What To Eat At Jewel Changi Airport?

Jewel Changi Airport will be officially opened on 17 April 2019. I have the privilege to visit the sparkling new destination in Singapore, both a mall and an attraction itself before it is opened to the public. With the upcoming opening, it is expected that the public will flocked to Jewel and here is a list eateries and restaurants for your dining option.

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Shake Shack

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Shake Shack from America will open its very first outlet in Singapore, in fact a first in South East Asia with the nearest at South Korea in the region. They will be bringing their signature ShackBurger, Shroom Burger, frozen custard ice cream to our shore. There are also exclusive items on the menu such as the Pandan Shake, Jewela Melaka, It Takes Two To Mango and Shack Attack.

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Yun Nans

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Yun Nans, known in China as 云海肴 (Yunhaiyao) is the largest Yunnan F&B chain with over 150 outlets in China. The restaurant uses fresh ingredients procured from the highlands of the Yunnan Province, offering specialities such as Steam Pot Chicken Soup, Stir Fried Wild Porcini Mushrooms with Dried Chillies and many more.

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Starbuck Reserve

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Looking for a break after all the walking? You may want to pop by Starbuck Reserve, one of their largest outlet so far in Singapore. It offers Nitro Brew on tap such as Nitro Flat White, Nitro Green Tea Latte, Nitro Caramel Macchiato and Nitro Tropical Fruit Tea. In addition, it has collaborated with Udders to offer coffee + ice cream drinks such as Affogato, Cold Brew Malt, Cold Brew Float.

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Kam's Roast

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This is Kam's Roast, the Michelin starred restaurant from Hong Kong, second outlet in Singapore and their first in an airport. Besides offering their signature roasts and cured sausages, it will be offering exquisite travel gift packs that allows travellers to bring the roasts and cured sausages on their flight.

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Sama Sama by Tok Tok

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Sama Sama is a Halal Indonesian restaurant that offers a wide selection of Indonesian cuisine across the Nusantara to Singapore. some of the signature items including Gado Gado, Ayam Bakar Taliwang, Sata Kambing Betawi and Kakap Merah Bakar Jmbaran. An inside tip, the restaurant has one of the prime dining spots at Jewel Changi Airport.

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A&W Restaurants

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A&W Restaurants make its much anticipated return to Singapore with its first outlet at Jewel Changi Airport. Classic signature such as A&W Root Beer Float, Waffle Ice Cream, Coney Dog and Curly Fries made its return.

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O'TAH

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O'TAH is a new concept by Lee Wee & Brothers known for the delicious otah. The new concept features exclusive flavour that offers a new spin on the classic otah. There are four flavours - Pink Salmon Otah, Scallop Otah, Cream Cheese & Corn Otah and Petai & Anchovy Otah . There is also a Ben's Burger which is basically an otah burger with otah patty and sunny side up.

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Paradise Classic 

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There are also many restaurants in Jewel Changi Airport that can cater to large groups and families. One of these restaurants Paradise Classic which offers a repertoire of classic Nanyang-style cuisines. Signature dishes include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Seafood Pot, Expresso Pork Ribs, Stewed Pork Belly with Lotus Bun and Stir Fried French Bean with Preserved Turnip and Dried Sakura Ebi.

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Beauty In The Pot

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Under the same Paradise Group, Beauty in The Pot has finally opened its latest outlet in the East. The interior of the outlet is inspired by the "jewel" and glamour of air travel. It is set in a jewel box with gracious lines and gorgeous furnishing. Now you can have hotpot at the airport with a selection of six different nourishing soup bases - Signature Beauty Collagen Broth, Signature Spicy Nourishing Soup, Herbal Drunken Chicken Broth, Cooling Coconut Broth, Longevity Wild Pine Mushroom Broth and Vitamin C Tomato Sweet Corn Broth.

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Rumours Bar & Grill

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Not to be missed at level 5 is the sky park area where you can chill under the stars in the air-conditioned dome. Rumours Bar & Grill, the award-winning Bali casual dining bar and restaurant has opened their 2nd outlet outlet in Jewel Changi Airport, offering a heady variety of bespoke cocktails and delicious bar bites to go along with your drinks.

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Tiger Street Lab

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For the very first time, Tiger Beer has opened its global experiential store at Jewel Changi Airport - Tiger Street Lab. Visitors can discover a more unexpected side of Singapore, from beer and food, to fashion and design. I would like to call it the first edition as Tiger Beer will be partnering with different street food chefs and refresh their menu each quarter. For its first edition, Tiger Beer is collaborating Timbre and Keng Eng Kek (KEK) Seafood to offer Asian-inspired pizzas, Moonlight Hor Fun, Coffee Pork Ribs, Chicken Cutlet in Tiger Lemon Radler Sauce. Tiger Beer has also launched its very first seasonal brew at Jewel Changi Airport - Tiger Orchid-infused Black Lager.

There are many more food and beverage shops in Jewel Changi Airport, my list only gives a glimpse of what one can expect at Jewel. You can find out more at their official website here.


Jewel Changi Airport
78 Airport Boulevard
Singapore 819666
Website
Nearest MRT: Changi Airport (EW Line)

SG Food on Foot's Monthly Grub Recommendation May 2017

For the month of May 2017, we brought you 4 new openings ranging from hawker to restaurant. At the same time, 2 interesting creations inspired from our local favourites. Wrapping up the monthly grub with a Teochew porridge buffet feast/

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New Cafe/Eatery/Restaurant

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Guan's Mee Pok
Blk 713 Clementi West Street 2
#01-115
Singapore 120713

With the moving out Ah Hoe Mee Pok (the stall runs by Mr Naoji's son) to Cantonment Road, another new stall has taken over and it is non other than Guan's Mee Pok. If you have not known, Eric Chia founder of Guan's Mee Pok and Ah Hoe Mee Pok is the master of Mr Naoji, the Japanese Mee Pok man that you probably have seen in many media platforms.

Recommend Item: Guan's Mee Pok with Squid

Me@OUE
OUE Bayfront Rooftop
50 Collyer Quay
Singapore 049321

Me@OUE at OUE Bayfront welcomes new Executive Chef Sam Chin who is only 33 years old, helming the three open-concept kitchens offering Japanese, French and Chinese cuisines. For the gourmands, you will be glad to know that Me@OUE is offering the highly prized Kumamoto Beef on the menu. With the access to the whole cattle, diners get to enjoy the different cuts of the prized beef, also known as the caviar of meat.

Recommend Item: Hokkaido Botan Ebi Tartare, Charcoal Grilled Striploin, Yakiniku

Song Garden Chinese Restaurant
Mercure Bugis Singapore
122 Middle Road
#02-01
Singapore 188973

Song Garden is  a new Cantonese restaurant that has opened on the second level of the new Mercure Singapore Bugis hotel. Taking almost the entire floor, it can sit up to 120 people with seven private rooms. The new Chinese restaurant is helmed by Executive Chef Wong Shea Nung and Executive Dim Sum Chef Leung Chi Man. If you are a fan of East Ocean Seafood Restaurant's dim sum, you may be interested to know that Chef Leung has moved to Song Garden to be the Executive Dim Sum Chef.

Recommend Item: Lobster with Pumpkin Puree in Hot Stone Pot, Steamed Cheong Fun with Fresh Prawn, Mentaiko Cod Fillet, Signature Roast Chicken on Bed of Beancurd Skin

SENS
Raffles @ Holland Village
118 Holland Avenue
#B1-12/13
Singapore 278997

Located at the basement of the new Raffles @ Holland Village is SENS, a Japanese restaurant within the gourmet grocer TASTE. It offers a wide repertoire of contemporary Japanese cuisine including sashimi, sushi, teppanyaki and omakase. It also boasts one of the largest selections of Japanese craft beers, sake and wines from breweries in different regions of Japan.

Recommend Item: Miyazaki Wagyu Tataki, Kurobuta Rosu Katsu

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New Menu

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KEK Seafood Pandan Gardens
200 Pandan Gardens
#01-12
Singapore 609336

One of the latest creation at KEK Seafood is their Oriental Burger, giving the western fare an Asian twist. A total of seven different burgers are created incorporating Asian techniques into the burger. I had the Pai Gu Wong Burger ($9) which comes with a huge piece of tender and juicy pork in a sweet sauce, sandwiched between 2 toasted buns. It turned out surprisingly good. Other burgers available on the menu are Salted Egg Chicken Burger, Marmite Chicken Burger, Coffee Pork Burger, Salted Egg Pork Burger, Sambal Beef Burger, Salted Egg Sotong Burger. For a mere $9, it comes with pickles and a drink.

Recommend Item: Pai Gu Wong Burger

KFC Singapore

KFC Singapore has launched the new Curry Crunch marrying the aroma and fragrance of coriander seeds, cumin and turmeric, then paired with a note of garlic and finished with the sharpness of dried chilli and peppercorn.

Recommend Item: Curry Crunch Chicken

The ART (Assumption Restaurant for Training)
Assumption Pathway School
30 Cashew Road
Singapore 679976

The ART (Assumption Restaurant for Training) is not your usual restaurant. Located inside Assumption Pathway School at Cashew Road, the restaurant provides the training ground for the students to put their F&B knowledge and skills into practice. The ART is a casual dining restaurant that offers 3-Course set lunch and High Tea Set on weekdays and during school terms. All prices here are nett. The ART has recently extended its operating hours on Fridays (during school term) to include dinner. Set dinner will be served for dinner except on the last Friday of each month, where it is replaced with Porridge Buffet. I was there on the last Friday of March to check out the Porridge Buffet which is priced at only $12 nett.

Recommend Item: Porridge Buffet, Braised Duck

SG Food on Foot's Monthly Grub Recommendation April 2017

For the month of April 2017, 3 new openings will be delighting the palate of Singaporeans, while another 5 cafes or restaurants have revamped their menu to entice diners to pay them a revisit with refreshed offerings. If fans of Boat Quay (Original) Mushroom Noodle and Restaurant Home have been wondering where they have moved to? You can find out in this edition of Monthly Grub Recommendation.

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New Cafe/Eatery/Restaurant

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Firebake
237 East Coast Road
Level 1
Singapore 428930

Probably the only place in Singapore where you can find sourdough baked traditional in a wood fired oven. Four types of sourdoughs are available from the oven. They are the organic white sourdough, organic wholemeal sourdough, organic rye sourdough and organic fruit sourdough. Complementing the sourdoughs are a selection of small plates and big plates, showcasing contemporary dishes cooked with traditional European techniques.

Recommend Items: Sourdough, Norwegian Blue Mussel, Grilled Pork Belly, Rangers Valley Striploin, Bread and Butter Pudding.

Shake Mee
JEM
Cookhouse @ JEM
50 Jurong Gateway Road
#05-01
Singapore 608549

Opened by the same folk from Face to Face, the new concept features the handmade noodles in small bowl. Customers are supposed to give the noodle bowl a good shake to mix the sauce with the noodle, thus the name of the stall.

Recommend Item: Kolo Mee, Mala Pan Mee

Tsuta
18 Tai Seng Street
#01-36/37/38/39
Singapore 539775

The first ramen eatery to be awarded a Michelin Star, Tsuta has opened its second outlet at 18 Tai Seng. Unlike its first outlet that offers the shoyu soba and shio soba, the new outlet offers the new miso soba together with its signature shoyu soba. As per my earlier review, Singaporean may not be used to the type of ramen offered by Tsuta but the new miso soba is closer to what we have grown up eating with, the rich and creamy tonkotsu style.

Recommend Item: Miso Soba

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New Menu

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Birds Of A Feather
113 Amoy Street
Singapore 069935

Spreading its wings for greater high, the new cafe which opened late last year has expanded its menu offering new creations to delight the taste buds of their customers. Ranging from brunch to dinner, there is something new on the menu for a revisit. Even the dessert menu has a few new additions that is worthy to give the diet plan a miss.

Recommend Item: Pig Ear Mosaic, Kawa Ebi Swim in The Chillies, Glutinous Rice Cake (savoury version).

Chicken Up
Jurong East MRT Station
10 Jurong East Street 12
#01-01
Singapore 609690

Voted as the best Korean Fried Chicken which is definitely well deserved for their flavourful and juicy Ganjang (Soya) Chicken Wings. Recently it has introduced the UFO Toppoki which comes with rice cake, deep fried breaded squid in a spicy chilli paste sauce. This is complemented with sides such as caramelized kimchi, cheese, corn cheese, kimchi fried rice, steamed egg and some grinded padano cheese.

Recommend Item: UFO Toppoki, Ganjang (Soya) Chicken Wings

Lime
PARKROYAL on Pickering
3 Upper Pickering Street
Singapore 058289

Lime at PARKROYAL on Pickering has refreshed their Afternoon Tea menu with three tiers of joy that features local inspired savoury items as well as sweet delights. The afternoon tea is available from 3pm to 6pm daily. For $42, you get a high tea set and a single servicing of specialty coffee and TWG Tea. For an additional top up of $6 at $48, you get a high tea set and unlimited servicing of specialty coffee and TWG Tea. Each high tea set is good for 2 person.

Recommend Item: High Tea

Tamashii Robataya
12 North Canal Road
#02-01
Singapore 048825

For a limited period from 11 March to 30 April 2017, Tamashii Robabtaya is working together with Miumi Japan Food to promote the premium and seasonal ingredients of Kansai region. To showcases the food and ingredients from Kansai, both Chef Yukari Tsuchitda and Chef Patrick Tan have come together to create a 8 course omakase menu at $188.

Recommend Item: Omakase

The Bravery Cafe
66 Horne Road
Singapore 209073

The cafe at Lavender has extended their opening on Friday and Saturday to offer dinner. Although the dinner menu is limited, the dishes are well presented and plated. Although some dishes needed some refinement, I think it has potential if a little more effort is put into the cooking.

Recommend Item: Garlic Crieam Mussel Stew, Pan Seared Seabass.

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Relocation

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Boat Quay (Original) Mushroom Noodle
Blk 312A Sumang Link
Singapore 822312

Previously located at Bukit Batok before moving to its current location, Boat Quay (Original) Mushroom Noodle was started by Uncle Lim's grandfather who used to sell the dish at Boat Quay in a pushcart. The stall which handmade their Teochew dumpling which is a must try here.

Recommend Item: Teochew Dumpling, Signature Noodle

Restaurant HOME & Bar
27 Cosford Road
Singapore 499549

Used to be located at The Rail Mall, Restaurant Home has moved to Changi. The new location has a new kampong vibe to it. Besides the indoor dining area, the restaurant also has an alfresco area with a bar. A separate menu has also been put together focusing on barbecued items. While Chef Tan has retained most of his signature items of the menu, he has also incorporated new items inspired by the kampong surrounding, bring cooking to its basic and showcasing the natural flavours of the ingredients.

Recommend Item: La La Crispy Rice, Hot-Stone Sauteed Pig Liver, Baked Chicken with Herbal Sea Salt.

SG Food on Foot's Monthly Grub Recommendation March 2017

In the blink of an eye, we are in the 4th edition of the Monthly Grub Recommendation. For this March 2017 listing, I am recommending 6 new restaurants that have opened recently which I have visited and enjoyed the food there. On top of that, 2 restaurants have refreshed their menu which is worthy of a visit. Last but not least, Japanese Restaurant Week is taking place this month whereby diners stand a chance to win air tickets to Japan.

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New Cafe/ Eatery/ Restaurant

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Canton Paradise
The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands
2 Bayfront Avenue
#01-02
Singapore 018972

If you do not know, the Paradise Group has become the largest Chinese restaurant brand in Singapore with various concepts around in Singapore. One of the concepts, Canton Paradise has opened its sixth and latest restaurant at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands offering all day dim sum, roast meats, noodles and congee.

Canton Paradise is current having a Yum Cha promotion where diners can enjoy 50% discount on dim sum, congee and noodles (exclude noodles with with roast items) when they dine in at any 6 Canton Paradise outlets on weekdays (exclude eve of/and public holiday), 3pm to 5pm. Terms and Conditions applied. Please refer to Canton Paradise for more details.

Recommend Items: Steamed Rice Rolls with Preserved Turnip Filling, Dried Sakura Shrimps with Scallion Ol Tofu, Baked BBQ Pork Pastry

Don Meijin
Ramen Champion Bugis+
201 Victoria Street
#04-10
Singapore 188607

Ramen Champion Bugis+ welcomes a new donburi specialist offering a wide variety of donburi on the menu. You can get Japanese rice bowls ranging from tendon to katsudon, roast beef don to butadon using short grain, Japanese rice that is specially imported from Hokkaido. It even has an local inspired spicy chilli crab tendon.

Recommend Items: Mille Feuille Katsu Don, Pork Shogayaki Don

K-Tower
74 Amoy Street
Singapore 069893

K-Tower is a new seafood tower restaurant has opened at Amoy Street offering 3, 5, 7 and 9 tier tower using fresh seafood directly from the tank. While the restaurant's name may seems familiar to another similar concept at Prinsep Street, there is no association between the two restaurants. Besides the seafood tower, K-Tower has an eclectic menu offering popular Korean dishes.

Recommend Items: Seafood Tower, Trilogy Rice Cake with Honey

Teppanyaki Hamburg Nihonbashi Keisuke Bettei
72 Peck Seah Street
Singapore 079329

Teppanyaki Hamburg Nihonbashi Keisuke Bettei is the latest Japanese hamburg concept for the Keisuke Group. The US prime patties are seared on a teppanyaki grill and served sizzling on hotplates. The set even comes with unlimited free flow of Japanese Osozai and eggs cook in eight different ways.

Recommend Items: Free Flow Osozai, Free Flow Eggs, Triple Cheese Prime Beef Hamburg Set

The Original Katong Laksa
331 Uppper Paya Lebar Road
Singapore 534949

The Original Katong Laksaor also known as Janggut Laksa has opened a new outlet at Upper Paya Lebar Road. The third outlet after Roxy Square and Queensway stalls. Not only the laksa, you can get to have curry chicken and fried chicken rice here. They even introduced the luxurious Crayfish Laksa at the new stall.

Recommend Items: Laksa, Curry Chicken

The Wall
76 Tanjong Pagar Road
Singapore 088497

A new kid at the stretch of shophouses along Tanjong Pagar Road is The Wall. It is a Whisky and Sumiyaki Bar that seeks to make Whisky drinking friendlier, approachable and more enjoyable. In short even the novice can enjoy it. The best thing is it comes with a comprehensive full sumiyaki menu to go with the water of life - whisky.

Recommend Items: Eihire, Japanese Capsicum & Minced Chicken, Teochew Heritage

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New Menu

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Ninja Bowl
15 Duxton Road
Singapore 089481

With the successful launch of its sister restaurant, Ninja Cut at Seah Street, Ninja Bowl has also refreshed its brunch menu to give diners a whole new offerings with Japanese flair to indulge in their next visit.

Recommend Items: Ninja Okonomiyaki, Shinjuku Comfort, Fancy French

The Disgruntled Brasserie
28 Ann Siang Road
Singapore 069708

The Disgruntled Chef at Ann Siang Road has undergone a revamp with a new name, chef and menu. The restaurant has been renamed as The Disgruntled Brasserie offering a refreshed menu of small and large plates curated by Chef de Cuisine Desmond Goh

Recommend Items: Gruyere Cheese Souffle, Chilean White Cod, Home Cured Salmon

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New Event

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Japanese Restaurant Week
6 March - 26 March 2017

In its 7th installation, Japanese Restaurant Week is happening from 6 March to 26 March 2017. A total of 69 Japanese restaurants are taking part in the event. All it takes is to dine at the restaurant and you will receive a lucky draw card for a chance to win airplane tickets to enjoy the cherry blossom season in Tohoku Japan.

For more information on Japanese Restaurant Week, please visit the website at https://sg.sushiandsake.net/jrwsg/