Experiencing Sofitel Singapore City Center @ Wallich Street

Was there in Apr 2022 together with the staycay gang; Tracy, Hence and Ivan. Tried to do an early check-in about 1.30pm but one of our room is not ready yet. 

level 1

Hence, we proceeded to lunch at Itaewon Jjajang while we wait. After lunch, we went back to the hotel and the rooms are ready by now.

LUXURY ROOM, King Size Bed

workdesk

reading corner

view from Level 13

nice tea set in the room

Bose speaker

coffee corner

let's have one

Oh, there was no bedroom slippers when I searched for it in the room. Hence, called receptionist and they sent Housekeeping to pass one slipper.

special delivery

bathroom

bathing things

shower

One thing that I was puzzled is that there was a box for toiletries in the bathroom but it was empty. The bathing gel, shampoo and conditioner were all placed in the bathroom but it wasn't sealed. Hence, not sure whether it is new or used...

The next morning, when Housekeeping came by to refresh the room, there was another set of bathing gel, shampoo and conditioner and these too do not have a sticker seal so I guess, not a concern here?

Let's go for evening cocktail at Club Millesime. We were at the Lounge a tad earlier than 6pm, and the staff kindly served us nuts and juices while we wait for the start of the evening cocktail.

orange/apple juice

snacks

evening cocktail set for 2 pax

Prosecco

I like the sweets from Sofitel. The macaron was lovely! The hot food selection was limited to just two items.

favourite

kofta

Breakfast is served at Racines and they have adequate selections. Guest will tick-off the orders from an order chit.

breakfast

omelette for me

laksa for Tracy

flaky croissant

dim sum

karaage

red bean bun

Breakfast was filling and food was tasty. The omelette plate had all the western elements plus one small side of stir fried mushrooms for the Eastern element. Interesting.

I had a good sleep at Sofitel City Center as its room condition was cozy and comfortable.

Sofitel Singapore City Center

Address: 9 Wallich St, Singapore 078885

Website: https://all.accor.com/hotel/A152/index.en.shtml?utm_campaign=seo+maps&utm_medium=seo+maps&utm_source=google+Maps

Contact: 6428 5000

[Media Invite] Have a Merry Season @ FrapasBar By Saveur at The Cathay (Festive Sets available from 20th December – 25th December 2019)

Regardless if you're a 2-pax or 4-pax party, FrapasBar has got you covered for the festive season. We had a jolly good time at FrapasBar previewing their Christmas Feast menu. Party of 6? No problem, just order up the 2-pax and 4-pax sets and we're good to go!

Let's start slow with fried food. The Crab Croquette came looking good with the snow white toppings of coconut and mayo. Tasty but we were so ready for something more substantial.

Crab Croquette

Duck Breast

The next plate was duck breast. Pan seared french duck breast, served with roasted potato, a side of greens and glazed with bigarade sauce. The piece of meat that I had, had this annoying tendon and that made it tough to chew.

Burrata Tomato

To balance the meat, the festive set for 4 pax included Burrata Tomato in pesto sauce. The burrata was rather firm and the pesto sauce was mildly refreshing.

Garlic Prawns (4 pax set)

Garlic prawns could be one of my favourite dishes at FrapasBar! Look at those colours, so vibrant so eat-able! But wait till you break off a chunk of that bread (looked a bit chao tar but its flavours was yum!) and roll it around in the sauce before popping this flavoursome piece into your mouth. Love love the smokey flavours.

Foie Gras

Foie Gras has been a staple at Saveur since its beginning, along with duck confit and Saveur pasta. It delivers and pretty consistently too. Wobbly, rich and creamy.

foie gras up-close

The 2-pax set came with grilled scallops. It came looking like a pearl from the sea, sitting gracefully in its shell.

Scallops

sweet sweet scallops

The other croquette that we tried was the Truffle Potato croquette. Nothing beats a freshly fried croquette. Don't leave it out for too long!

Truffle Potato Croquette

good flavour and texture

For Christmas, let's enjoy some traditional turkey breast and ham. Slices of turkey breast (skin on) and ham, plated with brussel sprouts, heirloom carrots, stuffings and cranberry jam. This felt like a traditional festive plate. I actually enjoyed the turkey breast as it was not dry and had each small bites with the jam, stuffings and sprouts. Yummy.

Turkey Breast and Ham (2 pax portion)

For the meal, I had a glass of mojito. It is less sweet here and it was served in a nice big mug. Tiara and Rachelle had Sangria and it was a rather large glass! Impressive.

Mojito @$12++

Sangria @$14++

The next dish that we had, was stuffed squid with French Onion rice. I'm guessing that this dish as french onion soup inspired. Ikameshi! Mild seasoning on the squid. Squid itself was tender with a lovely smokiness.

Stuffed Squid

pretty looking

If you hanker after a little carbs, you'll be happy to see the Saveur Pasta, an all time favourite dish of capellini, sakura ebi, pork sauce, chive, shallots and truffle oil. Another of my favourite dish here.

Saveur Pasta

The most impressive looking item in the Christmas Feast menu has gotta be the Beef en Croute. If you are like me and wonders about the difference between Beef Welling and Boeuf en Croute, here is the wiki link to it.

Beef en Croute

ta-dah!

A whole piece of beef fillet wrapped up in some sort of vegetable leaves with morels/porcini minced/paste and then encased in pastry and baked, resulting in meat with a very pink center. Can't be help that the outer sides of the beef were more cooked than its center but overall, happy to report that the meat was tender and natural tasting!

beautiful

Thank you Kris for the invite and FrapasBar for hosting the tasting. It was a hearty meal! The place gets very busy during TGIF and weekends, hence do make your reservations prior.

Christmas Feast @ FrapasBar

Set for 2 pax @$85++ (5 dishes)

• Turkey Breast & Ham
• Duck Breast
• Beef en Croute
• Hokkaido Scallops
• Truffle Potato Croquette

Set for 4 pax @$190++ (8 dishes)

• Turkey Breast & Ham
• Duck Breast
• Stuffed Squid
• Beef en Croute
• Foie Gras
• Garlic Prawns
• Burrata Tomato
• Crab Croquette

FrapasBar @ The Cathay

Address: 2 Handy Road, #01-11/12 S229233
Website: https://www.frapasbar.sg
Contact: 6735 1141
Business Hours:
Sun-Thur 12pm - 1am
Fri & Sat 12pm - 2am
(Food last order 9.30pm)