Currently topping Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant list and garnering two Michelin stars since opening, Odette by chef Julien Royer serves modern French cuisine. Named in honour of Royer’s maternal grandmother who showed him how pleasure and love can be displayed through food, Odette offers a menu that is packed with seasonal and artisanal ingredients.

Located in the National Gallery of Singapore, the restaurant features soft colour palettes of white and beige and comfortable, elegant booth seating around white-clothed tables, and a glass-enclosed kitchen.

The art on the walls, by Dawn Ng, explores the beauty of raw ingredients from the chef’s kitchen. The restaurant also has an eight-course tasting menu and offers a plant-based menu, too. Reservations should be made a month in advance.

Address: 1 St Andrew’s Road, Singapore

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Burnt Ends  

Australian barbecue restaurant Burnt Ends has the number 10 spot on Asia’s 50 Best and one Michelin star. It offers an open-concept kitchen with custom-made grills and ovens fired by coal, apple wood or almond wood.

Founded in 2013, the restaurant is located in Chinatown. Owner and chef Australian Dave Pynt won the chef’s choice awards at Asia’s 50 Best two years ago.

Smoky meat is not the only thing on the menu – diners can tuck into barbecue fish, fowl and vegetables, too.

Address: 20 Teck Lim Road, Singapore

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Jaan by Kirk Westaway

With one Michelin star and ranked 32 on Asia’s 50 Best, Jaan by chef Kirk Westaway perpetually reinvents British cuisine and ingredients on a seasonal menu.

Dishes are light, such as those on the summer menu, which includes poached snapper with peas, Scottish langoustine and baked pigeon with blackberries. Westway showcases British cheese on a selection board.

The elegant interior seats 40 and there is a great city view from large windows. Also worth commenting on is the crystal and silver free-form chandelier that spans the whole ceiling.

There is a good selection of international wines; wine pairing is recommended with the tasting menus.

Address: 2 Stamford Road Swissôtel, Level 70 The Stamford, Singapore

Nouri

Nouri’s chef Ivan Brehm believes food does not exist in isolation but is a product of intersecting cultures over the centuries.

Nouri opened its doors in 2017; a year later, Brehm introduced Appetite, the restaurant’s research arm. Anthropologically driven, Appetite looks at how migration, trade and war have influenced food, which they call “crossroads thinking”; in fact, the fare is described as “crossroads cooking”.

The tasting menu changes depending on season and availability of ingredients. On the latest menu are dishes such as bread and broth with rye sourdough; silken cheese and vegetable broth; and wild rice stem – steam-roasted makomotake, spiced buttermilk gratin and cultured cabbage. Nouri has a Michelin star and places 39th on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants.

Address: 72 Amoy Street, Singapore

The White Rabbit

Opened in 2008, The White Rabbit is located in a restored 1930s chapel on Dempsy Hill with stained-glass windows, high beams and hallowed halls, bringing the past into the present. Serving European classics, chef Benjamin Tan adds a contemporary twist to traditional dishes such as gnocchi pomme de terre with light truffle jus, Brandt bone-in short rib with red wine glaze and crepe Suzette served tableside with Grand Marnier and yogurt mousse.

The private dining restaurant has à la carte and set menus. The Rabbit Hole, which serves a selection of craft gins in the garden, does a good gin and tonic.

Address: 39C Harding Road, Singapore

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