SEE | Sail the high seas | Singapore Yachting Festival
The Singapore Yachting Festival is here from April 27 to April 30 at One°15 Marina Sentosa Cove. Access a boating display featuring over 50 vessels by leading yacht builders and dealers, exhilarating fringe activities, and more.
Thirteen boats from around the world will be making their maiden voyage into Singapore’s waters as Asian or Singapore Premieres. The flybridge class dominates this line-up, catamarans and day boats represented by regional dealers Asia Marine, Boat Lagoon Yachting, Derani Yachts, Hong Seh Yachting, Marine Italia, Premium Nautical, SYC Powersports, Simpson Marine, The Boat Shop Asia, and Xtreme Machine.
In addition to the parade of boats, the festival will offer a thrilling RHIB Ride around the Southern Islands. If you’d rather be underwater, steer into the depths with SEABOB, the world’s leading water scooter that lets you discover a new aquatic world. There will also be demonstrations from a few of the most advanced water toys on the market: The Singapore-designed-and-developed e-surfboard by The Kinetic Option and e-foils by industry leaders Lift Foils and WaveShark.
Ramping up the festival atmosphere is live entertainment from roving bands, special food and drink deals at the various lounges, and a supercars show from Porsche, Lamborghini, and Ferrari.
Get your single-day pass at $20 or your multi-day pass at $50 from Eventbrite. For the full programme, visit singaporeyachtingfestival.com
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A symphony of passion | Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Prominent independent food charity Food from the Heart announces the return of its annual fundraising gala, A Symphony of Passion — a joint event with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO).
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Audemars Piguet will present the gala on April 29 at The Grand Ballroom of Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore. It will see an amalgamation of world-class music and food for the body and soul, with a spectacular charity auction of items worth over $300,000 and a projected 550 distinguished guests.
Inspired by the passion and a common cause for the community, the charity event aims to raise funds for over 60,000 beneficiaries and support both organisations in their respective missions to impact local communities.
Tables are available for donations of $10,000, $25,000 and $50,000, donor packages, and special benefits. The SSO is the appointed collection agency for all funds received for the gala. For tax benefits, your details will be shared with both charities. To book your table, visit giving.sg or email chelsea.zhao@sso.org.sg.
DRINK | Tipple-filled tropical month | Plantation Rum
Plantation Rum marks April as Tropical Month and celebrates the occasion with a full month of mixology madness.
Visit participating bars across Singapore, like 28 Hong Kong Street, Bob’s Bar, Panamericana, Potato Head Singapore, Tempo Bar and Grill, and WooBar, from now till end-April. Rum enthusiasts can expect dedicated cocktail menus at these bars with tropical-inspired cocktails using Plantation Rum featuring ingredients such as banana, pandan, lime and coconut.
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During Tropical Month in April, you can purchase any two bottles of Plantation Rum through the EC Proof website (and redeem two free shots of Plantation Stiggins’ Fancy Pineapple Rum at selected bars). Plantation Stiggins’ Fancy Pineapple Rum was created as a tribute to the Charles Dickens character Reverend Stiggins of The Pickwick Papers, whose favourite drink was “pineapple rum”.
EAT | Female chefs unite | Ichigo Ichie
Kappo extraordinaire Akane Eno of Ichigo Ichie stages her first four-hands collaboration with Asia’s Best Female Chef 2023, Johanne Siy of Lolla. The ladies, who emphasise produce, seasonality and simplicity in flavours, will showcase their love for ingredients and culinary philosophies.
Held on April 30, the six-course dinner experience ($328++ per person) will feature two of Eno’s signatures, the Miwa Somen and Iga Beef Steal and Sansai Donabe; two of Johanne’s signatures, Avocado with Smoked Eel Consommé and Crab Relleno; and two exclusive collaborative dishes featuring the Kinmedai and Hotaru Ika with a Pili nuts pesto. There will also be a special selection of sake and wines crafted by female sake brewers and winemakers for an additional $88++ per person.
If you love Indian cuisine, book a seat on June 10 when Eno pairs up with Vasunthara Ramasamy (Vasun), former contestant of MasterChef Singapore season two and creator of the South Indian private dining concept, Cutlery Optional. Their six-course “Japindian” menu will feature fully collaborative dishes from start to end. What results is an experimental food journey that presents an entirely foreign set of ingredients, cooking techniques and kitchen challenges to both chefs.
For reservations, WhatsApp 9018 2897 or email reservations@ichigoichie.com.sg
Executive lunch sets | Wakuda Restaurant & Bar
The perfect place for business lunches, Wakuda Restaurant & Bar by celebrity chef Tetsuya Wakuda has unveiled its weekday deluxe lunch sets.
Inspired by Wakuda’a love for traditional Japanese cooking, the artful three-course menu features the finest seasonal harvest, carefully crafted to present a unique twist while preserving their natural flavours. Diners can expect plenty of appetisers, a generous salad and healthy sides. Depending on what you choose as your main, prices will start from $72++ per head.
Commence the meal with nine palate-pleasing appetisers, including the delicate flan with avruga caviar, silky tofu with ikura, spinach ohitashi, and mozuku (Okinawa seaweed lifted with citrus).
For mains, pick six Japanese favourites, ranging from the classic Miso Cod to generously sized Sashimi or Bara Chirashi. For meat lovers, we highly recommend the 300 Days Grain Fed Australian Wagyu Tenderloin, a moreish steak of well-marbled wagyu grilled over binchotan, served with grilled shishito peppers and onions. Steamed Japanese rice, homemade pickles, miso soup and a marinated soft-boiled egg accompany all mains.
Closing the hearty lunch is a seasonal dessert — either Profiterole with seasonal sweet Thai or Australian mango and kokuto (Okinawa brown sugar) Chantilly — paired with a cup of sencha or coffee.
For reservations, visit marinabaysands.com/restaurants/wakuda-singapore
