Alhamdulillah! Ramadan is upon us! 🙂 Along with our obligations throughout this holy month, we are also blessed with a plethora of makan to choose from for Iftar. Now, we’d like to recommend one of the best.
I don’t think I need to tell you how much we love dining at The Halia! It’s amazeballs for so many reasons. The ambiance is as amazing as the food and the service is always impeccable. And just like last year, they have something special planned for Ramadan this year.
Presenting The Halia’s Communal Feast ❤
The Halia’s Ramadan Communal Feast features a whole range of specially curated dishes. You’ll see some familiar favourites and definitely some surprises that may well become your new favourites. What awaits you are more than a dozen tantalizing dishes to savour and you’re guaranteed a feast.
One of the things I’ve noticed about the food served at The Halia is that they pay as much attention to their presentation as they do to the flavour of the dishes. The food is comforting and delicious and all the more that we’re able to share this meal with our loved ones.
So what will you be tucking in to? Well, we’ll try to give you as detailed a breakdown as we can 😀
Let the drooling begin!
The Soup Du Jour (Soup of the Day) is always a great place to start your meal. When we visited, it happened to be a very delicious Pumpkin Soup! But it could rotate between a number of options including Mushroom Soup too.
The soup was silky smooth with warm summer flavours. Served with a selection of bread (including their awesome Linseed Bread) that was perfect for dipping. The flavours were as vibrant as the colour of the dish. Didn’t realize I’d love photographing soup that much LOL But I obviously enjoyed eating it more lah 😛
Onto some light salads now. A duo to refresh the taste buds are on the menu – the Mesclun Salad and the Mixed Tomato Salad. The Mesclun Salad has a Raspberry and Pickled Ginger dressing that’s actually quite light. The Mixed Tomato Salad features a Shiso Vinegar dressing.
I’ll be honest – I love vegetables and salads and all that. But I actually normally don’t like most raw tomatoes (especially cherry tomatoes). But these tomatoes I really would not mind having more often.
The Goats Cheese Mousse was, without a doubt, one of my favourite dishes on the table that evening. The Goats Cheese Mousse is creamy and full of flavour thanks to the infusion of Truffle honey and seasonal truffle shavings. If you love truffles, this is gonna be your cup of tea bowl of cheese!
Best enjoyed with those little Crostini that come with for extra shiokness! For an appetizer, the serving was actually really generous. This means there is more than enough to go around. The real challenge is that I probably would not want to share this with anyone else 😛
This dish was almost too pretty to eat. Almost. 😛
But I feel there was one word missing from the dish name – Hummus! Because that’s essentially what this dish was. A bed of Hummus topped with spiced (and minced) Wagyu Beef, crunchy cabbage and some Pomegranate seeds.
Who doesn’t love a good Hummus right? Serving it with minced meat is actually pretty common. Although, it’s normally lamb lah if I recall correctly. But there’s nothing wrong with going a level up (or two) with some Wagyu Beef!
Okay so this is one of the dishes that you either like or you don’t. If you’re a fan of Japanese cuisine, namely Sashimi and the likes, then you will probably enjoy this one.
You will find chunks of Bluefin Tuna mixed with cubed Dragon fruit, Thai Basil and a very unique Ponzu Jelly. You get a shot glass of Cucumber & Ginger ‘Soup’ to pour into and mix up with what I would essentially consider a little like a seafood salad.
Flavour-wise, this dish was actually okay. Reminded me a lot of the time we tried their Smoked Kingfish (which also had a similar Cucumber dressing). I think what is probably the part you need to get used to is the texture of the components in the dish, all of which tend to be on the softer side.
Well, believe it or not – we’ve just wrapped up the appetizers! We’ve only covered 6 dishes so far and more to come now with the Mains! 😀
This was a great start to the mains. We were planning on a duo of beef later but a duo of chicken unexpectedly arrived first! 😀
So the big part of the dish is the actual Slow Cooked Free Roaming French Chicken Breast. Given the low and slow treatment so the end result is a super tender chicken breast. To add some extra decadence, they add a layer of truffle shavings for good measure ?
The smaller portion that you see on the plate is actually a French chicken thigh that’s been brined and then smoked. The finishing touch is a nice sweet & salty glaze. All this rests on a bed of Quinoa porridge (which gives a nice contrast of textures) and some truffle jus for extra kick.
ZOMG this was so delicious! The Duo of Blackmore Wagyu Beef is basically 2 different and unique servings of this prized beef. What is served to you may vary depending on when you visit but we’re pretty sure it’s gonna be awesome no matter what.
When we visited, it was a Wagyu Beef Steak crowned with some crispy onions and light Balsamic glaze. The 2nd portion was a Wagyu Beef stew of sorts that was super tender (literally falling apart tender!) and heavy on the flavour thanks to the spices. We’ve heard that other variations include… Blackmore Wagyu Spare Ribs! ?
So we’ve had a duo of chicken and a duo of beef so I guess it’s fitting that we end off the series of mains with a duo of fish!
First up is the Pan-fried Barramundi. It’s got a nice crisp skin on the side while the flesh remains juicy. There are a few accompaniments in there as well including prawns and long beans by the way. You also get a coconut broth to enjoy with the fish although you may want to hold off pouring it all over everything. The flavour of the broth is quite strong (think like a coconut cream) so you might want to use sparingly so you can enjoy the natural flavours of the seafood.
The Paperbag Oven-baked Halibut is a dish we’d actually enjoyed before during our first visit. And like that first time, our feelings about this dish remain unchanged – SEDAP GILER!
I think the reason this dish was so delicious to us was that although it was packaged very nicely, the flavours were very familiar and comforting. A Halibut steak is braised in a soy an ginger broth. Throw in some broccoli plus Enoki and Shitake mushrooms along with some Japanese rice on the side and you’ve got a winner!
You can wash down all that delicious food with a special refreshing beverage concocted specially for this Communal Feast. As you can probably tell by now, The Halia loves incorporating elements from the surrounding gardens and the Herbarium Sharing Jug is no different.
Rambutan, Star Anise and Cinnamon are the primary flavours and they blend really well. There’s nothing like a tall, cool drink to go along with a great meal am I right?
But wait, we’re forgetting something important – DESSERT! 😀
With a dessert that’s literally called ‘Die Die Must Have Chocolate’, how can you possible resist?? 😛
It looks different from the last time we had it and dare I say it looks even more spectacular! One for the Instagram feed for sure before you devour all that chocolatey goodness. The tart raspberry elements provide the perfect contrast to the rich, decadent dark chocolate.
And last but most definitely not least is the Sticky Toffee Pudding.
A classic serving of a date pudding with a sprinkling of sea salt for a nice contrast of flavours. You get to pour a luscious and sticky toffee butterscotch sauce over the warm pudding before digging in. They even include some Vanilla ice-cream on the side which is a perfect pairing.
It has been quite a recap of what we enjoyed that evening. But then again, it was quite a meal. The Halia has not disappointed so far and this year’s feast looks set to be one to be remembered. Until the next big feast at The Halia comes along that is 🙂
The Halia’s Ramadan Communal Feast is available from 6th May 2019 until 4th June 2019. The feast is priced at $240++ (which is honestly an awesome price lah). A don’t forget – this is a feast to be shared and it’s good for between 4-6 people. In case you didn’t catch it, this Communal Feast is only available for dinner. Contact The Halia at +65 8444 1148 to reserve.
So gather up your friends and family, book early and head down to The Halia this Ramadan for an experience you will not soon forget.
PS: YES! They have a prayer room available 🙂
THE HALIA
1 Cluny Road (via Tyersall Road)
Ginger Garden, Singapore Botanic Gardens S 259569
Tel: +65 8444 1148
www.thehalia.com
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We were invited to this meal on a no-obligations basis. We’re posting about it because we enjoyed it very much and good things must share lah right? All information (including prices, availability of item on menu and Halal status of establishment) are accurate at the time of posting. All photos used in this site are property of The Halal Food Blog unless stated otherwise.
