2011 Christmas Day dining guide: Barossa, Bronte, Gattopardo Italian Grill & Pizzabar & Sol Playground Café

At Barossa's unpretentious, laid-back and rustic ambience, enjoy a three-course dinner menu which offers starter dishes such tiger prawn salad and spiced roasted apple pumpkin chowder with brie cheese ravioli. For your mains, you'll have to make a tough decision between the juicy oven roasted turkey breast roll with mushroom and chestnut stuffing served with a side of sautéed baby potatoes or the smoked bacon with brussel sprouts, rosemary sauce and cranberry chutney. For a lighter option try the pan seared fillet of black cod, pesto mashed potatoes, mushroom ragout and saffron-fennel sauce. Complete your set meal with a traditional plum pudding with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream and half a pint of Archi beer. Price: From $68. www.barossa.com.sg. Esplanade Mall, #01-11. Tel: 65345188. Holland Village, 22 Lorong Mambong. Tel: 64684688.
     For some Australian festive fare, try Bronte's seven-course set which includes honey glazed ham, cold-served crystal bay prawns with wasabi cocktail sauce, freshly shucked Sydney rock oysters and roast turkey breast with homemade cranberry jus, chives and a side of yoghurt potato salad. Pair it up with quality Australian and New Zealand wines and Australian beers such as Coopers Pale Ale, Little Creatures and Cascade Premium Lager. Available for lunch (10am-3pm) and dinner (5:30pm-9pm). Cost: From $70 (adults) and children 14 years old and younger dine for half price. 8 Greenwood Avenue. Tel: 6219 9151 www.bronte.sg
     Join Chef Lino Sauro as he hosts Gattopardo Italian Grill & Pizzabar's first Christmas Day brunch. Bring your family and loved ones and add some Sicilian sizzle to your feast with traditional dishes, endless glasses of champagne and an afternoon jam-packed with children's entertainment - just like how they do it in Sicily! Hotel Fort Canning, 11 Canning Walk. Tel: 6338 5498, www.gattopardo.com.sg  
     Visit Sol Playground Café for Christmas Day barbecue brunch with a difference. Available from 11am to 2pm the afternoon includes a sumptuous selection of eight barbecued specialities such as sausages, prawns, rib-eye steaks, lamb chops, chicken rosemary kebabs, corn on the cob, mushroom kebabs and chestnuts. Complete your meal with the soup of the day, a green salad, rosemary potatoes, Spanish Turron and a soft drink. Cost: $55 for two persons. 200 Turf Club Road, #01-21 Turf City. Tel: 6467 8681 www.sol-group.com.sg

Posted Dec 2011