Settling into its new sky-high home 51 levels up on the rooftop of CapitaSpring is Kaarla Restaurant and Bar, a contemporary Australian dining concept that first opened in mid-April 2022. At Kaarla, which means ‘where the home fires burn’, fire is central to the cooking of the coastal Australian cuisine and is synonymous with life of the great outdoors in the coastal regions.
Befittingly, the restaurant and bar ceremoniously launched a year ago on Thursday 28 July 2022 with a cultural evening, graced by Guest of Honour, the recently replaced Australian High Commissioner to Singapore, The Honourable Will Hodgman.
To cleanse and usher in new beginnings for Kaarla, the evening commences with an Australian indigenous cultural performance in the 1-Arden Food Forest together with a sacred Traditional Smoking Ceremony that has been carried out for thousands of years by Aboriginal communities for different occasions such as births and initiations as a form of healing, cleansing, and warding off evil spirits.
This custom will be orchestrated by Sharon Winsor, an indigenous chef, cultural advisor, educator and entrepreneur from Indigiearth, Australia, alongside her daughter Kirralaa and son Maliyan who will play the didgeridoo, a sacred wind instrument. Unique Australian indigenous ingredients will also be showcased in a dialogue of their historical and cultural relevance.
The evening culminates at Kaarla Restaurant with a 4-hands Dinner ($198++ per person including 2 welcome cocktails & snacks) by Sharon Winsor and Kaarla’s Australian Resident Chef John-Paul Fiechtner. They will present a thoughtfully curated 6-course menu focused on native Australian produce and inspired by the varying indigenous use of fire as well as the six aboriginal seasons.
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