Showing posts with label Cultures and festivities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cultures and festivities. Show all posts

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Chinese New Year in Orchard


In anticipation for my Chinese New Year shopping
I was in Orchard Road real early in the morning.
The scene was as breathtaking in the day as the
dazzling evening on Christmas Blooms recently.


The 'Dragon' at Mandarin Hotel

The 'Seasons of Love' at Orchard Central.
Have your picture taken with these props...



Cupcakes!


Robinsons Department Store

Has these irresistible flowers.


Well wishes from CentrePoint Mall

Paragon 


Ion has these red Dragons
coiling round the pillars everywhere inside the massive mall

and outside.

2012 The Year of the Dragon.

It's nice to know..
A short excerpt from the Straits Times published on January 10 2012

Check out a previous clip on
'Yu Sheng and Festive Pen Cai for the Chinese New Year'

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas Eve Dinner at the Bar & Billiard Room Raffles Hotel


The Grand Old Raffles Hotel

Dinning at the Bar & Billiard Room
celebrating Christmas Eve.

Bar & Billiard Room
Christmas Eve Dinner Menu
24 December 2011
$188++ per person
Appetiser
Seafood Display
Oyster Fine de Claire, Belon, Marennes, Gillardeau, Maine Lobster
Bread and Danish
Selection of Home-made Bread and Danish
Cold Cut
Serrano Ham, Parma Ham, Iberico Ham, Rosette, Mortadella, Bressaola
Served with Toast and Tomato Salsa
Garnish for Cold Cut
French Pickle
Pearl Onion
Echiré Butter Salted and Unsalted
Greens
Caesar Salad with an Array of Traditional Condiments
Mesclun
Endive
Rocket
Mizuna
Radicchio
Collection of Dressing
Cobb Salad
(Butter Lettuce, Smoked Salmon, Quail Egg, Blue Cheese)
Salad Composition
Seared Yellow Fin Tuna “Niçoise”
Yellow Fin Tuna, Avocado, Roasted Sesame, Oil and Sweet Soya Sauce
Chicken Vietnamese Spring Roll with Peanut and Sweet Chili Sauce
Remoulade of Crab
Chilled Green Pea Cream, Ricotta and Mint
Maine Lobster Fine Tart, Herb Salad, Yuzu Vinaigrette
Artichoke “Barigoule” Sautéed Squid, Zucchini
Tomato Symphony, Tiger Prawn, Virgin Olive Oil, Balsamic
Peppered Tenderloin Carpaccio with Tapenade, New Potato and Mustard Grain Dressing
Maine Lobster Tartar with Cocktail Sauce, Avocado and Tomato
Poached Egg with Smoked Salmon and Mini Ratatouille
Marinated Roll Mop, Potato Salad, Grain Mustard
Veal with Anchovy Sauce
Chilled Soup
Vichyssoise, Potato and Leek, Quail Egg Aquitaine Caviar
Tomato Gazpacho
Salmon
Smoked, Cured with Dill and Mustard
Salmon Tartar
Foie Gras
Terrine au Naturel
Antipasti
Selection of Olives, Grilled Zucchini, Grilled Eggplant, Grilled Bell Pepper
Smoked Eggplant Caviar, Artichoke Tin, Tapenade, Beet Caviar
Wine Ripened Tomato with Caramelized Onion and Sliced Garlic
Radish, Tomato Wedge, Beet Slice with Chopped Parsley
Taboulé with Parsley, Hummus, Sliced Onion, Sliced Cucumber
Tomato Confit, Quail Egg, Baby Mozzarella
Marinated Prawn in Olive Oil and Lemon Juice
Feta Cheese, Selection of “Provençal” Vegetables
Main Course
Carving and Live Station
Roasted Leg of Lamb
Rack of Lamb Served with Natural Jus and Mint Sauce
Australian Prime Rib “Bordelaise” Sauce
Roasted Stuffed Christmas Turkey with Gravy and Cranberry Sauce
Stuffed with Chestnut, Brussels Sprout with Bacon, Roasted Butternut
Green Pea with Cream, Pearl Onion with Cream, Glazed Carrot Fan
Glazed Christmas Ham
French Duck Breast
Live Station
Quail Confit, Foie Gras
Foie Gras, Quail Egg, Pancetta, Shallot and Balsamic
Loch Fine Salmon, Aquitaine Caviar, Leek Cream
Rösti Potato
Hot Item
Braised Beef Cheek in Barolo Wine
Black Cod with Vegetable Diamond and Shallot Sauce
Tiger Prawn “Meunière”
Monkfish Cheek, Coco Bean, Iberico
Salmon with Minestrone Broth
Duck Confit with “Lyonnaise” Potato
Sautéed Veal “Marengo”
Green Pea, Pearl Onion
Ratatouille
Celeriac Mousseline
Potato Gnocchi
“Provençal” Tomato
Gratin Potato
Jasmine Rice
Roasted Vegetable
Soup
Wild Mushroom Soup with Truffle Oil and Mushroom Tortellini
Minestrone
Dessert
Cake
Traditional Chocolate Yule Log
Mango, Kaffir Lime and Passion Fruit Log
Dark Chocolate, Coffee and Orange Buche de Noel
Christmas Cake
Hot Dessert
Panettone Pudding, Amaretto Sauce
Individual
Red Berry and “Christmas Tea” Composition
Chocolate Cone with Christmas Flavours
Gingerbread Tiramisu
Crème Brûlée
Apple, Mascarpone and Maple Syrup Tartlet
Chocolate Cocoa Nibs Tartlet
Vanilla Caramel Composition
Mini Fromage Blanc, Strawberry and Christmas Spices Log
Cassis and Chestnut Surprise
Citrus and Mango Cheese Cake on Siena “Panforte”
Toasted Panettone with Roasted Pineapple

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Christmas Blooms in Orchard Singapore 2011

















Updated 10/1/12
It's nice to know..
A short excerpt from the Straits Times published on January 10 2012


Monday, February 14, 2011

Sentosa Flowers 2011



















Art pieces by Schools..











Earlier in the day..

 The enormous rabbit will light up and glow in the evening..
This is ….

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