| Situated just south of the Malaysian state of Johor, Singapore is a country widely known its thriving economy and multi-cultural society. Singapore Fine Dining has earned a worldwide reputation for being some of the most inventive and delightful. The country enjoys a love of food, mostly due to the wonderful cultural diversity. A rich array of local flavours can be found just about anywhere on the island.
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Dishes like the famous chilli crab are a special treat for visitors and, like many of the local dishes, chilli crab has been treated to a touch of reinvention and added to the menus some exceptional eateries. Singapore Fine Dining is not only about revising these mainstays of a multi-cultural society, but many of the inventive and contemporary restaurants have received international attention for their exceptional fare.
In the sumptuous and stylish environs of a renovated colonial house, diners can enjoy the French menu of Au Jardin, savouring such delights as Wagyu beef while sipping wine carefully chosen to complement each perfectly balanced course. For the truly adventurous or those who simply must try everything, Aurum offers the avant-garde appeal of 'molecular gastronomy' where patrons get to taste dishes created from a scientific vantage while seated in environs quite unlike anything else. Rather than a chair, you'll find yourself in a golden wheelchair, part of the hospital-come-disco theme which adds to the unusual experience.
Due the limited resources of a country which is essentially a small group of islands, a great deal of the dishes are created from the finest imported ingredients. Ingredients are shipped in to appease the many demanding and exacting chefs who are now so much a part of local life. You might say that many of the chefs themselves have been imported, coming from the world over to cook in an environment which allows culinary innovation to flourish. Which is not to say that innovation necessarily marks out all Fine Dining in Singapore, just that there is a climate of the appreciation of food. A climate which benefits greatly from the nation's milieu of luxury and pleasurable pastimes for the world's most discerning individuals.
Fine Dining in Singapore has become of such an exemplary standard that many of the world's greatest chefs come here not only to explore their talent, but to test their mettle in a highly competitive gastronome's paradise. Gunther's, the eponymous eatery of a chef who has tested himself against the finest and come out on top, is a well know restaurant locally and internationally. Those who have the will and means to travel simply to indulge their appetite for the best possible mouthful, are likely to find their way to Gunther's to partake of the culinary offerings of a Michelin-accredited chef who has mastered the art of creating French food of the simplest, sincerest variety.
Not all Singapore Fine Dining is about booking tables at a celebrity chef restaurant. Many of the most revered local eateries have a different type of personality. Some are of the kind which present themselves as a contained concept, a concept which reflects the style of food they champion.
One such place is the Song of India, perhaps the best Indian eatery in the country, if not one of the finest in Asia. While its chefs have won awards and widespread renown, the Song of India is all about the genuine pleasure to be had from eating unrivalled ethnic cuisine in an environment which yearns for the heyday of tropical colonial chic. That grand old period of white line suits and gin and tonics sipped in the creaky comfort of a rattan chair.
Few of the world's best restaurants can afford to compromise on the quality of their ingredients. These days, in such a competitive market, when every nuance of a dish is closely scrutinized by experienced diners and knowledgeable reviewers, the bar has been raised to such a level that eateries which don't offer the spectacularly inventive at least have to bring to their art honest love, desirable tradition and essential authenticity and fine dining in Singapore is no exception. No longer are savvy diners impressed by the mere semblance of dish they’ve eaten in one guise or another many times before. Culinary fads may come and go, but a traditional dish which tastes as if it might have been enjoyed for centuries in a small village will never lose its magic.
It is the rarest of gastronomic delights to be able to taste food that has been created in the same marvelous way for generations. Elements change, naturally, but in a world which advances so quickly and redefines itself from year to year, the beautiful rarities of regional country cooking have become one of the most coveted culinary treats. Those who seek this illusive quality in their food will undoubtedly head to Forlino. Not only can diners taste Italian food which is made from produce and ingredients sourced from the places which are their spiritual home, but Forlino's kitchen brings generations of family cooking to every bite.
The island nation has become a desired destination for all discerning diners who hope to enjoy the wide range of delightful and inspired foods which are to be found from Chinatown to the Luxury Hotels. Restaurants like Iggy's and Les Amis add to the eclectic mix of Singapore Fine Dining, offering exceptional food in exquisite surroundings. Along with others, both Iggy's and Les Amis have been included in the list of the 100 finest restaurants in the world.
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