Start your year off on the right foot by visiting and supporting these great restaurants and bars
The new year brings fresh opportunities to support your favourite restaurants and bars, even in the face of continuing social distancing restrictions. While the festivities have died down after Christmas and New Year’s Eve, the F&B industry is still working hard to bring a safe dining experience and innovative ways to get their culinary offerings from their kitchens to your homes. This week, check out what’s happening in the restaurant and bar world and don’t forget that United We Dine—our campaign to support the F&B industry—is still ongoing until the end of January.
Yardbird And Atoboy’s Broken Telephone Menu
For one day only on 10 January 2021, Yardbird’s Matt Abergel will be presenting a special seven-course menu that pays homage to the contemporary Korean cooking by Atoboy’s Junghyun “JP” Park in NYC, with all profits going towards supporting Atoboy's staff and community. Also, in case you missed it: Yardbird now takes reservations up to a week in advance, so say goodbye to long queues.
Mott 32 Launches New Plant-Based Menu
The iconic Cantonese restaurant is starting the year off strong with a reimagined menu of their signature dishes adapted for the vegetarian palate. The new plant-based classic selection features 11 dishes including their Shanghainese xiao long bao made using minced “pork” and tofu; crispy “eel” made with shredded mushroom; and sweet-and-sour “pork” served with red dragonfruit and crispy sesame rice crackers. The menu will be rolled out to Mott 32 locations around the globe after the Hong Kong launch.
Omakase Returns To Okra
One of the things we missed most about Okra’s upstairs space was the excellent omakase menu, consisting of brilliantly executed small dishes and sushi. The menu is now back and served at the ground floor space, slightly shortened but not lighter on the impactful flavours. Expect favourites such as the roasted Carabinero sushi; cherry blossom trout roe and burnt dashi cabbage; the classic botan ebi chawanmushi; and Uji matcha ice cream to finish.
Draft Land Launches New Daybreak Concept
With bars closed and restaurants unable to operate evening dine-ins, Draft Land has joined the daytime crew to launch new food and drink offerings from 10am to 6pm, and has become a pet-friendly venue. On the menu are new pre-batched nitro cold brew coffee and cold brew tonics, while the food offerings have expanded to include comfort foods such as avocado egg sandwich with housemade garlic soy, and char siu pork neck sandwich with typhoon shelter-style garlic and chilli.
