Breakaway - Sites to check out before you leave home

Feeling footloose and fancy free…and soooo ready for a holiday…

But before you book those tickets online, pack your bags and head out the door, here are three essential sites you should check out before taking off.

Take the hassle out of airfare shopping

Newish travel website, www.viasingapore.com, connects you up to places around the Asia-Pacific region, via Singapore Changi Airport. This site is a winner, combing through more than a hundred websites to give you the best fares on offer, making the search for the best airfare a breeze.

Simply divine 

Another recent addition to the scene, travel-related site www.holidaygoddess.com is a heaven-sent resource for women travellers in particular, with contributions from 30 former journalists and editors from fashion/lifestyle mags. Packed with information from “Holiday Goddesses” all around the globe, this will have you clued in on the latest travel news, insider tips and irresistible deals. I lurv the Handbag Guides – cool, quick city snapshots loaded with information on living the high life at the best spas and Michelin-starred restaurants, as well as budget-friendly activities like not-to-be-missed flea markets and discount outlets. Just download, print and go, girl!

Early bird special 

Cut down on boring queue time at the airport by checking in via the Internet. It’s easy: log on to the airline website about two to 48 hours before departure and enter your flight and personal details. A great time saver that gets you to the airport an hour, instead of two or more, before your flight. For a listing of airlines that offer Internet check-in service, see www.changiairport.com.sg, click on Airport Guide, then Departure.

- Lisa

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Binge - Ferngrove Wine Dinner At Jim Thompson

We know that wine dinners are a dime and a dozen around town. But occasionally a unique one pops up and it deserves a second look. I couldn’t help being quite taken by the prospect of this Ferngrove Wine Dinner by TopWines and Ferngrove on 25 May, featuring Thai food and the lovely ambience at Jim Thompson. What’s more, it’d be really interesting to see how wines pair with the sweet-sour-hot, face puckering complex flavours of Thai food.

The menu features yummy dishes like minced crab and chicken with egg yolk, deepfried and served in a crab shell with chilli, tom yam goong, grilled steak with roasted garlic, shallots and tamarind sauce, green curry with chicken, green mango salad and more. The wines include Ferngrove Orchid Cossack Riesling 2007, its Karri Oak Estate Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2007, Ferngrove Orchid Kind Malbec 2007 and more.

At $88++ with seven wines and eight courses, it isn’t a bad deal in my books. Plus, Dempsey Hill on a Monday night? No crowds, lots of ambience, and a great way to deal with the Monday blues.

Monday, 25 May, 7pm
Jim Thompson @ Dempsey Hill
45 Minden Road
Email eliz@topwines.com.sg for bookings

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By The Way - Ace The School Hols!

If you’re wondering what to do with your children during the coming school holidays…looking for something that will really captivate them, keep them entertained and stimulate their imagination? It isn’t easy to find the right activities that will inspire and not bore the young ones, and at the right price too.
You’re in luck, with the ACE! Festival just round the corner. Get ready for a month of fun-filled arts performances for the young and young at heart. Featuring a range of local and regional performing groups across different genres, there will be theatre, dance, music, magic, storytelling and workshops for everyone to enjoy. From the folks at itheatre responsible for the popular, sold-out productions of Aesop’s Fabulous Fables and Little Green Frog earlier this year, the Ace! Festival promises to entertain, excite and enthrall.

Among the festival offerings are: How the Giraffe Got Its Neck by Tall STories Theatre Company, The Gingerbread Man by Brian Seward, Fairytalheart by itheatre, Moments by Maya Dance Theatre, Clever Monkey Sebung! and Metal Magic by Gamelan Asmarandana (Singapore’s first professional gamelan ensemble) and Waah Magic! by Kiki Tay Productions, just to name a few.

Performances from 18 May-14 June at various venues
SISTIC (tel: 6348 5555; www.sistic.com.sg)
See www.itheatre.org for more information on performances

By LK

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Binge - What’s the Big Deal?

In the same way we ask where have all the good men gone, I also say where have the good deals gone? Well, it certainly looks like the credit crunch has sent many such yummies crawling out from the woodwork. I’ll hazard that once the stock markets start a sustained rise all over again (and I’m not talking about the current flash in the pan), so will the prices on the menus. My advice? When you see good value, jump on it and grab it by the horns and feast while it lasts. Good times – ie. good prices – are not likely to hang around longer than they have to.

So what has Madam stumbled upon of late? Lemme keep things short and savoury.

I just lunched at One-Ninety at The Four Seasons this afternoon, all the better to check out the menu by newly arrived Executive Chef Bruno Correa. What delights! Lunch buffet modular style! Either go the whole hog with a three-course buffet of appetizers, mains and desserts ($48++) or chop and change as you like: appetiser and dessert buffet at $38++, an appetizer buffet alone at $26++ or desserts alone at a meagre $12++. For ladies who lunch, their pretty appetizer buffet alone makes a good hearty lunch already. Consider Parma ham shaved from the leg, roasted peppers and eggplants, chicken liver mousse with brioche, hummus and baby octopus, Oriental chicken salad, mushroom salad, Chinese roast meats (the roast duck is superb), an unctuously thick tomato soup, breads and more. If you are venturing to the dessert table as well, the Macanese pudding (you’ll recognize it as the white creamy dessert in a bowl studded with less-than-glam Marie biscuits) and the chocolate tart are definite must-tries - particularly the choc tart which looks deceivingly heavy but is light as air. Bring your little kiddies along for a dessert-only lunch. That’d make a nice post-exam celebration.

Four Seasons Hotel Singapore
190 Orchard Boulevard
Tel: 6831 7250

From Monday to Friday, Shayray Punjab at Holland Village is offering an Executive Set Lunch at only $15+. This menu includes a soup, starter, main course, naan or rice and a dessert. What’s more, every Thursday is Tandoori Nite with an all-you-can-eat selection of vegetarian and non-vegetarian kebabs at only $35+ per person. This is served with dhal and Punjabi roti. To get an idea of what they serve, the restaurant’s must haves from their a la carte menu include tave di fish, tender cubes of red snapper marinated with gram flour, ginger, garlic, saffron and green chilli paste, aatish-e murhg, chicken drumsticks marinated in a smooth blend of cashew nut, spices and cream, slow cooked in the tandoor, and gosht do-pyaza ($20), which showcases succulent pieces of mutton and sweet bell peppers cooked in onions, tomato paste, Kashmiri chilli powder. Need something to wash down your grills? All alcoholic drinks come with a 20% discount. Just don’t drink and drive after that…nor try walking about in your birthday suit!

25 Lorong Mambong, Holland Village
Tel: 6468 9126

How about a bit of French in an atmospheric setting, perfect for a chic afternoon tryst? Le Pont de Vie, located off the beaten track at Kandahar Street near the Art Museum, is a quaint little French restaurant which is serving up a set menu starting as little as $12. This gets you a main course alone of coq au vin, oxtail risotto and beer battered wild seabass, among others. For $20, you get a two-course lunch of appetizer and mains, and $26 gets you a full three course. There’s the 10% service charge of course, but listen to this…no GST! Is that music to your ears or what? And an important FYI for you – Monday nights are corkage free. Pen that down in your drinks-to-do list!

26 Kandahar Street
Tel: 6238 8682

Over at the Greenhouse at The Ritz Carlton (again?!), we just heard hot off the press that guests who make reservations for the Asian Lunch Buffet ($48++) on weekdays will get discounts based on how far in advance their reservation is made. Here’s how it works: If you confirm your reservation five days (or more) in advance, you get 50% off the food bill; four days' advanced booking knocks off 40% off the food bill and so on...…until one day in advance where you get 10% off. So you see, sweeties, forward planning does pay off. Available until 31 August.

7 Raffles Avenue
Tel: 6434 5288

by EW

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Binge – Bak Chang Beckons

‘Tis bak chang season again. On the fifth day of the fifth month of the Lunar calendar, it is tradition to unwrap those greasy lotus leaves and sink your teeth into the juicy, aromatic pyramids of sticky glutinous rice all plump and stuffed with the promise of sweet fatty pork, chestnuts and other sinful goodies. Thus to deliciously commemorate Qu Yuan who flung himself in a fit of poetic despair into the Mi Luo River. Are we hungry yet?

Personally, I like my bak chang traditional. However just like CNY goodies and mooncakes, there are plenty of unusual bak chang creations available these days, created by itchy fingered chefs who can’t help trying something new. Traditional or novel, here’s a sampling of what’s available out there and which I would eat.

Pine Court at the Meritus Mandarin is offering nine varieties this year, the newest being the stewed Dong Bo pork dumpling ($16.80 each). It’s a sumptuous package of glutinous rice stuffed with stewed Dong Bo pork, pumpkin, yam and chestnuts. There’s also the Xiamen meat dumpling ($5.30), a luscious chang of roast pork, salted egg yolk, dried shrimp, mushrooms, chestnuts which I thought was excellent, and the XO meat rice dumpling, with pork, dried shrimp, chestnut, green bean, and Pine Court’s homemade XO sauce. The rice in their dumplings is particularly smooth and tender, with a generous load of fillings. Nice.

Interestingly, they have a foie gras dumpling with roast duck, sea whelk and lotus seeds, and an abalone and sharks fin dumpling. Sounds very stylo-mylo but hmmm…don’t think there’s a real need to reinvent the wheel.
Available 8-28 May at the Deli Counter and at Pine Court. Tel: 6831 6262

Up the hill at Orange Grove Road, Shangri-La Hotel’s Master Chef Peter Tsang – who by the way has a wonderful book available at Popular Book store containing all the secrets of the Chinese kitchen – has rolled out a traditional Feng Cheng dumpling ($10.50). It’s stuffed with everything except the kitchen sink – conpoy, roast pork, roast duck, pork belly, chestnut, lotus seed, green bean, salted egg yolk and dried shrimp. There’s also a new curiosity – the vegetarian five rice dumpling ($11.50) which sounds pretty workable, made with five varieties of ‘rice’ including brown rice, peanut and corn.

Good as a gift for those vaguely anorexic, wheatgrass-drinking, birdseed-eating friends. If you need to haul a gift over to loving old Grandma, though, the Dragon Boat Dumpling Hamper ($55) contains five varieties including Feng Cheng Dumpling, the Abalone Rice Dumpling, Five Rice Dumpling, Taiwan Style Sweet Dumpling and Sweet Green Tea Paste Dumpling.

Available 11 to 28 May 2009 at Shang Palace and The Line Shop. Tel: 6213 4473.

At Orchard Hotel, Hua Ting’s signature rice dumpling with roasted meat in Hong Kong style ($12) is back on sale, filled with freshly roasted duck and meat, scallop, mushrooms, salted egg yolk, fragrant chestnuts and dried lotus seeds. Two new varieties from the restaurant’s award winning sifu are rice dumpling in Hakka style ($5.80) with minced pork, mushrooms, dried cuttlefish and preserved radish, and crystal rice dumpling ($5.80), a sweet package stuffed with lotus paste and assorted beans and rice sago.

What’s nice about Hua Ting is, they've kept to traditional flavours…which works best of all for me. For gifts, they have a premium gift set of six dumplings ($35.80).

Available now until 28 May at Hua Ting, Orchard Hotel. Tel: 6739 6666

Finally, even though I do not generally favour non-traditional festive foods – after coming across some seriously traumatic mooncake ‘innovations’ in recent years –admittedly there are those that may actually, seriously work. And even though I have not tried it, I suspect some of the new bak chang creations by Marina Mandarin’s Peach Blossom this year may in fact turn out quite nice. Most of their savoury ones are traditional in flavour, but they have also rolled out unique sweet ones.

On the take-away menu are a sweet dumpling filled with lotus paste and osmanthus ($6.80) and full short grain rice dumpling with red bean and yam paste ($6.80). Sounds delightful. If I had plenty of time, I would serve it as a nice Oriental afternoon tea with ice green tea.

If you’re dining in at the restaurant, try the intriguing chilled dumpling with dragon fruit and honey ($4.80, pictured at the top of this story) and tell me what it’s like. The description says it’s glutinous rice wrapped round dragon fruit paste and served with a drizzling of honey.

Available 11-18 May at Peach Blossoms, Marina Mandarin Hotel. Tel: 6845 1118

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BUYS: Dingles and Dangles - This Season's Picks

In Hong Kong, where I now live, the arrival of each new season is a huge excuse for the stores to bring in new distractions for you to buy. I see evidence everywhere around me that Summer is officially here because the cutest short dresses, summery perfumes, bling watches and brand new baubles are all being touted in their full glory.

I admit to being severely distracted by Summer's latest "dingle dangles" as I call them - fancy accessories that don't sit stoically alone but have to hang off something, casual, care-less and carefree, just like the mood to "buy", that Summer seems to so frivolously sweep in.

Tiffany has some lovelies that, like me, I am sure that you will find, hard to resist.

Tiffany Keys

This season’s latest must-have sparkling from your décolletage as you sip tea at Cova, is from Tiffany’s Key collection.

Suspended from fine, ball or oval-link chains in 18 karat yellow or rose gold, the keys come in platinum with diamonds or sterling silver in medallion, heart or flower-topped shapes.

Wear alone or layered, depending on his budget, of course. (From $175 for a mini Sterling Silver key pendant to $17,300 for a Platinum Diamond key pendant).

Paloma Picasso’s 20-Carat Earrings and Pendants

Whilst you are at the shop with the little blue box, you may want to take a look at Ms Picasso’s pendants and earrings.

Her 20-carat collection brings together different gems, amethyst, citrine, yellow quartz, rock crystal, onyx and blue chalcedony in the shape and form of polished-smooth pendants and earrings, 20 carats in each cluster.

The necklaces are suspended beautifully on 18-karat yellow gold or sterling silver chains (S$1650 to $2250). The earrings are in yellow gold ($1800 to $2400) and sterling silver ($900 to $2400).

All available at:
Tiffany & Co (www.tiffany.com)
Takashimaya S.C. Level 1 & 2, Unit 05 & 06
Tel: 6735 8823
Other branches at Raffles Hotel Arcade, #01-05 and Changi Airport Terminal 2, Departure/Transit Lounge South

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SPECIAL EDITION FOR MOTHERS' DAY: Food Love!

I love to eat. So I learnt to cook. Simple meals for one at first, as a young adult striking out on my own in a foreign land. More elaborate, heartier fare in later years for an expanding circle of family and friends. 

In the past two years, I have cooked my way through many milestones: the birth of my son, the loss of my mother, a serious illness of another family member, moving house and country along the way, finally returning to Singapore. 

I cook best when I am happy. When I wasn’t, cooking got me through some bad times…made me feel useful, gave structure and sense to a crazy world in which I seemed to lurch from one crisis to another. Cookbooks – not valium – helped me to relax, gave me some much-needed shut-eye when I faced sleepless nights while recovering from a C-section, exhausted by the cycle of breastfeeding and burping baby, even as scary thoughts of mortality (mine and my loved ones) and what-if scenarios raced through my head. 

Just thinking about food makes me feel good. Pottering about the kitchen…slicing, dicing, mincing…the sizzle of garlic in hot oil, the comforting bubble of a slow braise…the whole process is rather like culinary yoga, far better and cheaper than therapy, with a tasty bonus thrown in at the end of a session. While I enjoy having the occasional pizza or curry delivered to my doorstep, cooking for those I love is the best gift I know. In that sense, it’s nice to know there’s a little bit of my mum in me. 

Mum, who did no more than boil water until she got married and moved to New York with my dad for a brief spell in the 1960s, learnt fast, since cooks and amahs were in short supply there then (and now). A wonderful cook, she dished out an array of Chinese, Indian, Malay, Western and some concoctions all her own, feeding us lovingly over the years. My fondest childhood memories involve coming home from school to Mum’s fried meehoon, fish congee or a giant omelette for lunch. I hold on to those memories, and the incomparable feeling of being loved, secure and safe from danger. 

Food love. Call me old-fashioned, call me names (please, anything but Martha Stewart), but preparing meals for my family isn’t just about feeding hungry mouths. It’s about…the look on my husband’s face when he digs into a second helping of curry and rice after a long day at work…that same look of contentment as my 2-year-old son chomps on a chicken drumstick. Now, I enjoy having a quick bite with my daughter, 3, when she gets back from playschool at lunchtime. Her face lights up when she sees we are having her favourite noodle dish, and she chatters away happily about everything and nothing in particular while we eat. I hope there will be at least one good memory in these modest moments of everyday life to sustain my loved ones when they need it most.

Food Love. No wonder, then, that Mum’s last words to hubby before she passed on, were: “Have you eaten dinner? You should go and eat something.” So, this Mother’s Day, and whenever I share a meal with those I love, I will think of her and resolve to live – and eat – well. 

Thanks Mum, for the lovely meals and loving memories. Your yong tau fu is, and always will be, the best.

- by lk

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Body: When the weight of the world gets too much ... it's Spa Time!

The weight of the world can be overwhelming at times, even for us 21st century ladies who like to think we’ve got it all figured out. How are we to handle the kids’ exam fever? 

What are they really being taught at school? Which social organisation is going to be taken over next through stealth tactics? And then there’s swine flu to top it all.

When the cares of the world just seem too much, maybe ‘tis time to hit the spa for a bit of pampering! 

Luckily for us, treatments abound that won’t send your bank account into the red. 

And since it’s Mother’s Day too, take mum along…make it a double treat and enjoy a bonding good time with the most important woman in your life. 

Willlow Stream Spa at Fairmont Hotel recently rolled out The Urban Retreat, a spa ‘n lunch package that costs a sweet S$120+ per person. 

This includes a choice of one treatment – take your pick from a stress relief massage, travel recovery massage, sports massage, customised deep cleansing facial or sensitive skin facial – which lasts at least 60 minutes, the use of spa facilities for the day, followed by a three-course lunch at Alligator Pear, their poolside restaurant. 

What’s more, the menu features fat-free, organically grown and nutritionally balanced ingredients flavoured with herbs from the hotel’s own green patch. Dishes include grilled tuna steak with capsicum compote; smoked salmon tagliatelle with fresh tomato and basil, and pina colada (comprising coconut, pineapple and lime sherbet). 

FYI, the package has a total retail value of up to S$308 nett. 

Where: 

Fairmont Singapore 

80 Bras Basah Road

Tel: 6431 5600 for appointments 

E-mail: willowstream.enquiries@fairmont.com

Grand Park City Hall’s Spa Park Asia has recently been renovated and relaunched, focusing on Asian therapies with a range of ‘oxygen-based spa products,’ TCM therapies are a highlight, including tui na (S$120 for 60 minutes), a massage using finger and palm pressure to promote the flow of qi; ba guan (S$60 for 30 minutes) – also known as ‘cupping’ – to improve blood circulation and rid the body of toxins; and guan sha (S$60 for 30 minutes), which treats chronic ailments such as tense muscles and qi congestion. 

For a spot of economic downturn wellness, sign up for its Refresh & Restore promotion (S$99 until 31 May) comprising a 60-minute body massage and a 25-minute Body Polish or 15-minute foot massage. 

There’s also its signature treatment, Park Indulgence (S$180), a two-hour session that consists of a massage using a variety of Asian massage techniques, hydrating body polish and body masque.

Where: 

Grand Park City Hall

10 Coleman Street

Tel: 6593 6938/39 for appointments

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Book - Mum Or Not, Here Are Some Good Reads For You

With four people jostling for shelve space in a family that’s addicted to book buying, it’s a constant tussle to find room for my motley collection of books – which continues to expand, with the latest addition of age-appropriate books for moi. 

Whether you’re a mum - Yummy Mummy, Soccer Mom or Mummy Dearest (!) - or not, you’re quite likely to find something worth reading among the following motherhood-themed books. At any rate, everybody has a mum, so happy Mother’s Day to all of you!

‘Fast-Food’ Read For Busy Bodies
I really enjoyed reading Mums: A Celebration of Motherhood, a delightful collection of fiction and memoir from some of Britain’s best-loved writers. It’s great for dipping into now and then, whenever there’s a five-minute interval in between school runs, meal prep, cleanups and other household distractions.

From one-page musings to slightly longer stories (20-odd pages is the maximum length), this lovely celebration of motherhood features stories and personal recollections by well-known figures such as authors Alexander McCall Smith and Joanna Trollope as well as ‘domestic goddess’ Nigella Lawson, interspersed with touching and amusing snippets from famous names like parenting expert Miriam Stoppard and ‘celebrity mum’ Arabella Weir.

My favourite tale in the book is by McCall Smith, whose best-selling series – the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, which is set in Botswana -- features the sensible and engaging Precious Ramotswe, the “traditionally built” female sleuth with a nose for detection and a heart of gold. In his story, Mma Ramotswe and her sidekick Mma Makutsi share a contemplative and touching moment as the former tries to recall what little she can about her mother, who died when she was just a baby.

From inspirational mums to magical mums, reluctant mums and mums behaving badly, this treasure trove written for mothers, by mothers, reflects many voices from across the generations and truly is a glorious celebration of motherhood. Brilliant for busy bodies (literally) who want a ‘fast-food’ read that’s quick and satisfying. Plus, proceeds from the book go to children’s charity PiggyBankKids.

Mums: A Celebration of Motherhood
Edited by Sarah Brown and Gil McNeil
S$22.50/Borders (also available at other major bookstores)

One To Cherish, Savour, Re-read And Share
Maya Angelou, one of my all-time favourite authors, writes with such warmth, candour and humility. The power of her words to move, entertain and delight is evident in Letter to my Daughter -- her first original collection of writing to be published in 10 years -- which is memoir, guidebook, poetry and inspirational wisdom all rolled into one.

In her own inimitable style, she painfully recalls an episode of physical abuse at the hands of a former suitor; extolls honesty and decries vulgarity; not-so-gently chides and laughs at herself for behaving badly (albeit unwittingly) at a dinner party in an unfamiliar cultural setting; and dispenses down-to-earth advice on living well and with meaning.

Poet, writer, performer, educator and civil-rights activist – these are among the many hats that Angelou wears. Here in the book are glimpses of the eventful life that led her to an exalted place in the American literary scene and taught her lessons in kindness and strength of character along the way. Angelou was brought up by her grandmother in segregated Arkansas, went to live her more worldly and less religious mother at the age of thirteen, and grew up to be an awkward, six foot-tall teenager whose first experience of loveless sex paradoxically left her with her greatest gift, a son. Letter To My Daughter is dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her.

This is a book to cherish, savour, reread and share. If you enjoyed it, check out these other works by the same author including her bestselling autobiographies, beginning with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; a cookbook, Hallelujah! The Welcome Table; and five poetry collections, including I Shall Not Be Moved.

Letter to my Daughter
By Maya Angelou
S$46.53 (hardcover) from Kinokuniya (also available at other major bookstores)

Alpha Mums Manage To Have It All

Those of you who love books in the self-improvement/empowerment vein will like this one: Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family, by Diane F. Halpern and Fanny M. Cheung.

Readers learn about the work histories, motivation, leadership styles, mentors and family backgrounds of a diverse group of top-level women. About 60 female leaders of the world’s top organisations – these include the President of Old Navy/Gap, the Chairman of Deloitte & Touche, the Vice-President of IBM operations, a Supreme Court Judge in China and the President of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council – share compelling accounts of their efforts to balance work and family life. The book also touches on strategies for success (eg scaling back, juggling), the need for social support and the importance of cultural context.

Read this for some fresh perspective on successful multi-tasking for the modern, working mum. And for some reassuring reminders of what we already know in our hearts: that women can be good mothers and workers, we shouldn’t be guilty about the decisions we make that are best for our family, we should set goals for family life as we do for work, and we should be clear about our priorities.

Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family
By Diane F. Halpern and Fanny M. Cheung
S$52.88 (hardcover from Kinokuniya (also available at other major bookstores)

-by lk

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Binge - Free Sweets for Moms at Three Monkeys

Dishing out a good deal for Mother’s Day is the newly opened 3-Monkeys Café at Holland Village, located along the same shophouse row as the banks. Mums and Grandmas alike get a free dessert for every main course ordered this Sunday, 10 May.

The restaurant has a kid-friendly jungle themed atmosphere where the monkeys that you choose to celebrate with can go ape around rather than sit up straight and behave throughout the entire meal. 

More than just bananas, there is a good variety to choose from in terms of main course eats as they have a unique variety of American, Mexican, Italian and Asian. All No Pork and No Lard, great if you are still worried about swine flu!

In terms of mains, we recommend the Mighty Joe Burger – a juicy five-inch tall, 230g flame-grilled Australian beef patty with double cheese and double ham, garlic prawn sizzler with king prawns and fragrant chunks of garlic served in a sizzling hot plate or the chicken, beef, shrimp or combo fajitas served with warm tortillas, sour cream, guacamole and salsa. 

There is a wide selection of burritos, tacos and quesadillas too, as the Mexicana flavour here prevails. 

 

If it’s a more Asian flavour that you are after, the Indonesian nasi goreng and the Thai tom yam are excellent! 

The 3-Monkeys team also does a mean choice of blended extra-fruity drinks, all yummilicious.

For dessert (mum’s comes free), think towering ice cream sundaes, an array of brownies, banana splits, crepe suzette, banana, mango or blueberry crepes with a generous dollop of ice cream that would rival Swensons any day. 

Book your table as we suspect it will be a jungle out there this weekend!

Where:
3-Monkeys:

Holland Village (same row as the Banks)
267 Holland Avenue
Singapore 278989
T: +65 6469 1338

Also at Orchard Towers, T: +65 6735 3707
(However offer for Mothers Day only applies at the Holland outlet)

By ey

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