How To Have A 5-Star Experience At Home
It’s been all about recreating a home experience since going out has so many restrictions. Take advantage of the situation and spend some much-needed quality time in your abode but with a fancy touch, because you deserve it.
Whip up a decadent hotel-inspired meal
Restaurant chefs have nothing on you if you have been taking the time during the MCO to obtain top cooking tips from YouTube or those Masterclass series. Meanwhile, all the livestreaming options will have you covered with cooking classes from leading chefs. Shangri-La Hotel Singapore’s plant-based chef Damian Piedrahite for example, will show you how to create an Almond Cream Zucchini with Pumpkin Confit. Or if you’re looking for something heartier but still refined, the chefs from InterContinental Singapore have shared their favourite recipes through a series of videos called MasterChef Sessions: Home Edition, featuring dishes such as Salmon Satay with Pineapple and Raisin Salsa to Stir-Fried Beef Cubes with Bell Pepper, Mongolian Sauce.
Redecorate Your Bedroom 5-star Style
Take inspiration from Andaz Singapore with their tips and recommendations on how to transform a bedroom into a 5-star hotel room. Any room will have that polished look if you use crisp white bedding. Or perhaps you want to keep the kids happy by learning how to make towels fancy with a towel elephant or towel dog, courtesy of the housekeeping team from Marina Bay Sands Singapore. It’s all about the little touches.
Have A Blissful Spa Day At Home
For a true spa experience at home, set up a quiet space, away from all the noise and distractions. Use scented candles and aromatherapy diffusers to set the mood and infuse the chosen area with your favourite relaxing scent. Slough all the dry skin away when you learn how to make your very own Himalayan Pink Salt scrub from the award-winning Auriga Spa at Capella Singapore or follow their therapists for a step-by-step guide to a hot stone massage that you can easily do at home. Your significant other will be in for a treat (and you can encourage them to learn these techniques too) when you watch and practice effective massage techniques from Banyan Tree Spa, Marina Bay Sands’ Spa Trainer to relax those strained muscles.
Set Up A Cocktail Bar In Your Kitchen
Since you’ve been home for a while now and most bars aren’t open just yet, why not create your own happy hour in your kitchen? Everyone loves an Old Fashioned cocktail, and this recipe by Asia’s Best Bar winner, Jigger & Pony is shaken up by Bar Manager, Jerrold Khoo. For an Instagram-worthy drink, the Flavoured Salts cocktail by Assistant Bar Manager Gabriel Carlos from Manhattan Bar at the Regent Hotel Singapore is the one to try. But if you don’t quite fancy cocktails, try a hand at creating mocktails by Vijay Mudaliar, the co-owner of Native Bar where he shares 3 different mocktail recipes. You’ll put the ‘happy’ in happy hour for sure.
