Candlenut
Peranakan · Singapore · Michelin One Star · Chef Malcolm Lee
Awarded one Michelin star, Candlenut in Singapore is led by chef Malcolm Lee, who serves contemporary Peranakan cuisine rooted in Straits-Chinese family recipes. Housed in an airy Dempsey Road dining room with bamboo accents, signature offerings include blue swimmer crab curry cooked with turmeric and galangal.
COMO Dempsey, 17A Dempsey Road, Singapore 249676, Singapore
Menu
Dishes
- Cassava Kueh (16) — baked grated tapioca, coconut, caramel custard, gula melaka sorbet
- Ikan Bakar (40)
- Textures of Coconut (16) — coconut sorbet, grated coconut, jelly, fresh coconut flesh
- Jeju Black Pork Collar Satay (24) — charcoal grilled and glazed with kicap manis – 4 skewers
- Westholme Wagyu Beef Rib Rendang (48) — dry caramelized coconut curry with spices, turmeric leaf, serunding
- (petai beans) add (10)
- Brown Rice (4)
- Cincalok Omelette (28)
- Candlenut’s Chendol (15) — young coconut shaved ice, homemade pandan jelly, sago pearl, coconut custard, gula melaka
- Tau Huay and Soya Bean Ice Cream (15) — beancurd, pumpkin glutinous rice ball, young coconut shaved ice
Tasting Menu
- Lunch Tasting Menu (138)
- ‘ah-ma-kase’ (108) — Kueh Pie Tee, Boston Lobster, Rasam Dressing; Ngoh Hiang, Garlic Chilli Sauce; Charcoal Grilled Margaret River Beef Short Rib Satay, Buah Keluak Sauce; Bakwan Kepiting Soup (chicken and crab tofu ball, tofu puff, rich chicken broth boiled over 4 hours); Winged Bean Salad (baby red radish, lemongrass, cashew nuts, prawns, anchovies, calamansi dressing); Ikan Goreng Kunyit (red snapper, okra, dry turmeric curry, rambutan cacapan, curry leaf); Opor Udang (wild caught ang kar prawn, white curry, charred incubator pumpkin, kaffir lime leaf, fried shallots, grated coconut); Gulai Daging Sapi (smoked and spiced Hanwoo beef meatballs, bamboo shoots, turmeric leaf, baby potato, salted egg); Telur Bandung (deep fried free-range egg, Chitose cherry tomato, dried squid sambal, Sugata baby squid); Served with steamed fragrant ‘Thai Hom Mali’ rice; Ubi Kelapa (young coconut sorbet, sweet coconut milk and shaved ice, pandan tapioca, sago pearl); Purple Sweet Potato Kuih Kochi (glutinous rice dumpling
- Tasting Menu (138)
Set Menu
- Ah-Ma-Kase Dinner (138) — Thirteen-course Peranakan tasting menu served family style
- Ah-Ma-Kase Lunch (88) — Multi-course Peranakan tasting menu served family style
The Experience
Expect a relaxed atmosphere. The meal is structured around a tasting menu and à la carte dining.
- Atmosphere: Relaxed
- Format: Tasting menu, À la carte
Phone: +65 1800 304 2288
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