Stellar @ 1-Altitude
With plenty of Skyhigh watering holes to check out, here's one I got down to a couple of weeks ago.
Ran by the good folks who gave you 1-Caramel and 1-Rochester. 1-Altitude is their newest addition to the group. 1-Altitude occupies the top 2 floors and the roof of the OUB Building. It features Stellar, a fine dining restaurant; 282 and City Golf, a sports bar and indoor golf simulator; and 1-Altitude, the highest rooftop bar in not just Singapore but the world.
Its menu is designed by Group Executive Chef Christopher Millar who is australian but largely 'french styled' in the way he cooks. I had the communal dinner set which cost SGD120++ and features homemade charcuterie and top-grade Jamon, insanely fresh sushi, an oyster bar (Shuck them gd), a wood-fired grill and rotisserie, and an all-new Patisserie selection from 1- Caramel.
Check out my 15secs of the fame game on openricetv where I talk about my favourite dish from Stella - The Sushi.
I had namely the,
Unagi roll with avocado and Unagi sauce,
Spicy tuna roll with katsuo furikake and spring onion
Swordfish roll with fresh crab meat, prawns, aka miso and aonori
Ocean trout sashimi ( of which I'm told costs alot more than Salmon)
Sustainable blue fin tuna (which lead to me quizzing chef Millar on his sustainable focused menu)
Squid sashimi served with fresh grounded wasabi
The most interesting of all was the squid sashimi which Elaine would know I failed badly at picking it up with my chopsticks not once,twice but closer to five or six times. In the end she fed them to me. Looks like I've to insist on sushi prepared ala minute from now on, just like 1-Altitude.
While the folks at my table were really game when it came to tasting rabbit's meat which came with the Chaachuterie tasters I hesitated for a good 30mins. Now we were told that it was farmed rabbit meat. Farmed rabbit meat tastes like chicken, it's white meat as opposed to wild rabbits which are red meat. In my opinion, I'll rather have that poor bird again (yes the chicken), than to venture into experimenting my taste buds with rabbits.
Thumbs up for 1-Altitude's house cured ham and their brillant selection of sausages. Here's what comes in a tiered platter awaiting to be savored.
Wagyu bresaola - Stellars own home made wagyu beef bresaola
Italian style air-dried beef
Jamon Serano
Spainish cured ham similar to proscuitto
Jamon Iberico Bellota acorn fed
Spanish Iberico acorn fed cured ham
Proscuitto de Parma 20 months
Italian cured ham
Cotechino
Italian sausage
Chorizo
Spanish sausage
A clear winner too was the Truffle risotto with Maine Lobster - ample shavings of black truffles atop rice baked and moistened with shellfish stock and generous servings of lobster meat, it sat well in my tummy and unlike other risottos I had, I didn't get that 'I'm stuffed' feeling. Each spoonful was a hearty burst of delight that got me hooked further.
Don't forget to try their creamy Paris mash potatoes, hand chured goodness bound to have you wanting more. It comes with their wood fired grill wagyu and perhaps certain other dishes too!
And just for fun - Guess what's this? It's umibudo, something I spotted on their other menu.
Umibudo (sea grapes) is a type of seaweed snack harvested on the Okinawan island of Miyako and it is served at 1-Altitude, it's something I hope to try soon!
Stellar
OUB Centre
1 Raffles Place
Level 62
Singapore 048616
Sometimes I wished I was wendy in peter pan, or alice in wonderland. I'm a huge burton and depp fan, and I reckon the only anti-aging methodology is to have dreams, gun for them, and believe that disneyland is still the happiest place on earth.
