“Sit on the wooden deck and sip a sparkling pear cider with Cuban music playing softly in the background. The sun sets in a divine display of gold and silver rays, breaking through the clouds. Watch, as the sky turns into deep plums and burgundy and the first star begins to appear; the only concern on your mind is whether you should have another drink."
SOWING WILD OATS ON THE HILL
Wild Rocket opens new bar on mount emily
Wild rocket at Mount Emily is delighted to announce the arrival of its sister bar – wild oats; the bar on the hill.
The Place
Set literally next door to wild rocket at Mount Emily, wild oats is housed in a charming colonial mansion amidst a sprawling garden.
For those who prefer cool air-conditioned comfort, the indoor area has classic black leather armchairs and designer bar stools. Outdoors, the chenai wooden deck with nostalgic rattan chairs is the perfect place to sip champagne and indulge in star gazing amidst the lush tropical greenery.
Emily Hill
Being in the Bras Basah-Bugis district which is set to be the arts, culture, and entertainment hub in the city center, wild oats shares the premises with Emily Hill – a multi-talented and multi disciplinary group of creative people including an art gallery (MonsoonAsia Gallery), a glass artist (Ms. Tan Sock Fong), a theatre school (Theatre Training & Research Program) and renowned sculptor Mr. Sun Yu-li.
Drinks
Although wild oats has a wide selection of drinks – easy drinking wine from both old and new world, local and international beers (including Hoegarden and Stella Artois) and classic/original cocktails, the guests have mostly been drinking the Lambrini (a slightly sparkling perry from the UK), Emily Royale (wild oats’ original champagne cocktail made with strawberry puree & crème de casis) and Mumm’s Champagne.
Food
A small but delectable selection of finger food is also available. A Greek favorite, the feta and spinach pie is given a local twist and made into Feta Tofu & Spinach Wantons at wild oats. There are also the very popular Parmesan Wings, only the mid-section is used (because that’s the best part!), deep fried to a golden crust and drizzled with your choice of homemade chicken-rice style super spicy chili sauce or a creamy gorgonzola sauce. If you want something more substantial, try one of the Hot Bitches (more politely known as Hot Dogs elsewhere), each one with different toppings including chili con carne & sautéed onions.
Wild Rocket
Opened in October 2005, Wild Rocket is a dream come true for lawyer-turned-chef, Willin Low who believes that the real purpose of cooking is to make people happy and thinks that that is the reason he enjoys cooking (and eating) so much..
Finally after 8 years as a lawyer, he decided to abandon the corporate world and convinced an Italian fine dining restaurant to hire him. Cooking has always been his passion and opening a bistro tucked away in a quaint trendy corner, his dream.
Seating 50 guests comfortably, the casual bistro with its floor-to-ceiling glass walls is located on the ground floor of the hip Hangout Hotel.
Wild Rocket serves what Will and his friends like to eat and drink - simple unfussy modern comfort food with easy drinking wines; lazy Sunday brunches with lots of martinis and mojitos.
Will believes in basic, uncomplicated cooking – letting the fresh ingredients speak for themselves . An advantage of being a self-taught chef is that Will has no culinary baggage that a classically trained chef might have. For example, he uses many local cooking technics and ingredients. Notwithstanding that, Will tries not to label his food as fusion food as he thinks that fusion food has been abused and overdone for gimmick’s sake. He says “There is fusion food and there is confusion food; proper fusion food should not have conflicting tastes instead it should be so good that no one thinks of it as fusion rather they would just say that is a clever way to cook a particular dish. I would like to think of our food as Modern Singaporean, just like me!”
As for Sundays, there is nothing like freshly squeezed orange juice to start the lazy all-day brunch, followed by scrambled eggs on toast with grilled fresh sausages and ending it with a cosmopolitan martini or a glass of sparkling wine.
Address:
Emily Hill
11 Upper Wilkie Road
S(228120)
Website
www.wildrocket.com.sg
Telephone Number
63365413
Opening Hours:
Tues – Sundays
6 pm to 12 midnight
For More Information
Please contact :
Mitchell Paul Noble (Bar Manager) or Willin Low
63365413
