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Crafted cocktails at One Ninety Four Seasons Hotel Singapore Avocado Salad with Mixed Baby
Cress & Miso Dressing

of a seven-dish meal, either lunch or dinner, watering. Paper-thin casings gave way
by appointment only. Alvin’s father dons to the most delicious crystal cod, morel
the apron while Alvin pours some crisp mushroom, and truffle crystal mushroom
reds and brings out the dishes one by one. fillings with every bite, deftly taken a la
From watercress to tofu in black bean paste my chopsticks, with a variety of sauces to
with the whole nut included, pandan rice, dip into – Sichuan pepper the fiery, addictive
the tastiest of aubergine in a sweet sauce, a one! I sipped on ginger tea through the
rich mutton curry, spiced shrimp, deep-fried meal which certainly aided in digesting
chicken, and colourful coconut milk and the (welcome) onslaught of Cantonese on like an art, culture and music house upon
jelly-based dessert squares that you might the plate. a hill to playing mini celebrities, having my
just not have space for! Not a potage person as much, I skipped photograph clicked with other riders as we
How do you end the night at The the Hot & Sour Soup with Shredder Chicken queued up in our multihued army of rider
Intan on a higher note? Request your and did justice to the Sautéed Hong Kong and pillion. Founded by Simon Wong, by
favourites and Alvin will serenade, while Kalian with Ginger Sauce. The Chinese chance, Singapore Sidecars has gone on
you sing along; and boy, do his fingers broccoli was doused well in a sweetish to win world records and earned credit
move masterfully! Yesterday and Falling in ginger sauce, and was crisp to the bite. A for riding stars like Emma Raducanu and
Love with You, with a glass of wine in hand, stickler for good pork, really done smooth Benedict Cumberbatch around Singapore!
feeling the night in your bones while the and succulent, I was pleased with the Sweet And Simon aims proceeds of these vintage
mind etches the moment to later become a & Sour Pork with Fresh Figs – a combination rides to the field of cancer research, after he
memory…the big little joys of life! that helped combat the Sichuan sauce for lost his wife to the disease, at a young age.
Just like a meal that cuts right through sure! The duck presented itself yet again, Such are the encounters, the people,
the soul, a sumptuous, hearty one, with minced and flavourful, in fried rice, before places and cultural exchanges that make
gentle touches and subtle service that a much-needed break was in the offing. travel so special. Experiences like eating crab
do not overwhelm. Oh, what a joy the Thankfully, as is the case with sweets in this with your hands in gloves, while donning a
Cantonese meal at Four Seasons’ Jiang-Nan part of the world, it’s not heavy, healthy bib, chugging down Tiger beer, acing the
Chun was! Seated in the PDR of the neatly- actually, and perfect to bring up the rear, Metro like a local, posing by Clarke Quay,
done restaurant, warm, both in its interiors such a heavy one at that! Chilled Aloe Vera the historical riverside spot with live bands
and its service, with the effervescent hotel with Lemongrass Jelly ended my meal; and and restaurants, and watching the light and
manager, Tobias Emmer for company, was I must say, Executive Chinese Chef Alec sound show at Marina Bay, reminiscent of
another highpoint of my trip. The best part? Khoo, you did great! the Dancing Fountains of Dubai…
Customised menus for each diner, keeping Post such an indulgence, a ride around After all these pumped-up moments, a
in mind dietary preferences and restrictions, town in a Vespa sounds like just the thing nice long massage was the cherry on top.
and names right on top! And a show of the the doctor ordered! So, I set off, in my The Four Seasons Spa was a haven for those
Peking duck being sliced, temptingly so. chosen colour, helmet on, to discover 90 minutes, where nimble fingers worked
While the duck, from the Jiang-Nan Chun more of Singapore via sidecar, courtesy to ease my tensed muscles, Peranakan style.
Cherry Valley, was crisp, ceremoniously Singapore Sidecars. What a thrill, right These and more are what I brought back
eaten in small, thin flatbreads, it was the from the rider, nay ‘storyteller’, waiting home from my little sojourn in Singapore,
Dim Sum Combination that had the mouth for me at the hotel to discovering spots a city for all seasons.

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