[Tasting] Winestone's Immersive Christmas Experience @ NOVOTEL Singapore on Stevens

Congratulations to Winestone on its achievement in securing the Singapore Environment Council’s (SEC) Eco F&B certification. The award is in recognition of the restaurant’s efforts on sustainability. Besides its ongoing efforts in its management of energy, water and waste practices, one noteworthy effort is its implementation of the green purchasing policy is the use of locally sourced fish and vegetable produce.

Are you ready to experience an immersive journey towards new inspirations, new rituals and new tastes for this Christmas?

Be inspired by four local makers - Dannon Har (Section D), Leon Hay (Hay Dairies), June Chen (Floral Mikelle) and Jas Rehan (A Poet’s Terroir) as Winestone presents a series of festive cocktails, sustainable floral wine hampers, freshly made cheese from locally harvested goat's milk and lastly, the art of taste, wine art from palate to palette.

Festive Cocktails

by Dannon Har, Section D Bar

A Berry Christmas – wheat beer, spice syrup @$20

Candy Rush – peppermint vodka, lemon, Cointreau, prosecco, candy cane @$23

Taste the Snow – gin, heavy cream, vanilla ice cream @$18

Santa’s Mudslide – cognac, coffee liquor, bailey’s Irish cream, heavy cream, chocolate shavings @$28

Warm Hugs – dark rum, spiced syrup, butter, cinnamon @$20

My favourite would be Taste the Snow. Ice-cream in my alcohol? Yes please!

Discover Local: Goat’s Milk

by Winestone’s culinary team

Goat’s Cheese Salad – prosciutto, fresh goat’s milk ricotta, rock melon pickle

Christmas Wine Hampers

by June Chen, Floral Mikelle

Elegant Blanc @$140

Elegant Blanc

A rosé and white wine packed in a modern chic red bag paired with winter wonderland in tones of elegance – white, silver and gold. Free delivery included.

• Hecht and Bannier Languedoc Rosé Languedoc, France
• Famille Perrin Luberon Blanc, Rhone Valley, France

The Art of Taste

by Jas Rehan, A Poet’s Terroir

• An artistic experience of tasting and painting your wine

• A visual journey of wine and art as we take you through the wine tasting experience

• Explore it on a colour filled canvas, along with a 3-course lunch

• Priced at $220 per person, seats are exclusive and limited

• Available on 26 November, 27 November, 4 December and 5 December 2021

Shop festive at Winestone. Merry Christmas!

Festive 4-Course Dine-In Menu

15 Nov 2021 - 30 Dec 2021

Pepper Tuna Salad

Seafood Bisque

Grain Fed Rosedale Ruby Pure Australian MS 2 Ribeye 

medium rare

Mille Feuille, Apple Croustillant, Molten Chocolate Log Cake

For the main course, one could choose either ribeye, free range organic chicken or sea perch. The ribeye was cooked just the way I liked it, flavourful and lovely texture.

The salad was good too and loved the micro greens with a burst of bright yellow. Visually pleasing and tasted refreshing.

For dessert, my favourite were the Mille Feuille and the Molten Chocolate Log Cake. The pastry was crisp while the chocolate was melt in your mouth.

Mille Feuille

Molten Chocolate Log Cake

Thank you to Juliana, Cheryl and Stephanie and Novotel for the invite, and Winestone for hosting the tasting. Special thanks to Christina for taking care of us.

Winestone, interior

Winestone

Address: 30 Stevens Rd, #01-09, Singapore 257840

Website: http://www.winestone.sg

Contact: 6491 6100

Business Hours:

Closed on Mondays.

Sun to Thurs: 12pm to 10pm

Fri to Sat: 12.00pm to 10.30pm

[Media] Alfresco Dining By The River @ Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel

Seeking a quieter area to chill and enjoy the breeze? How about all of those plus delicious food paired with reasonably priced drinks? Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Alfresco Dining offers all that, and more.

Alfresco Dining at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel

Was invited for a sneak peak recently to experience the Alfresco Dining at Grand Copthorne Waterfront, and good news! For all readers of Purple Taste, you'll get to enjoy the first round of drinks on the house when you dine-in at the alfresco with any purchase from the food menu (T&C applies). Just show them this blog post or quote "purpletastealfresco". Reservations via dining.gcw@millenniumhotels.com or call 6233 1100 or visit http://www.celebrateatgcw.com

The Daily Special offers good deal to the discerning diner. Imagine going there on a Monday where one could order a small Canadian lobster, grilled with garlic butter for just $9.90! Or, on Wednesdays, one could get Snow Crab Leg at $1 per piece! Alcoholic beverages are reasonably priced from $8 onwards during Happy Hour. 

check out the Daily Specials!

A bottle of M Wine (my favourite red) for just $18 with any purchase of Josper Grill Combo? Perfect with a small group and wallet friendly too!

Monday Special - Lobster

Lobster @$9.90 on Mondays

Wednesday Special - Snow Crab Leg

Snow Crab Leg @$1 per piece on Wednesdays

Friday Special 

Josper Grill Combo A @$68

Combo A: Duck Leg Confit, Baby Spring Chicken, Pork Bratwurst, USA Angus Beef Striploin

Josper Grill Combo B (Seafood combo) @$68

Mediterranean Octopus Tentacles

Crispy Calamari

Norwegian Salmon, Jumbo Tiger Prawns

colourful eats

Weekends & PH - Seafood Mountain

photo credit: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel

Excuse me, while I sip on a Gimlet... Happy Hour you know, so need to be happy. The magical hour happens daily from 4pm to 8pm.

Gimlet @$10 (HH)

If you prefer to have lighter bites, I'd recommend the pork satay and the deep fried wings. For the wings, you might want to go easy on the sauce as the wings were juicy and tasty on its own.

Grilled Satay (6 pieces) @$12

Deep Fried Sesame Chicken Wings @$12

For those who adores spam fries, I'd recommend the Carne Meat Luncheon Fries. A healthier version for its usage of leaner meat.

Carne Meat Luncheon Fries @$12

When night falls, and you want to enjoy a little romantic date night with your loved one, here's a homemade pasta dish that remained light on the palate (and stomach), with comforting feels. Pretty too!

Spinach Fettucine Aglio Olio with Ocean Prawns @$18

And, do not leave without trying the Baked Alaska for dessert! Serves two (if you're having just a 2-course meal, but I think this serves 4 comfortably as a 3-course meal dessert). Flambé with rum and the blue light was a spectacle to behold!

Chocolate Baked Alaska @$16

Here's a short video of the 'action':

tasted of fluffy marshmallow, chocolate ice-cream and rum~

Thank you Gilbert and JC for arranging the preview and Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Chef Magdalene and team for feeding us. Thank you and stay safe!

For all readers of Purple Taste, you'll get to enjoy the first round of drinks on the house when you dine-in at the alfresco with any purchase from the food menu (T&C applies). Just show them this blog post or quote "purpletastealfresco". Reservations via dining.gcw@millenniumhotels.com or call 6233 1100 or visit http://www.celebrateatgcw.com

Grand Copthorne Waterfront

Address: 392 Havelock Rd, Singapore 169663

Website: http://www.celebrateatgcw.com/

Contact (for alfresco dining): 6233 1100

Reservation: http://www.celebrateatgcw.com/aspx/alfresco_dining_widget.aspx

[Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel] "The Influencer Takeover"

For the first time, 5 Singapore based Influencers have been invited to take over  Grand Copthorne Waterfront hotel’s social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram  from April till September 2019 as part of the hotel's 20th anniversary celebration.

These Influencers/Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) will have freehand to post their experiences while staying at the hotel.  This initiative is part of the celebration for the 20th birthday of Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel which falls on the 1 October 2019. The selected Influencers are Bino Chua (I Wander), Darren Ang (Darrenbloggie.com), Ivan Teh (Ivan Teh-Running Man), Hazel Lam (Hazeldiary.com) and Ai Ling (Purple Taste).

We will be like any other regular guest who checks-in to the hotel for a 3-days 2-nights stay during any of the dates in each of the month starting from April till Sept 2019.  We can critic the hotel’s services, facilities as well as outlets in the most honest and transparent manner without interference from the hotel and to post our experiences on the hotel’s social media pages together with a review on our own blogs.

The public will also be able to read about things to do around the hotel and tours available from
within the hotel from the well-established DMC and daily sightseeing tour operator - Tour East
Singapore from experiences gathered from these KOLs.  Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel,
General Manager Mr Farid Alain Schoucair said, “20 years is a huge milestone for this great
property & we are celebrating it in a way no one ever did, which is to allow 5 influential
individuals to give unbiased opinions on what Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel is all about.”

Want to find out more on what we will be saying about our Grand Copthorne Waterfront's experience? Subscribe now to our social media platforms and follow us to the take over!

Grand Copthorne Waterfront

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrandCopthorneWaterfrontHotel/ 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grandcopthornewaterfront/

Follow our hashtag: #influencertakeovergcw 


Meanwhile, you could also catch us in radio interviews this month!

A big thank you for your support if you had caught some of us on air on 25 April 2019 during 938NOW "The Breakfast Club" and Money FM 89.3.

Do join us when we take over Grand Copthorne Waterfront hotel's Facebook and Instagram for 3-days each month, from April till September!

Dinata & Hvala Waffle Bar @ 313 Somerset

The last two stops in Tring 313 Food Trail 2015 adventures at 313 Somerset. Held in a single-day where 10 bloggers ate their way through 313 Somerset with 7 food stops in 5 hours. As Dinata and Hvala are both kiosk styled shops, will write about them in the same post.

shop front

pastries

sweets

Dinata is a shop that specializes in Portuguese pastries. Lots of interesting stuffs such as Cornucopia and coconut bread.

(front) chicken "drumstick", hazelnut cornucopia, (back) egg tart and doughnut

On the other hand, if you have a craving for waffles but do not want to eat the whole lot, then Hvala Waffle Bar would be perfect for situations as such. Oh, they do have soft-serve as well in case you want some ice-cream.

shop front

menu

apple waffle, tiramisu and original plus soft serves at the back

The tiramisu waffle was so nice. Chewy on its outside but soft inside. Loved it. I'd have the entire waffle to myself. Not gonna share.

tiramisu

let's dig in!

Dinata

Location: 313 Somerset #B3-42
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dinatasg

Hvala Waffle Bar

Location: #B3-50, 313 Orchard Road Singapore 238895
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HvalaWaffleBar


With that, we concluded our Tring 313 Food Trail 2015. Once again, many thanks to the hosts; 313 Somerset, Tring 313 app, and owner/manager/PRs/staff of the respective shops (Soup Stock Tokyo, Chabuton, O'my Spoon, Pie Face, Chir Chir Chicken, Dinata and Hvala). To my fellow foodies and bloggers, it was a pleasure meeting with you guys. Take care and see you next time.

Chir Chir Chicken Fusion Factory @ 313 Somerset

Korean Fried Chicken seemed to have taken Singaporean's tastebuds by storm. Chir Chir Chicken requires no further introduction and its relentless queues during weekends are testaments to its popularity amongst the diners. I'd think it's safe to say that the demographics of diners here ranges from the tweens to young working adults and the occasional families. Whichever demographic group that you belong to, one thing is for sure. Bring your friends along. Chir Chir Chicken serving portions are really meant for 2-3 pax. If you intend to order more than one mains, then 5 to 6 pax would be ideal.

let's all queue

Don't know what to order? Just browse through instagram or do a quick search in the internet. Loads of pictures and write-ups! The main draw for me, was obviously the chickens. The group managed to sample a variety and the amount of food that we had, could have fed 15 pax of big eaters!

Nest Snow @$32.90

The Nest Snow would be the most interesting looking ones, with that huge dollop of cream nested ontop plus the white sauce that was deceptively spicy. The boneless chicken tenders were more tender that I had imagined it to be. Enjoyable but watch out for that sudden spike in heat.

Speaking of which, there are some cool drinks or rather mocktails that one could order. For example the Tok Tok drinks (blue or yellow). Which was fizzy soda infused with flavoured drinks. Likeable.

the fizz infusor

Yellow Tok Tok (non-alcoholic) @$14.90

Coconut Milktail @$12.90

Coconut Milktail Redgizer (with Red bull) - for wakeup call?

On to the food. The original or just crispy fried chicken wings had quite a good crisp on its skin and still juicy insides. The salsa was fantastically tangy and refreshing. The garlic chicken wings didn't have much garlic taste and ended up tasting pretty similar to original fried wings. The Rosemary chicken looked a tad healthier as it was not deep fried but baked. Tasted of herbs and nicely tender. All the chickens be it deep fried or baked, had the non-greasy feel to it. Nice.

Crispy fried wings @$26.90 with mustard dip and salsa

Rosemary Chicken @$29.90 with baked potatoes and salsa

I saw what you're doing

The best drink for fried chicken, of course would be beer. Chimaek for the win! Here, one could order the Chir Cream Beer for that cream beer 'kiss'. I'd just get a Cass, 'coz no likey with cream.

Chir Cream Beer meet the pints - one (left) and half (right)

Speaking of cream, and if you want something sweet and termed as 'salad', do try the Honey Grape Salad. Mix the whole thing together and scoop up those yummy grapes with the honey drizzled pastry. The combo was so good!

Honey Grape Salad

Haven't had enough chicken? Here are some more.

Spicy Wings @$28.90 (sorry, we ate some already, not the full basket in pic)

What a feast to be shared amongst friends! The place was super packed when we visited on a weekend, and the chicken were good. Personal favourite would be the spicy wings. Yums. The spice level was enjoyable.

Chir Chir Chicken feast - good for 15 pax

Chir Chir Chicken Fusion Factory

Location: #B3-04/05/06, 313 @ Somerset, 313 Orchard Road, 238895
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chir-Chir-Singapore/1551584908411319


Read about the experience at Soup Stock Tokyo, Chabuton, O'ma Spoon Korean Dessert Cafe, Pie Face, Dinata & Hvala Waffle Bar.