Prima – the Singaporean world

Dilanka Mannakkara

Prima Land (Pvt) Limited, the franchise holder of Prima Taste Restaurant, aims to acquaint the world with Singapore’s food heritage and reinforce Singapore’s reputation as a food paradise.

The chain of restaurants has not only established a reputation for authentic Singaporean food, but also rich tastes and premium quality. I have been a regular client at Prima Taste and Chef cum General Manager the hospitable and charismatic David Ching treated me with his Black Pepper sauce specialty dishes.

The black pepper pork was the pick of the dishes for me with juicy succulent chunks of pork stir fried with a spicy – sweet black pepper sauce. The black pepper whole garoupa, crab and jumbo prawns are also must tries.

This flagship restaurant boasts an elegant ambiance with a distinctly Singaporean décor, featuring motifs of Singapore’s national flower – the orchid and a photomontage of old and modern Singapore.

A well designed ‘show kitchen’ adds to the experience and turns out a comprehensive menu of more than 60 Singapore favourites such as its signature dishes - including the Singapore chilli crab, Hainanese chicken rice (poached chicken with chicken fragrant rice), Laksa (rice noodles in spicy coconut broth), Singapore curry and satay (spiced barbequed meat skewers) as well as Bah Kut Teh (herb and pepper pork rib soup).

To achieve the most authentic results, the restaurant uses the famous Prima Taste ready-to-cook pastes and sauces manufactured by Prima Food in Singapore. These pastes and sauces are developed by a dedicated R&D team comprising of master chefs and food technologists with excellent industry track records.

To produce the finest flavours, Prima Food source selects premium quality ingredients from around the world. There are consistent and stringent quality checks on all ingredient supplies for Prima Taste to ensure that variables such as weather or seasonal changes do not affect the final products.

The products are now used exclusively at all Prima Taste restaurants the world over. But the good news for the food lovers is that these ready to cook taste packs are available for retail purchase. The pastes include chicken curry, chicken rice, chicken stay and laksa prawn and even Mee goreng.

The grand celebrations of the Singapore National day would be held in gala style at the Prima restaurant complex on August 5 with dignitaries such as VIPs and diplomats. A Singapore food festival would also commence from August 5 at Prima.