for only S$95.00!

which includes:

1) your choice of any salad: caesar, center cut iceberg, Morton's salad, sliced beefsteak tomato or chopped salad

2) single-cut filet: Morton's leanest and most tender cut of beef... with upgrades available for your favorite steak!

3) choice of one seafood option:
- Morton's jumbo lump crab cake
_ three pieces of Morton's famous Colossal Shrimp Alexander
_ or Broiled sea scallops wrapped in bacon with apricot chutney

4) One Morton's signature potato or fresh vegetable

S$95.00 Special good through June 30, 2009

KFC Gambling on Chicken that is Grilled, Not Fried

In a culinary gambit backed by buckets of big money, KFC is hoping to replicate its founder's recipe for success with the national introduction of Kentucky Grilled Chicken.

This week's rollout is KFC's most ambitious attempt to win over health-conscious customers as the chain known worldwide for fried chicken tries to reinvigorate lackluster U.S. sales.

"It's going to get people who haven't eaten KFC for a long time to come back into our restaurants," said KFC President Roger Eaton. "It's going to get people who have never eaten KFC to come into our restaurants." Source

Father's Day Dining Promotion with Carousel, Royal Plaza on Scotts

Thank dad who gives you strength and support selflessly by treating him to a palatial spread by Carousel on Sunday, 21 June.

With seven open-concept kitchens, indulge in a wide selection of seafood and crustacean like main lobsters or feast at the rotisserie station with oven roasted Australian prime ribs. Delight him with palatable desserts like New York Cheese Cake with Mango Mirror or Jivara Chocolate Mousse with Crispy Feuilletine

The spread is available as follows:

Lunch
12 noon – 2.30pm
$50.00 (Adult)
$35.00 (Child)

High Tea
3.30pm – 5.30pm
$34.00

Dinner
6.30pm – 10.30pm
$52.00

Guests are able to contact Carousel at 6589 7799 or carousel@royalplaza.com.sg for enquiries or reservations.

$8.60 Set Dinner @ Ryoichi Sushi

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Sage, The Restaurant's New Lunch Menu for March 2009

Sage's 3 course menus start from $38++ and 4 course menus start from $45++. Lunch is served on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 12noon to 2:30pm.

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For reservations, please email kimberly@sagerestaurants.com.sg or contact (65) 6333 8726.

Gordon Ramsay Sells his British stake in Paris

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is to sell his restaurant in the French capital Paris amid rumours about his company's finances.

When Gordon Ramsay opened his first and only restaurant in France last year, he declared in typically foul-mouthed fashion that he would deliver the best of British cooking in the heart of haute cuisine.

The French culinary snobs that he decried appear, however, to have had the last laugh, as the television chef has decided to sell the Gordon Ramsay au Trianon.

Ramsay, who has been beset by persistent rumours about his company's finances, has quietly sold the restaurant, which was awarded two Michelin stars earlier this month, to the owners of the Trianon Palace Hotel, in Versailles, west of Paris.

Shangri-La Singapore - Flash Your Age! Restaurants' Promotion

Age is no longer meant to be a secret at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore. Beginning 17 March - Birthday celebrants commemorating their special days at BLU Restaurant, Nadaman, Rose Veranda, Shang Palace and The Line, will enjoy a dining discount equivalent to their current age. A delectable birthday cake adds cheer to the occasion with compliments from the Area Executive Pastry Chef.

Terms and conditions
- This promotion is valid only on the exact birth date of birthday celebrant.
- Promotion is not valid on eve of and Public Holiday as well as special festive occasions
- Discount will only be accorded for total food bill.
- A total of eight persons will be entitled to the dining discount upon presentation of original photo identification with birth date clearly shown.
- A cake pre-selected by the chef will be presented and cannot be substituted or replaced.
- Prior reservations are required.
- Subject to availability.

The Sizzling Rock @ Boat Quay - New Promotion!

Come and party at one of Singapore's authentic Sizzling venues, presenting every Thursday - Friday & Saturdays during March the following:

- 6pm to 8pm S$28++ Free Flow beer and or wine with complimentary food! - 10pm to 12am 1 for 1 on all housepours with complimentary food! (food will include samosas, chicken wings, and surprise samples too! Terms and Conditions apply.)

Both Level 1 overlooking the river front and Level 2 will be open for this great promotion.

Call today 6534 2531 or visit here.

Swenson's 1-for-1 Weekday Lunch Treats!

Swenson's 1-for-1 Weekday Lunch Treats! Offer valid from 11am to 2pm on weekdays, till 30 June 2009.

Mother's Day Promotions from Carousel, Royal Plaza on Scotts

Carousel will be serving up a sumptuous spread on the buffet counters on 10 May, from 1130am to 230pm. For the seafood-loving moms, the Seafood and Crustacean station offers Main Lobsters and Freshly Shucked Live Seasonal Oysters. For moms with a passion for Asian cuisines, one can bring her to the Asian counter for the Thai Roast Duck with Sweet Basil or the all-time favourite, the Singapore Chilli Crab. For the young girl who lives in every woman's heart, delight her with the palatable desserts like the Black Forest Gateau, New York Cheesecake or Vanilla Pastry Cream filled Profiterole with Chocolate Sauce.

Pamper moms who appreciate the finer things in life with free flow of champagne at $98++ per pax. The spread is available at $60++ for buffet only. Guests are able to contact Carousel at 6589 7799 or carousel@royalplaza.com.sg for enquiries or reservations.

Singapore Business Review The Top 50 Restaurant Awards 2009

Iggy’s wins top gong in the Singapore Business Review Top 50 Restaurant Awards.

The full list of winners:

3 Chefs Hats Category
• Iggy’s
• Il Lido
• Da Valentino’s
• Forlino
• Saint Julien

2 Chefs Hats
• Au Petit Salut
• Flutes at the Fort
• Garibaldi
• Les Amis
• Oso Ristorante
• Senso
• The Cliff

1 Chefs Hat
• Aoki
• Crystal Jade
• Imperial Treasure
• Jumbo Seafood
• Morton’s
• New Majestic Restaurant
• Original Sin
• PS Café
• Rang Mahal
• Saint Pierre
• Song of India
• Tatsuya Japanese Restaurant
• Yan Ting @ St. Regis

Order of Merit
• Akashi Japanese
• Blue Ginger
• Blue Lobster Seafood
• Cellar Door
• Da Paolo Pizza Bar
• Doc Cheng’s
• Gunther’s
• Indochine (Waterfront)
• Jade at the Fullerton
• Jiang Nan Chun at Four Seasons Hotel
• Keyaki Japanese Restaurant @ Pan Pacific
• Lawry’s
• L’Angelus
• Mango Tree Indian Coastal Restaurant
• Michelangelo’s
• Novus Restaurant & Bar
• Pontini
• Prime Society
• Prive
• Ristorante Bologna
• Sage, The Restaurant
• Shiraz
• Trattoria Lafiandra
• White Rabbit
• Xiyan

Special Category Winners
• Best Restaurant Bar- Il Lido
• Best Wine List- Iggy’s
• Best Brunch- The Line at Shangri-La Hotel
• Best High Tea- One Ninety at The Four Seasons
• Best Yum Cha- Lei Gardens
• Best Chinese- Crystal Jade
• Best French- Saint Julien
• Best Indian- Song of India
• Best International- PS Cafe
• Best Italian- Il Lido
• Best Japanese- Aoki

"Nurse Themed" Restaurant in Latvia

At the Hospitalis Restaurant in Riga, Latvia, staff dressed in nurse uniforms serve up a macabre cake topped with realistic-looking body parts such as fingers, noses and tongues...