Dining Out - Adrift

Met SC for dinner at Adrift, which is conceptualised by American chef, David Meyers. It is one of the new restaurants at Marina Bay Sands and is located at Tower 2 lobby of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel.

Once we were seated, the enthusiastic servers explained that the dining concept is based on sharing plates and left us to explore the options on the menu.

For drinks, we each got a house cocktail under the Dark & Shaken section. I ordered the Tuk Tuk Thief (Aged Rum, Fresh Pineapple, Lemon, Fernet Branca) and SC got the Midnight Stinger (Bourbon, Fernet Branca, Fresh Lemon, Crushed Ice).

Tuk Tuk Thief & Midnight Stinger

To share, we ordered:

• Buckwheat Fried Chicken, Honey Mustard Sauce
• Uni Butter and Orange Jelly, Hazelnuts, Pumpernickel
• Arctic Char, Spiced Tomatoes, Sweet Onion
• Grilled Yuba Skin, Truffle Cheese
• Sauteed Brassicas, Crispy Shallots, Misonaise

Buckwheat Fried Chicken, Honey Mustard Sauce

Apart from juicy chicken chunks fried to a crisp in flavoursome batter, there were also fried rooster combs in this dish, which is a departure from regular fried chicken. The rooster combs had a chewy texture, and I quite enjoyed them paired with the honey mustard sauce. But out of all 5 savoury options we got, this is my least favourite.

Uni Butter and Orange Jelly, Hazelnuts, Pumpernickel

This was my favourite dish. The pumpernickel toast was topped with fresh creamy uni, sweet orange jelly and toasted hazelnuts. The combination is great and it was a great start to the meal. One way to improve this is to pile on more uni perhaps? ;)

Arctic Char, Spiced Tomatoes, Sweet Onion

This is another great one. The fresh salmon was cooked to perfection. I dipped each forkful of fish into the accompanying curry sauce which was more mildly sweet than spicy.

Grilled Yuba Skin, Truffle Cheese

The yuba skin is actually bean curd sheets or more commonly known as Fuzhu (腐竹) in Chinese cuisine. This is essentially eating truffle-flavoured grilled cheese with the yuba skin serving the function of holding all the melted cheese in roll shape. Good thing this is meant to be shared because finishing all 5 rolls would have been too rich, leaving you unpleasantly full.

Sauteed Brassicas, Crispy Shallots, Misonaise

There were an assortment of sauteed brassicas such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, kai-lan topped with crispy shallots laying atop miso-flavoured mayonnaise. This was not spectacular but it was a good side to order to go along with the other richer dishes we got.

We were sufficiently sated by the time we finished everything, but I would never leave without ordering dessert. 

French Toast, Coconut Sorbet, Kopi Syrup

We ordered the French Toast topped with Coconut Sorbet with Kopi Syrup drizzled over it. The french toast was fluffy and warm and I loved the thick kopi syrup which is how I imagine what melted Kopiko sweets would taste like. The coconut sorbet is refreshing and balances out everything. A great end to the meal.

Adrift

Address: Marina Bay Sands, Hotel Lobby 2, 10 Bayfront Avenue Singapore 018956

Phone: 6688 5657