Candlenut, the world’s first Michelin-starred Peranakan restaurant is teaming up with Four Seasons Hotel Singapore to launch a specially crafted Peranakan Afternoon Tea at One-Ninety Bar. It is available every weekend during April and May 2021.
Malcolm Lee, the Candlenut Chef-Owner works with his Peranakan heritage to create a new menu combining new flavours and also preserving the best parts of the cuisine for all to enjoy.
We arrive as the brunch starts and go with the outdoor seating option. If you reserve, you may also sit inside as well. Water is bought out to the table so we can take off the masks and subsequently get started with the ordering of the dishes.
The Food at Four Seasons Peranakan Afternoon Tea
The food comes out straight away and instantly takes you on a local Peranakan cuisine journey. You get a range of tasty sweets roll out including:
Kaya and Butter Toast; Kueh Salat; Kueh Bingkah; Buah Keluak Tart; Chinese-style Butter Cookies; and Lemongrass Cake,
If sweets are not totally your thing, there are also plenty of savoury goodnessss: Kueh Pie Tee; Otah Toast; Pang Susi; Roti Jala, and who can forget Chef Lee’s Mum’s Signature Chicken Curry.
Mitch loves the sweet stuff so he gets most of these. The Butter cookies are incredible and we always love our Kaya Toast fix too, a staple of Singapore. Thuymi is much more the savoury and has only discovered the Roti Jala, we didn’t know how good this actually is! The Mum’s Chicken Curry and roti combination is certainly our most enjoyable dish in the savoury collection.
One of our favourite dishes in an afternoon tea is always the scones. Today we had the Executive Pastry Chef Audrey Yee’s freshly baked Vanilla and Pandan Scones. This matches up with a Pineapple-Gula Melaka jam, Strawberry-Rose Preserve and Devonshire clotted cream.
Local-inspired Cocktails at Four Seasons
Food is only one part of the journey at Four Seasons. We had the awesome Bar Manager Gabriel Carlos pair locally inspired cocktails with our food. There are three cocktails to try, and we suggest giving them all a shot.
The Kopi-O, which is a coffee-infused Vermouth, mixed with a 12-year Auchentoshan Scotch whisky and house cherry liqueur. I love coffee flavoured cocktails and this was no exception. The flavours and spices that come with it as well are unique.
The Pandan Kueh, made with clarified milk punch and Tequila combines the local treats of coconut and Pandan, famous throughout Singapore and Malaysia. With a hint of lychee and chamomile also in there, this drink felt fresh and tasty to quell our thirst in the humid weather.
The Kampong Fizz is a bubbly drink and was the one we had to fight over. With very floral flavours and a citrus gin, we actually got another one so we could stop arguing who will get to finish it.
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Peranakan Afternoon Tea at Four Seasons
The Weekend Afternoon Tea is priced at S$68 per person, including a choice of craft cocktail and a choice of Candlenut Signature Tea Blend, freshly brewed Lavazza coffee or Gryphon tea. You can also take the alcohol-free option of the Weekend Afternoon Tea at S$48 per person, which includes for drinks a choice of Candlenut Signature Tea Blend, freshly brewed LAVAZZA coffee or Gryphon tea.
The Peranakan Afternoon Tea experience is only available on the weekends of April and May 2021 at One-Ninety Bar from 2PM to 5PM. We advice you to make a reservation at +65 6831 7671 or email.
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