Hez on Air: Singapore Bars

Monday, October 22, 2012

Quaich (Whisky) Bar @ RWS

Kelv brought Susan and I to our very first whisky bar and we loved it very much thank you. It was a Tuesday night & expectedly the place was empty and quiet. We were probably the funkiest customers there. Don't ask me why but the whisky craze is really catching on. And we adore Shirley for giving us a good tasting lesson. It was in return of entertaining her on her otherwise boring-as-usual night! Anyhow, I'm happy to have found interest in a few labels. That only means slowly building up a whisky collection at home ;)

They carry thousands of labels (an impressive feat) and hence price varies alot. I would say reasonable at market price? Of course you can never compare with that at duty-free, so I'd suggest going for labels that's more unique or hard to find. Food wise, extremely limited but not crazy ex. The hotpan beef and fries were not bad.

I can foresee our next visit to another whisky bar soon!!

Name: Quaich Bar
Location: Resorts World Sentosa
Expenditure: S$260 for 3. A little more than half on drinks than on food.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Salt Tapas & Bar (16Jun12)

Read & heard some good reviews + I love tapas so we couldn't wait to try this new place at Raffles City. Set up by Aussie celebrity chef Luke Mangan. Casual setting & part-alfresco. Some servers were kinda unpolished but that was okay for the lunch crowd. Wonder how they fare at dinner time. I'm sure it can get pretty crazy. Spanish music was a bit too loud.

Move on quickly to the food reviews. I wanted to order everything on the menu hee hee. Such is my weakness for tapas. Took one lunch set (free flat bread + 3 tapas) for $33.50 and everything else ala-carte. 1st tapas that we chose from the set was the tuna tartare. Love it! The sauce complements the fish very nicely. 2nd, crispy soft shell prawns which we thought weren't crispy enough. Yes it has some cruchiness but when you're talking about shells, anything less than REAL crunchy can render it unpalatable. True enough, a lady next to us started shelling the prawns. Imagine the effort and the (puny) reward. I don't think she enjoyed that! 3rd, truffle fries that garnered considerable negative reviews but which we thought were not bad. Expectations maybe? Somehow PS Cafe's truffle fries seem to capture everybody's hearts.

Beef tongue - I ordered this of course :p Who else eats such a thing? It's alright but I think won't be my first choice next time. Bone marrow - another of my favourite. It's alright as well, not crazy tasty. The generous garnishings kinda overpowered the bone marrow taste. Parma ham - super value for money! $10 an order for a significant number of pieces. Definitely a must-have.

Last but not least, alcohol. We had Spanish cava (much cheaper than champagne), 2 whites and a red (150ml each). Satisfied =)

So far there's only 2 tapas restaurants on my "keepers" list. This, as well as Sabio. I've tried Don Quijote (Dempsey), Serenity and Fandango and they're no where near.