The best ways to celebrate Easter this year with family feasting — from cocktails to brunches and more
By Samantha Francis
Make family time your priority this long Easter weekend with these scrumptious dining treats.
We’ve picked the best options for you, whether you’re eyeing a buffet brunch of epic proportions for the whole family, an intimate wine-pairing dinner with your spouse or simply a kid-friendly celebration with chocolate bunnies and Easter egg hunts.
Pan Pacific Singapore — Egg-cellent Family Fun
Apart from seafood and carvery roasts, Pan Pacific Singapore has Easter treats such as Hot Cross Buns.
Come Mar 27, take your family to Pan Pacific Singapore for its Easter Sunday Champagne Brunch. The four-hour long celebration will have you indulging in a free flow of Veuve Clicquot Champagne alongside premium seafood on ice including Boston Lobster and freshly-shucked Fine de Claire Oysters, as well as carvery roasts such as Roasted Prime Tomahawk Steak.
After that, satiate your sweet tooth with Easter-themed treats such as Hot Cross Buns and Champagne Jello with Strawberry Pearls Shooters. To keep the little ones entertained, there’ll be an Easter Chocolate Garden, skilled face painters and an Easter Bunny mascot.
The Easter Sunday Champagne Brunch is priced at $148 per adult.
Edge, Pan Pacific Singapore, 7 Raffles Blvd, Singapore 039595, Tel: 6826 8240
Cocotte — Rustic Wine Pairing Dinner
In the spirit of Easter festivity, Cocotte’s communal dining menu will feature a Slow Roasted Lamb Shoulder with a Black Trumpet Mushroom Cream.
This Easter, take a vacation to the lush French countryside with Cocotte. The restaurant is offering a new five-course Wine Pairing Dinner Menu, “The Cocotte Table”, where the dishes change monthly.
In the spirit of Easter festivity, the communal dining menu will feature a Slow Roasted Lamb Shoulder with Black Trumpet Mushroom Cream as the main course. Diners can also look forward to dishes such as Homemade Duck Rillettes and Onglet Steak paired with regional wines such as the Grant Burge Benchmark, Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2013.
“The Cocotte Table” is available for $118 (with wine pairing) and $78 (without wine pairing).
Cocotte, 2 Dickson Road, Singapore 209494, Tel: 6298 1188
St Regis — Lavish Brunch & Gourmet Takeaways
You’ll find the traditional Easter Chocolate Bunnies as well as gourmet takeaways at St Regis.
Whether you’re looking to celebrate Easter with a lavish brunch spread or a gathering at home, options are aplenty with St Regis. On Mar 27, you can head to Brasserie Les Saveurs for the St Regis Easter Champagne Brunch or LaBrezza for the Easter Weekend Prosecco Brunch.
Brasserie Les Saveurs will be offering an exquisite selection of canapes such as Poached Hokkaido Scallop and a la minute mains such as the Garlic Basted Tiger Prawns.
The gourmet takeaways from La Patisserie are equally sumptuous. You’ll find the traditional Easter Chocolate Bunnies as well as new and fancy treats such as Adreche cake with Chestnut Mousselline.
St Regis Easter Champagne Brunch starts from $168 per adult, while the Easter Weekend Prosecco Brunch starts
from $83.
St Regis, 29 Tanglin Rd, Singapore 247911, Tel: 6506 6888
Crowne Plaza Changi Airport — Family Brunch & Kids’ Buffet
Diners can look forward to a hearty spread at Azur Restaurant, complete with traditional Easter dishes and modern favourites.
From Mar 25 to 27, Crowne Plaza Changi Airport is the place to be for family-friendly Easter dining. Diners can look forward to a hearty spread at Azur Restaurant, complete with traditional Easter dishes and modern favourites. Highlights include Shepherd’s Pie, Scotch Eggs, Hot Cross Buns and Vanilla Bread & Butter Pudding.
Let the little ones feel all grown-up as they indulge in their own Kids’ Buffet at Bar 75, which will be transformed into a Kids Entertainment Zone on Mar 27.
They can munch on chicken nuggets, pasta, fish balls, juices and jelly as they watch movies and participate in the Annual Easter Egg Hunt.
Easter brunch starts at $49 per adult and $25 for children.
Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, 75 Airport Boulevard, #01-01, Singapore 819664, Tel: 6823 5354
Catalunya — Spanish Brunch & Cocktails Galore
Hatched is a rum-based cocktail served in a chocolate egg shell.
Celebrate Easter with a touch of Spanish flavour, at Catalunya’s three-day Easter Weekend Brunch with Passion from Mar 25 to 27. This special edition of the restaurant’s brunch fiesta will showcase dishes typically prepared during the Spanish Holy Week, such as Chickpeas and Cod Stew as well as the La Mona de Pascua cake. Diners can also expect signature dishes such as Traditional Suckling Pig and Seafood Paella.
You can get a head start on the festivities with Easter cocktails available from Mar 7 to 27. A must-try is Hatched, an El Dorado rum-based cocktail served in a chocolate egg shell.
Catalunya’s three-day Easter Weekend Brunch is priced at $98 per adult.
Catalunya, 82 Collyer Quay, Singapore 049327, Tel: 6534 0886
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of Weekender, Issue 148, March 18 – March 31, 2016, with the headline ‘Hop on to these Easter treats’.
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