Don’t panic if you have left it till the last minute to plan your New Year party menu. There are restaurants and eateries who will still take your orders – you can choose to order a full spread or individual dishes to add on to your own cooking at home to ease the entertaining stress.
Text: Eunice Quek/The Straits Times
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Spice up your party with new flavours from home-grown pizza chain Pezzo. The Hainanese Chicken Rice Pizza (available till December 31, above) is made up of chicken rice, roasted chicken, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, chilli sauce and melted mozzarella cheese; while the Satay Sedap Pizza has chicken satay, red onions and cucumber with peanut satay sauce. Don’t miss the Santa’s Surprise Pizza! with a mozzarella-stuffed pizza crust, chicken ham, pine nuts and pineapple. The pizzas are $5.90 a slice, or $29.90 for a pan.
Available at all Pezzo Pizza outlets, including #B1-K04 Bugis Junction; #01-45 White Sands; and #B1-23 Lot 1, various opening hours. For the full list of outlets and opening hours, visit pezzo.com.sg
Go Mediterranean this Christmas with Greek fare from Blu Kouzina. Menu options include dips (from $13.70), meatballs ($20.12), chicken kalamaki (skewer, $5.50, above) and Greek salad ($15.80).
Order online at deliveroo.com.sg. Delivery charge is $3 and a minimum order value may apply depending on location. Order up to one day in advance.
Complete your New Year feast with a spit roast chicken with truffle ($45, above). Each chicken is about 1.8 kg and good for four to six people. It is served with roasted seasonal vegetables and herbed potatoes. Add $30 for a bottle of house wine.
Available at The Carvery, Level 7, Park Hotel Alexandra, 323 Alexandra Road, open: noon to 3 pm, 6 to 10 pm daily. Call 6828 8880, e-mail thecarvery.phal@parkhotelgroup.com or order three days in advance online at parkhotelgroup.com/alexandra/promotions. Last day of order is December 29, for collection on January 1.
Stay in and order a range of appetisers, pizza and pasta from Thyme @ Rochester. Highlights include pizza (from $19.40, above), chickpeas and rocket in yoghurt mint dressing ($14.60) and housemade meatballs with pomodoro sauce ($14.30).
Order online at deliveroo.com.sg. Delivery charge is $3 and a minimum order value may apply depending on location. Order up to one day in advance.
Two new items on the festive menu are slow-cooked salmon with Asian spices ($89.90, above, with two cans of Heineken beer); and Lamb Kleftiko ($129.90 with a bottle of wine), a traditional Greek dish of slow-roasted lamb served with a spicy mango coriander yogurt dip.
Wave Cafe is at lobby level, Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy, Roxy Square, 50 East Coast Road, open: 7 to 2 am daily. Call 6340 5882 or e-mail H3610-FB3@accor.com. Available till January 1, order three days in advance.
The one-Michelin-starred French restaurant offers appetisers, mains and desserts for takeaway. They include the armagnac-marinated foie gras terrine and brioche ($210 for 1kg, minimum order of 100g); black truffle marbled foie gras terrine and brioche ($280 for 1kg, minimum order of 100g, above); and turducken (3kg, $98 for 1kg), which comprises duck, capon, turkey, chestnuts and mushrooms with foie gras stuffing. Items are available till December 31.
Saint Pierre is at #02-02B One Fullerton, 1 Fullerton Road, festive opening hours for collection: 10.30 am to 9 pm, till December 31. Call 6438 0887, e-mail info@saintpierre.com.sg or order online at saintpierre.com.sg. Order three working days in advance; last order collection on December 31.
For a twist to traditional festive fare, order the Nasi Tumpeng Kintamani ($68, for four people, left) platter, which includes yellow rice, fried chicken, butter prawns, quail eggs, fried beef lung, mixed vegetables and beef rendang; as well as a roast leg of lamb with sweet soya sauce, chilli and black pepper sauce ($98 for 2 kg).
Furama RiverFront is at 405 Havelock Road, collection time: 11 am to 8 pm daily. Order three days in advance, last order by Friday for collection on January 1. Visit www.furama.com/specials/riverfront/xmas2018
For parties of at least 10 people, check out Cedele’s festive packages. The Wholesome Festive Feast ($360) includes a Caesar kale salad; sausage platter, baked seabass and coq au vin (slow-braised chicken with red wine). Another option is the Indulgent Festive Feast ($490) with a cream cheese log platter with smoked marlin, slow-poached salmon in yuzu butter and grilled vegetable platter. The items are available till December 31.
Cedele outlets include Novena Square, 238 Thomson Road; Waterway Point, 83 Punggol Central; and The Star Vista, 1 Vista Exchange Green. Call 6922 9716 or order two working days in advance online at www.cedelemarket.com.sg, by December 31. Delivery fees start at $25, and there is a minimum spend of $50 for delivery after December 26.
For a fuss-free meal, order York Hotel’s EZ Festive Party Pack ($150 nett, good for five to six people, left) with a choice of roasted rosemary chicken or roasted kapitan chicken. The set includes romaine and kale salad with pomegranate and apple, baked baby potatoes, and sauteed seasonal vegetables with smoked duck.
White Rose Cafe is at York Hotel Singapore, 21 Mount Elizabeth, open: 11 am to 8 pm daily. Call 6737 0511 or e-mail whiterosecafe@yorkhotel.com.sg. Order three days in advance, by Friday for collection on Jan 1.
Order premium meats from Ryan’s Grocery, such as Australian Organic Black Angus Beef Ribeye Roast with Mediterranean Marinades ($188 or $248), where the grass-fed beef is from Blackwood Valley; and free-range Borrowdale Roast Pork Collar Roll with Red Wine and Garlic ($88, above).
Ryan’s Grocery is at 29 Binjai Park, collection time: 9 am to 2 pm (December 30 and 31, and January 1), 9 am to 7 pm on regular days. Call 6463 3933 or order online at www.ryansgrocery.com. Order seven days in advance, by December 25 for collection on January 3.