Iggy's

Iggy's

The entrance of the restaurant.
The location of the Hilton hotel in Singapore, within which the restaurant is located.
Restaurant information
Established 2004
Current owner(s) Ignatius Chan
Food type Modern European cuisine
Street address The Hilton Hotel
581 Orchard Road
Postal code/ZIP 238881
Country Singapore
Coordinates 1°18′21″N 103°49′46″E / 1.305881°N 103.829359°E / 1.305881; 103.829359
Seating capacity Ten tables
Website www.iggys.com.sg

Iggy's is a restaurant in Singapore which serves Modern European cuisine. It has been named in The World's 50 Best Restaurants since 2009, including best Asian restaurant in 2012. It has been named as the best restaurant in Asia by the Miele Guide on three occasions.

Description

Iggy's was opened in 2004 by owner and chef/sommelier Ignatius Chan.[1][2][3] The restaurant was originally located in The Regent Hotel, but moved to the Hilton at 581 Orchard Road.[4] The restaurant has only had ten tables at each of the two locations, but after moving to its present location, it added an eight-seat dessert bar. There are sixteen chefs in the kitchen.[1] The restaurant offers a scholarship at the Singapore Institute of Technology.[5]

Menu

The restaurant's menu does not follow a particular style of cuisine, but instead serves a fusion from different European nations with Asian twists, but is based on seasonal produce. Main courses include wagyu beef tongue served with three types of peppers, microgreens, yuzu mustard and an avocado mousse. A signature dessert served by the restaurant is pound cake accompanied by flavours of Earl Grey tea, milk, and a crumble.[2] The majority of the produce for the restaurant is imported from Japan.[1]

Reception

Frommer's described Iggy's as "deliciously exclusive", providing "culinary works of art" alongside an "exceptional" wine list.[6] CNN Travel said that the lunch menu was particularly good value and highlighted the tuna carpaccio, pork cheek tagliatelle and pina colada soufflé dishes.[4]

The restaurant was voted 45th best in the world in The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2009, and rose to 28th in 2010.[2] It rose a single place in 2011, and again to 26th in 2012. It was awarded the title of Best Restaurant in Asia in 2012 according to the rankings in the list.[7] Iggy's was named number one in the Miele Guide of Asia's Top 20 restaurants in 2008, with the two Michelin starred L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Hong Kong named as the runner up.[8] Iggy's has been named it twice more since.[9] Aun Koh, the founder of the Miele Guide has described Iggy's concepts as "setting standards regionally and internationally".[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sims, Fiona (29 April 2011). "Menuwatch – Iggy's at the Hilton hotel, Singapore". Caterer and Hotelkeeper. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "28th best restaurant in the world 2010". The World's 50 Best Restaurant. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ignatius Chang". Yahoo! News. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 R, Minnie (11 August 2010). "Less is more: 5 lunches for fine-dining misers". CNN Travel. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Iggy's Scholarship". Singapore Institute of Technology. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Iggy's". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Iggy's". The World's 50 Best Restaurants. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  8. ↑ Vines, Richard (31 October 2008). "Iggy's Singapore Named Asia's Best Restaurant in Top 20 Guide". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Iggy’s Top Local Eats In Singapore". The Miele Guide. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  10. ↑ Chen, Evelyn (12 March 2012). "How Singapore became Asia's culinary capital". CNN Travel. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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