Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Spuds & Aprons : Get High on Happiness this Festive Season at Mount Faber

We are definitely spoilt for choices when it comes to picking a restaurant but for special occasions, like the upcoming year-end festive celebrations, I felt there's a need to find a location that can make the dining experience a more wonderful and memorable one.  

Photo Credit: Mount Faber Leisure Group
Doesn't a photo like this makes you wish that you were there personally to experience it? 
Actually, you can be there to experience it yourself. This is an official photo taken high at Faber Peak Singapore which is located on Mount Faber. Make this your choice of venue this holiday season as there are lots of dining options if you are searching for restaurants with a view and be sure to catch the stunning fireworks display. 

GETTING THERE


To top it off, if you are going there by cable cars, the Singapore Cable Car is currently having this special "Fly with the DC Super Heroes" campaign going on as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations. This would be until March 2015 and will feature Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern in the themed cabins.

With Batman next to me, Thanks Jessie for taking this perfect photo.
Watch the DC Super Heroes come to life using the 'Fly with Super Heroes' mobile app and scanning the in-cable Augmented Reality marker. Due to the low lighting at night, it was actually a bit difficult to capture the code. Glad that Jessie was with me and she managed to help me take this nice photo with the help of her hp torchlight.


Yes, we are in the Batman cabin! I find it very cool to be able to ride in a special themed cabin. 


Some of the terms & conditions for getting there either by Mount Faber or HarbourFront. 

EAT, DRINK & BE HAPPY


Photo Credit: Mount Faber Leisure Group
Countdown in the Cable Cars
Photo Credit: Mount Faber Leisure Group
Celebration Cabin (Group)
Photo Credit: Mount Faber Leisure Group
Celebration Cabin (Couple)
 Take a joyride in the cable car to a new culinary height with their Festive Sky Dining. Enjoy an exquisite celebratory-inspired four-course meal under the stars which is set out on a three round trips.

Come 31 December, gather a group of six friends and embrace the New Year in your very own private cable car Celebration Cabin which will be filled with hearty food and wine while relishing in the dazzling fireworks display.

FESTIVE-INSPIRED LUNCH AND DINNER


For the more conventional ones who still prefer a proper restaurant to dine in, Faber Peak Singapore also have festive-inspired lunch and dinner menus specially prepared for the month of December at Spuds & Aprons and Faber Bistro.


Spuds & Aprons serves good east-and-west dishes with colourful cocktails while overlooking the view the cable cars, harbour and Sentosa Island. Choose to sit comfortably in the air-conditioned Dining Room or relax in the alfresco Garden. There will even be live band performances every Friday and Saturday evening. The alfresco Garden has a seating capacity of 160 pax; and the indoor Dining Room has a seating capacity of 48 pax.


The warm light at the Dining Room makes the whole restaurant looks super elegant and set a relaxing mood.


The table arrangement is pretty. Jess and I both felt so welcome and we love the mini cable car paper holder. It was super cute!


Now come photos of the scrumptious meal that we had. Start off with the delightful and refreshing Festive Welcome Mocktail - Santa-rina (Only available in the Festive Ala Carte Menu)The top layer of powdered sugar looks like snow.


The first appetizer served was the Festive Wicked Fries (Only available in the Festive Ala Carte Menu). This is definitely for cheese lover cause it's made up of 6 different kind of cheese! Also found in this dish are Turkey bacon, ham and cranberries. Once you start, you can't stop. Was told that the difference between this dish to the usual dish they sold was that instead of gravy, they've changed to cream. A perfect combination. I love it.


The second appetizer served to us was the Pan Fried Foie Gras. This is made of duck liver. At the side are spinach, walnuts and poached egg. I don't take Foie Gras but I try to eat half of it. It taste subtle and seems to have the melt in the mouth feeling.


The third appetizer served Grilled Tako. Ours is in the portion for tasting only. Actual dish would definitely be bigger. It's like a mix of salad with those jelly cold dish with the grilled tako. The whole dish is crunchy, chewy and opens up your taste buds.

Our first main course is Grilled King Prawns Pasta. The pasta is cooked with squid ink thus the black colour. I felt that the colour combination of the black pasta and the bright red king prawns matches better compared to pairing it with the normal colour pasta. This dish is a bit spicy, so get your water prepared.


Our second main course is Baked Asian Turkey Roll (Only available in the Festive Ala Carte Menu). This is a more interesting dish whereby the turkey meat is mixed with tomatoes before baked. It comes with butternut pumpkin puree. 


Dessert was Mountain of Happiness. Yes, it's literally a mountain of 16 scoops of ice-creams!!! Some of the flavours are Mango Sorbet, Vanilla, Belgium Chocolate, Green Tea, Haagen Daz, Rum and Rasin, Strawberry and Raspberry. Ice-cream for desserts can never go wrong and one can never be too full for ice-cream.


There's even a sort of ongoing challenge to whoever can finish the 16 scoop of ice-cream in 15 minutes can get this whole ice-cream dessert ON THE HOUSE! Seems quite impossible but they told us that there's actually one guy who did it. They even printed this apron to give out to whoever completed the challenge. I don't know how anyone can complete this challenge. For me, ice-cream have to be savour slowly to enjoy the taste. 


Definitely a great and memorable dining experience for me. Enjoy the good food and great accompany. Their Festive Set Lunch are priced below $40 and I personally can say that it's super worth the price. The place will also be decorated with colourful festive decors and there will be a six-feet-tall ice-cream tree, macaroon tree and cutlery trees made up of colourful utensils for many photos taking opportunities. 

SPUDS & APRONS

Where: 109 Mount Faber Road,
Faber Peak (Level 2) 
Singapore 099203
Tel: 6377 9688
Email: guestrelations@mountfaber.com.sg
Operating Hours: Sun to Thu: 11AM to 11PM
Fri, Sat, and Eve of Public Holidays: 11AM to 2AM

 

Promotional deals offered at the three dining spots in December. Make full use of it. 


Thank you so much for the kind invitation and Christmas came early for me with this delicious Chocolate fruit cake. My mum loves this cake that I brought home so much that she message me to describe to me in details. Here's what she sms to me, "哇,那个圣诞蛋糕太好吃了,它是没有奶油的,它上面是又滑又香的巧克力,下面那层好像muffin 里面还有一些不知道是什么的东西? 做出这个蛋糕的师父太棒了。" Haha. I guess she can be a food reviewer too! 

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