Cupid’s calling! It’s Valen-time, and if anyone’s looking to woo, a surefire way to the heart is through the stomach (it wouldn’t be said so often if it weren’t true).
Here’s a list of specials and swoon-worthy spots for romancing made easy. Wine, dine, and also be your own Valentine with these ideas:
- Love Me Tender — For that classic steak and wine
- Lavish Lovin’ — A little luxury to spoil your sweetheart
- Home Is Where The Heart Is — Meals to cosy up with at home
- Epicurean Experiences — Date night destinations
LOVE ME TENDER
The definitive dinner date: a good steak and fine wine
Award-winning steakhouse Bedrock Bar & Grill sets a table for two with a specially curated 4-course Valentine’s Day set dinner ($320++ per couple, inclusive of a glass of sparkling wine per diner; available on 13 and 14 February). On the menu is a Pepper Crusted Bone-In Wagyu Striploin — exquisitely marbled and irresistibly tender Australian Wagyu cooked to succulent prime, sumptuous satisfaction to share.
Staging a romantic getaway? The charming coastal escape of Bedrock Origin is where you’ll find sun, sea, salt-kissed breeze, and the chance to sweep your lover off their feet over a 4-course Valentine’s Day set dinner ($158++ per pax, inclusive of a glass of rosé per diner; available on 13 and 14 February). Mains to select from are a melt-in-your-mouth Applewood Grilled Wagyu Striploin for the meat-keen, and a delicately flaky Sake-Steamed Patagonian Toothfish for the seafood lovers.
Look no further than Fat Cow for exceptional experiences of the finest handpicked Wagyu. Paired on the Valentine’s Day Lunch Menu ($88++ per pax; available from 13 to 18 February) are a Donburi — marrying treasures of land and sea, replete with luxuries of Australian Imperial Blossom Wagyu and Australian Bay lobster — and a sparkling wine that complements each bite with its expressive bouquet and lively acidity. Offered for celebrations later in the day is the Valentine’s Day Dinner Menu ($320++ per couple; available from 13 to 15 February), indulging with a succession of decadences like caviar, Simmered Toriyama Wagyu, and a Charcoal Grilled Imperial Blossom Beef F4 Wagyu Chuck Flap.
LAVISH LOVIN’
Nothing but the best for your beau!
It’s dinner with a view at LeVeL33, where the world’s highest urban microbrewery promises unparalleled sights of the Marina Bay skyline alongside a one-night-only 5-course Valentine’s Day Dinner Menu ($398++ per couple; available on 14 February). Featuring LeVeL33’s unique ContemBrewery cuisine, which weaves beer and beer elements from the in-house brewery into courses, the exclusive curation includes thoughtful compositions of South Coast NSW Sydney Rock Oyster with LeVeL33 Brut Beer jelly and LeVeL33 Wheat Beer ponzu, and Housemade Spent Grain Casarecce complemented with sustainably-sourced Australian tiger prawns. The menu is accompanied by a curated wine package ($88+ per pax) to elevate your dining experience. Make it a truly memorable date with a keepsake — couples who pre-order a bottle of Barons De Rothschild ($198++) by 7 February receive a complimentary engraving of their names on the bottle.
Serenade your sweetheart with the season’s finest at Michelin-starred Buona Terra, the elegant setting of the colonial bungalow perfect for a romantic rendezvous. The latest Winter menu, available for lunch (from $118++ per pax) and dinner (from $248++ per pax), showcases nature’s gift of vibrant citruses, puntarelles, and salsify. Artful contemporary Italian creations such as the Scampi — Mozambique scampi delicately overlaid with silky lardo, with accompaniments of sliced puntarelle rolled with Artigiana burrata, puntarelle salad, and preserved Amalfi lemon skin — are sure to sing to the senses.
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
For candlelit celebrations in the comfort of home
If privacy with your paramour is what you seek, then Tablescape Restaurant & Bar’s Valentine’s Day 2024 Takeaway Set Menu ($176nett per couple; available for lunch and dinner from 12 to 14 February) is a spread to savour at home. Trade bites of two different mains: a Wagyu Oyster Blade served alongside creamy potato de pave, and a delicate Dover Sole glazed with a caper butter sauce. Other specials include pan-seared Hokkaido Scallops, Duck Foie Gras, and an exclusive dessert vibrant with the flavours of strawberry and berry tea. The same menu is available for dine-in.
The Gyu Bar’s Valentine’s Day 9-in-1 Bento ($68+ for 1, $128+ for 2; available for lunch and dinner from 3 to 18 February) delights with a selection of signatures and seasonal delicacies, some adorably heart-shaped as a tribute to the occasion. The fine wooden boxes are filled with gourmet gems like a flavourful Miyazaki Wagyu Sirloin Yakiniku grilled to tender perfection, a sweet and savoury Snow Crab Rice Ball, and Hibiki Whiskey Marinated Kagoshima A5 Wagyu Tataki.
EPICUREAN EXPERIENCES
The perfect places to feed your foodie flame
At the heart of Esora’s cuisine is a profound connection to the season — kisetsukan — and shun, knowledge of the exact moment ingredients reach their prime. The organic beauty and purity of each season’s finest is brought to forefront with harmony and balance of flavours achieved through the application of modern techniques to Japanese tradition. With the latest menu ($328++ per pax for lunch, $368++ per pax for dinner), Chef Araki pays homage to winter’s treasures of fugu from Yamaguchi, Matsuba snow crabs, himi kanburi, akamutsu, Setoka mandarins and so on. Revel in this culinary rhapsody in the company of a loved one, ensconced within the calm of the restaurant’s contemplative interior.
Set within the iconic Jinrikisha Station, fine-dining restaurant Born is based on the Circle of Life: a philosophy that fuses Chef Zor Tan’s childhood memories, professional journey, and personal ideals. Each Contemporary presentation is a story on a plate, laden with sentiment and rich with a remembered time. Born’s 9-course menu ($368++ per pax for dinner), featuring dishes such as the Sweet Potato / Oolong / Sea Salt inspired by Zor’s recollection of his favourite cartoon programme, primes partners to cherish the magic of a shared moment.
Venture hand-in-hand to Hashida Singapore for an adventure in progressive Japanese gastronomy (from $200++ for lunch, from $450++ for dinner). Hashida is Chef Kenjiro “Hatch” Hashida’s universe — where his dynamic expressions of personal philosophies and perspectives create a one-of-a-kind dining experience. Unorthodox renditions of sushi, a unique focus on cooked dishes, and a distinctive harmony of technique and flavour build sui generis explorations of taste and texture, like in Hatch’s signature ankimo: velvety monkfish liver delicately brûléed; sweet, savoury, and sublime.
Restaurant JAG illuminates and intensifies the pleasures of vegetable-centric cuisine with La Balade du Végétal, a découverte menu ($175++ for lunch, $298++ for dinner) shaped to spotlight nature’s best. In every course, each vegetable is transformed with precision and contemporary French flair into diverse iterations that appreciate all its profiles. The current 16-expression menu highlights produce such as the capucine — the mildly peppery tuber served raw, found earthy and creamy in a confit component, and further presented in pickled and blanched forms. Dining experiences are personalised to suit guests’ dietary inclinations, welcoming all with the warmest hospitality to join JAG in uncovering heights of vegetable-centric gastronomy.
Fireplace by Bedrock melds the charm of age-old elemental cooking with the elegance of sleek modernity. Appetisers, mains, and desserts are prepared on an open wood-fire grill, in full view of all seated in the main dining room. An array of premium meats, fish, and fresh produce expertly enhanced by fire is served to share, with communal courses like the Dirty Duck ($52++) — an Irish duck rubbed with spices, cooked sous vide till tender, then finished with flame. The chic, relaxed atmosphere is designed to foster connection.
We hope this has been a helpful roadmap for romance. We’ll leave you with a quote:
“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” – Victor Hugo
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