Following the debut of its first store in Jurong, homegrown Australian-specialty grocer and lifestyle destination Surrey Hills Grocer has unveiled its second location in Ion Orchard.

Perched on level five of the Ion Orchard carpark, the store spans 3,400 sq ft, offering over 2,000 products procured from Australia, including fresh produce. Shoppers can expect 30 new brands exclusively available at Ion Orchard, including Jiva Kombucha, Ajitas Vege Chips, and organic coconut body and beauty brand.

Over at its cafe space, doused in soothing hues of sage green, wood, and gold. The menu has been refreshed too, with signatures given an elevated spin, from the 48-hour Braised Short Rib Bowl to the upgraded Salmon. There are also new dishes inspired by co-founder Pang Gek Teng’s travels in Melbourne, such as the Turkey Cranberry Focaccia.

For dessert, you can look forward to a series of artisanal cakes dreamt up by former Antoinette chef, Pang Kok Keong, as well as bite-sized Queen Victoria Donuts, Cereals Crusted French Toast with bourbon peach and ice cream, as well as ricotta pancakes.

Thirsty? Quench your thirst at the cocktail bar or savour brews from Australia’s award-winning specialty coffee roasters like ONA coffee and Seven Seeds.

Surrey Hills Grocer is at #05-02 Ion Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn, Singapore 238801. Opens Mon to Sun (9am to 10pm). The store can be accessed by taking a lift from B2 to L5, or shoppers can take the escalator to L4 (in front of Putien) and head to L5. Visit Surrey Hills Grocer’s website for more information.

Fairmont Singapore’s Anti:dote tea lounge and bar is taking your tastebuds on a tour around various destinations with its limited-time ‘Around the World’ Afternoon Tea Set, available from now till Nov 30, 2022.

Explore the flavours of Asia, from Singapore’s iconic chilli crab served in a mantou bun, to a Korean-style beef short rib patty marinated in bulgogi sauce. There’s also a miso and tuna tart that nods to Japan.

Then be transported to Europe with parmigiana and tiramisu from Italy, and confit de canard and an Ispahan-flavoured macaron from France. There are also sweets like an apple confit on a shortbread tart with almond crumble inspired by America’s apple pie, and the Australian classic Lamington that comes in small squares of brown sugar sponge,
coated in black tea glaze and coconut.

The ‘Around the World’ Afternoon Tea is at $58++ per person; $70++ per person with the choice of one amuse bouche; or $75++ per person with both amuse bouche. Two-hour free-flow champagne is available at an additional $75++ per person.

Available daily from 12pm to 2pm and 3pm to 5pm. For reservations, please call 6431 6156 and email  dining.singapore@fairmont.com. Anti:dote is at 80 Bras Basah Road, Level 1, Fairmont, Singapore 189560.

Contemporary Japanese restaurant Sens Dining, helmed by chef Kent Seah, has rolled out inventive takes on sushi for a novel dining experience.

Available in limited sets daily, the Yagura Ketsuga Sushi Box ($88++, good for two to four persons) comes in a tiered box shaped like an ancient fortress. Each tier holds different ingredients to concoct a luxurious handroll, from crispy seaweed to uni, negitoro, and a chirashi of scallops, salmon, tuna and hamachi atop sushi rice.

Or dig into the new Sushi Tacos, with ebi senbei prawn crackers doubling as taco shells. There are five options of fillings available, such as the Ebi with Tobiko ($8++) which has juicy tempura prawns, Negitoro ($13.20++), filled to the brim with minced fatty tuna, and Hotate Uni ($25.80++) which marries sweet scallops with uni flown in from Japan. There are also the Tsubugai shellfish ($8++) and Salmon Mentaiko ($12.50++) tacos. They’re also available as a set (from $19.90++ for the set with three non-premium options).

As part of the grand new menu special promotion, you can enjoy a Buy-1-Free-1 Tacos promo throughout Nov 2022, only redeemable for tacos of the same flavour. For dine-in only, the promotion is exclusive to three mouth-watering flavours, including the Tsubugai Taco, Negitoro Taco and/or Salmon Mentai Taco only.

Sens Dining is at 243 Holland Ave, Singapore 278977. Visit its website for more information.

After shuttering in 2015, and finally reopening in Northshore Plaza earlier this year, Gurney Drive has returned to Suntec City, its first-ever Singapore location.

A parade of authentic Penang-style hawker foods is to be expected, from tangy spicy Penang Assam Laksa ($6.50) to flavourful Penang Prawn Noodles ($7.50), and Penang Fried Kway Teow wok-fried to achieve a smokey wok hei. All are served with a topping of pork lard that’s rendered in-house daily.

There’s also a slew of new store-exclusive menu items to dive into such as Braised Pork Rice ($7.50), Assam Curry Fish Head ($19.90), Nasi Lemak Beef Rendang ($8.90), Lor Bak ($5.50) and Fish Skin Rojak ($5.50).

And if you have room still, get yourself traditional desserts like Penang Cendol or Bubur Hitam (both $3).

Gurney Drive is at B1-100/101, Suntec City Mall Tower 4, East Wing (near Giant), 3 Temasek Boulevard, Singapore 038986.

Three-Michelin-star chef Anne-Sophie Pic returns to Singapore this November, dreaming up an exclusive Les Agrumes menu that’s available only from Nov 16 to 19, 2022. This shines the spotlight on the bright fragrance of citrus fruit.

Expect citrus-infused dishes on the undisclosed menu, perfumed with the likes of zesty lemon leaves, fragrant bergamot, tart accents of yuzu, refreshing kaffir lime scents, prized Kabosu, as well as fresh cedrat. Her signature Berlingots have also been reimagined for this exclusive menu.

To further elevate the exclusive dining experience, La Dame de Pic’s resident sommelier has exclusively handpicked alcoholic beverages for pairing.

Les Agrumes is available for a six-course lunch at $338++ per guest or seven-course dinner at $378++ per guest. Wine pairing is available at $228++ per guest for lunch, and $288++ per guest for dinner.

La Dame de Pic is at Raffles Singapore, 1 Beach Road, Singapore 189673. Visit its website for more information.