Hi,
I am visiting Hong Kong and Singapore in January. Do you have any recommendations for restaurants?
Ken H
Reply:
Hi,
Just checked my records. I have 2 recommendations for Singapore
1. Doc Cheng @ Raffles is one of the best SE Asia fusion cooking that I have ever eaten. Do not try the world famous “tiffin” – its not that good but do have a Singapore Sliing in the Bar within Raffles Hotel. There is a dress code (no shorts) in the main bar but not in the long (tiger) bar.
http://www.raffles.com/EN_RA/Property/RHS/Restaurants_Bars/Doc_Chengs.htm
2. The Chinese in Goodwood Park (Hotel) is also very good.
http://www.goodwoodparkhotel.com/
Or try Clarke’s Quay – its the dining district.
Re Hong Kong, the recommendations are as follows:
For views:
Peak Tram restaurant – top of the hill, 3 restaurants, suggest that you try the European (steak) which is less noisy than the Chinese.
http://www.thepeak.com.hk/en/home.asp
Hutong (Peking Rd) – amazing view, really good. Pricy.
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/hongkong/D55084.html
Its on the Kowloon side – very difficult to get in, book now!
For peking duck, beggars’s chicken and sweet and sour fish,try
Spring Deer (Moody Rd). You have to book at least 2 days ahead. Huge portions.
This restaurant is on the 1st floor (2nd in HK and USA). The entrance is shared with a block of flats!
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/hongkong/D44600.html
For dim sum – lunch only, try the City Hall, be sure to arrive before 12 or there is a long wait. They have over 100 varieties by trollies.
My favourite European Restaurant – you can still get 60s cooking here which nobody in the UK serves any more e.g. chicken kiev, steak diane…
Jimmy’s Kitchen (2 branches, in Kowloon as well as Central)
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/hongkong/D44635.html
Or choose your own:
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/hongkong/78_inddin.html
Last, Snow Garden : this is the place for shanghainese cooking in Causeway Bay – suggest that you take the tram and get off around SOGO the Japanese dept store.
http://www.snow-garden.com/en/location.php
Eddie
3 Responses
December 23rd, 2009 at 11:50
There’s a saying that in Singapore a political discussion goes silent almost immediately whereas debates about food can go on for days. The place is packed full of fantastic restaurants. A walk around the various ethnic districts—Indian, Chinese, Malaysian, Arabic—will be very rewarding indeed. In common with many other Asian cities Singapore has lots of food markets where you can buy and sit and eat the “street food”. I’d fully recommend that you try what is in effect the national dish of both Malaysia and Singapore – Nasi Lemak, which is perfect for breakfast or indeed any other time of day. A few years ago I was queuing with a friend to buy ourselves Nasi Lemak for breakfast and he confided to me that the front of the queue was his favourite place in Singapore.
December 25th, 2009 at 09:07
Recipe for Nasi Lemak from Sylvia Tang’s Singapore Heritage Food is published under Recipes.
January 20th, 2010 at 02:34
Nasi Lemak – good place is Grandmas at Paragon. Hi Eddie its your long lost cousin here in Singapore.
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