EPICURE NEWS
Smoking good
Butcher’s Block at Raffles Hotel Singapore invites you to press the reset button on how you define a memorable dining experience at the Chef’s Table, aptly named One-of-a-Kind (OAK) Table. Headed by Chef de Cuisine Rémy Lefebvre, the difference begins from the sourcing. Livestock such as cows are purchased from artisan farms, and in its entirety, not by cuts, as he emphasises the importance of eating responsibly by making use of all parts of the livestock and not by the conventional way of preferring specific cuts.
Endangered seafood such as bluefin tuna comes with a Traceability Certificate that has an ID code with details such as: where and when it was caught, the landing port, the fishing area and the production method. More importantly, the restaurant does not buy from suppliers that catch young bluefin tuna, which leads to a declining population with low reproduction rates.
