Hot Off The Hob: March Food News, New Menus and Restaurants in Singapore

Foodies, read on for the latest new menus, food deals, new chefs, restaurant relocations and refurbs

East Coasters rejoice: you get affordable rice bowls in your hood with the opening of Haru. Plus we have all the deets on Cold Stone Creamery’s new Waterway Point outlet and how you can score $1 ice cream scoops plus try crazy flavours like Nacho Cheese. We also tell you about Lulu’s Lounge, the place where the cool cats are going for free jazz nights; how to get free pizza from Domino’s Pizza, about Fat Prince’s new cocktail and salad menu; award-winning Rang Mahal’s new modern Indian menu (which features kebab fondue!) and more…

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Read more: Foodie News Flash for all the latest new restaurant openings in Singapore!

Who fancies $1 ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery? You’re in luck ‘cos Cold Stone Creamery, with its well-known creamy ice cream and large mix-in selection, is opening a new outlet at Waterway Point on 21 March 2018. Hurray! To celebrate, the first 1,000 Mastercard® Cardholders can enjoy $1 Signature Creation™ (U.P. $6.50), from 21 – 25 March 2018, while stocks last. Mastercard® Cardholders can also enjoy 1-for-1 Signature Creations™ from 22 March to 6 April 2018.

If you are an ice cream aficionado and have already tasted every Cold Stone Creamery flavour, listen up! One new limited edition Signature Creation™ – from Cotton Candy (blue sweet cream ice cream mixed with rainbow sprinkles, cookies and topped with cotton candy), to Nacho Cheese (mixed with real nacho chips!), to Chendolicious (a mix of coconut ice cream, green jellies, red beans and gula melaka) – is up for grabs for a week every Saturday between 7 to 27 April 2018, (Mastercard® Cardholders get 1-for-1 on the flavour of the week too!).  Plus, for the first-time, Universal Pictures ice cream cakes including Despicable Me, Trolls, Madagascar, Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, and Kung Fu Panda will be launching at all Cold Stone Creamery outlets from 1 April 2018.

Cold Stone Creamery, Waterway Point, #B1-K13 (East Wing), www.coldstonecreamery.com.sg

Haru is a modern Izakaya just opened on Guillemard Road serving healthy Japanese/Korean rice bowls. The daytime menu sees affordable bowls of soba or multigrain rice containing superfoods like buckwheat and millet mixed with premium brown, red cargo and wild rice topped with a variety of tasty options. There’s Bulgogi ribeye ($12) with yuzu-pickled brussels sprouts, soy-dashi dressed baby corn and a soft-centered egg; Gochujang Braised Pork ($10) or for the health nuts; and Soy-marinated Tofu ($9) with kale, herbed mushrooms and roasted garlic guacamole. By night, Haru takes things up a notch with their modern interpretation of traditional Chazuke. Despite the fairly reasonable price tags ($18 to $23), bowls feature luxe ingredients like bamboo lobster in the The Lobster Chazuke ($23) – a lightly poached lobster served on either multi-grain rice or Japanese pearl rice with menma, pickled ginger, spring onions and nori, accompanied by an umami Korean tea-soup made with anchovy, kelp and infused with local premium tea blender Tea Bone Zen Mind’s Charcoal Oolong. Other chazukes include Sake-Soy Marinated Beef Rump ($21) and Mangalica Pork Chasu ($18). All of the chazuke come with complimentary Honey Jujube Tea making this an affordable healthy dinner option.

Haru, 100 Guillemard Road #01-06, Singapore 399718, www.harusingapore.com

Jazz lovers, listen up! LuLu’s Lounge presents an eclectic new selection of well-known bands three nights a week from 9:30pm – on Wednesday, Friday and Saturdays. From internationally renowned the Steve McQueens playing soul-funk melodies, to old-school hip-hop jams with Trumpet Z & the Boogie, and the jazz-funk tunes of Tim Stocker & The Pocket Watchers. Plus we hear there are Drag Queens and Burlesque performances live on the LuLu’s stage to keep things fun! No entrance fees or cover charge makes this spot one to put on our lists – plus we hear they do free Prosecco for ladies from 9pm till midnight on Wednesday – how many more reasons do you need! Go!

Lulu’s Lounge, Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore, 7 Raffles Blvd, Singapore 039595, Tel: (+65) 9829 1922, www.lulus.sg

Domino’s Pizza has opened a new store (their 28^th) on Stanley Street. To celebrate the launch, 28 personal pizza will be given out daily for 28 days starting from 13th March until 9 April 2018 between 3 – 4pm daily (including weekends & public holidays).

Terms & Conditions: Giveaway only valid for first 28th customers from 3-4pm daily with a personal-sized Classified Chicken pizza. Changes of flavour, additional toppings or crusts are not available for this giveaway. Valid for takeaway from our store at 13 Stanley Street only. Not transferable or exchangeable for cash or credit.

Domino’s Pizza, 13, Stanley Street, Singapore 068732, www.dominos.com.sg

Rang Mahal, the award-winning fine-dining Indian restaurant at Pan Pacific Hotel, is launching a brand-new menu created by Chef Milind Sovani. The new menu puts a modern spin on Indian classics with dishes like Tomato Saar, Mulethi Herb Foam – a light and airy take on the classic tangy tomato soup, enhanced with sweet liquorice mulethi foam and Tandoori Fondue. Think kebabs, presented fondue style – with chicken kebabs grilled in tandoor with garlic naan cubes and a cheese tomato makhni dipping sauce.

Rang Mahal, Level 3, Pan Pacific Singapore, 7 Raffles Boulevard, Singapore 039595, Tel: (+65) 6333 1788, www.rangmahal.com.sg

Our fave modern kebabery Fat Prince has just changed up their food and cocktail menu. Look for healthy locally farmed 8 Hour Salad with Squash Confit, Mixed Greens, topped with Pumpkin Seed Dressing, and an Avocado & Kale Tabbouleh. Then there’s the Baharat Chicken Wings with pomegranate, hazelnut and spring onion, and the Moroccan Bouillabaisse with squid, prawn, fish and mussels in an umami broth. For desserts, go for Orange Blossom Cake with semolina, sweetened labneh and toasted pistachios, or modern Halva Pudding.

Fat Prince, 48 Peck Seah St, Singapore, Tel: (+65) 6221 3683, www.fatprincesg.com.

il Cielo rooftop Italian restaurant at Hilton offers lovely views, and until 30 April 2018, a new menu with fresh Spring harvests flown in from Italy and Japan presented by Chef Yohhei Sasaki. New dishes include Vongole Bianco of marinated Japanese Asari clams with Baerii caviar, white wine jelly and aglio olio pepperoncino powder, and the Deconstructed Homemade Chitarra alla Carbonara, with white asparagus salad, herb-poached eggs, Culatello ham and carbonara espuma. The 6-course tasting menu goes for $138++, or opt for à la carte portions priced from $28 onwards.

Il Cielo Hilton, Hilton Singapore, 581 Orchard Rd, Singapore 238883, Tel: (+65) 6730 3395, www3.hilton.com

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