Those seeking authentic Catalan flavours have always found a welcome place at Gaig, the only international outpost of founder chef Carles Gaig’s eponymous restaurant. Now, the treasures of the Catalan summer come alive on August 17 and 18 as chef Gaig returns to Singapore to cook with executive chef Martí Carlos Martinez. Titled “A Summer Night in Barcelona”, the six-course dinner will feature late summer seasonal ingredients in beautiful presentations like the arròs verd, a Valencian paella coloured green by the extract of the locally-sourced ice plant in a flavourful fish stock and served with sea urchin and battered sea anemones. The star of the menu is undoubtedly the mar i muntanya, literally “sea and mountain” in Catalan, combining land produce (guinea fowl stewed with tomato and red wine) and sea produce (deep-fried Canadian lobster in lobster bisque).

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What happens when you put Southern Thai and Peranakan food together? Find out at Pangium, where chef-owner Malcolm Lee is joining hands with chef-owner Supaksorn “Ice” Jongsiri of the famed Sorn in Bangkok for an exclusive dinner from August 18 to 19. Though the cuisines of Southern Thailand and the Straits of Malacca seem wildly disparate, Lee and Jongsiri will work to show and complement their similarities and take you on a journey throughout Southeast Asia.

Let your hair down at the beach at Rumours Beach Club, which is working with handroll bar Rappu for a one-day-only gourmet party on August 19. As you lounge by the beach, munch on signature handrolls such as the signature chirashi handroll and the black pepper crab seaweed taco. Expect hearty fare from Rumours Beach Club, which combines Japanese and Balinese influences from its open kitchen grill, such as prawn paste karaage and sambal unagi satay. Drinks are not to be forgotten here, with a choice of an elderflower lychee sangria a Kyoho grape sangria to wash your troubles away.

Rumours Beach Club, 40 Siloso Beach Walk, Sentosa, S(098996), +65 9776 9190

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In line with the respected tradition of afternoon tea here in Singapore, the newly-opened Pan Pacific Orchard has teamed up with luxury tea accessories manufacturer Wedgwood to launch “Afternoon Tea in the Tropics”, an eclectic afternoon tea set that can be enjoyed both indoors and al fresco. A range of premium TWG teas and Lavazza coffees are available to be savoured in exquisite Wedgwood teaware, alongside classic afternoon tea fare such as smoked salmon and cucumber sandwiches and egg and black truffle in a brioche roll. The pastries are delicious as they are beautiful, so dig into the exotic mango choux, halved and filled with vanilla cream, Alphonso mango and passionfruit or the calamansi macaron.

Pan Pacific Orchard, 10 Claymore Road, S(229540), +65 6991 6888

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