Delightful surprises

Delicate flavours and feminine elegance reign at the newly opened La Dame De Pic

SINGAPORE (July 29): Not since the opening of Marina Bay Sands in 2010 has Singapore been abuzz with so many restaurant openings by big-name chefs. Much has changed since the time Tetsuya Wakuda’s Waku Ghin made its debut as one of the most expensive restaurants in town and Justin Quek traded his 57th-storey perch for a humbler locale by the waterfront — chief of which is the preference for more casual, though upscale, eateries where patrons feel comfortable rocking a pair of dress shorts as they spend upwards of $150 a head.