8 Days - December 14, 2017

8 DAYS | 63

STORY YIP JIEYING, WEETEE NEU & SOFIA BENING

crème & couscous, brown butter
sauce and truffle salsa. If you’re a
cheese fanatic, sample the Mix of
5 Cheeses Platter ($36), a rotating
selection of soft, hard and blue
European cheeses. This is served
with Beillevaire butter (artisanal
French butter made from raw,
unpasturised cream) and bread
baked in-house. There’s also a retail
section offering French food and
lifestyle products like eyewear from
Parisian brand IZIPIZI and chocolate
from Le Chocolat des
Français.

almond butter. Coocaça’s

almond butter is made

in-house using freshly

roasted American

almonds, canola oil,

vanilla and sea salt.

Spice up your bowl

with wholesome

toppings like Cacao

Nibs ($1 each) or

homemade Granola

($0.50). Then wash it

all down with a smoothie

like the Tropicana ($7.50),

a refreshing mix of mango,

pineapple, banana, and coconut

water. You can also buy home

jars of the Almond Butter ($12 for

200g).

PAN-SEARED

HOKKAIDO

SCALLOPS

PURA VIDA

Coocaça WESTERN

#01-K1, LIAT TOWERS, 541 ORCHARD

RD, S238881. TEL: 8511-9923.

OPEN DAILY 8AM-10PM. LAST ORDERS AT

CLOSING. WWW.COOCACA.SG

Pronounced “coo-ka-sa”, this

cosy 10-seat smoothie bar

specialises in smoothie bowls,

juices, salads and sandwiches

for the health-conscious set.

Sample the Pura Vida ($12.50),

a smoothie bowl made with acai

berries, strawberries, blueberries,

bananas, coconut water and

Alain Ducasse

After opening the first overseas

branch of Parisian seafood

restaurant Rech by Alain Ducasse

in Hong Kong (where it just

won one Michelin star) earlier

this year, illustrious French chef

Alain Ducasse is expanding his

restaurant empire by setting up

shop in Singapore. In an interview

with the Michelin Guide, he reveals

that the location of his yet-to-be-

named Singapore restaurant is at

The famed chef, who boasts a total of 18 Michelin stars for his eateries

in France and overseas, has picked Raffles Hotel to house his first local

restaurant, opening in 2019.

is coming to Singapore

the revamped Raffles Hotel, and

will open in 2019. “I consider

[Singapore] a new destination

for gastronomy and wine lovers.

Many people collect beautiful

wines in Singapore, and wine

pairing with beautiful food is a

great pleasure for my guests.”

However, he remains tight-lipped

about the upmarket restaurant’s

“confidential” concept as it’s still

in the works.

ALMOND BUTTER

PURA VIDA