Santi’s, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Santimaria is not in the kitchen of course, but his best man is. As I took the high speed lift to my top floor room and its stunning views, a ride so fast my stomach had to take the stairs two at a time to catch up with me, I could feel that even through the jet lag that I’d had a meal that was special, if a little OTT.

Anticipation for Dinner grows

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is set to be one of 2011’s hottest new restaurants and after its original opening was delayed in December (thanks to the ‘mayhem’ of Christmas according to someone in the know) we are now only a matter of two weeks away from discovering whether Blumenthal’s first restaurant in London is Fat Duck or lame duck.