This week Singabites is teaming up with our friends at Drinks and co and Winesave Asia. Everyday we’ll be matching a good bottle of wine with one of Singapore’s favourite local dishes. If you’d like to join in you can click on the links to buy the wine. And we’ll give you some recommendations for where to get the food. We hope you enjoy it.

A bowl of Katong Laksa
A delicious bowl of Katong Laksa

Our friends at Marine Parade Laksa can lay the claim to be the original Katong Laksa. This Nonya dish is one of our national treasures. Shrimp, cockles, fish cake, noodles, beansprouts and the perfect coconut broth. For those who are looking to up their laksa game, Marine Parade laksa also offers crayfish in their dish. Katong Laksa achieved world fame when British chef Gordon Ramsay tried to cook it here. That day he was in a competition against 328 laksa. A competition he lost. Whether it’s 328 or Marine Parade that you prefer, or maybe another of our fantastic hawkers, today we celebrate it with a glass of…………

Drinks and Co Wine Recommendation

A bottle of Astrolabe riesling

This riesling is pale lemon in appearance. It has lemon honey, lemon zest and green apple notes. It is a light textured, mineral wine with a crisp and racy acidity. This makes it a perfect pairing with seafood such as shrimp and crayfish. It also lends itself nicely to countering spicy food. Making this the perfect drop to enjoy with your laksa. To buy click here.

How to preserve your open wine with Winesave

Winesave is nature’s way of protecting your opened wines…perfectly. With 100% pure argon gas in an easy to use application. It takes just 1 second to release enough argon to keep your open wines for days even weeks. This week only in partnership with Singabites and Drinks&Co we are offering 15% discount on winesavePRO. Click here and use code SingaDrink15.

Winesave preserving an opened bottle of wine

Click here for Monday’s pairing of Curry puffs and Chardonnay
Click here for Tuesday’s pairing of Roti Prata and Pinot Gris
Click here for Wednesday’s pairing of Chicken Rice with Pinot Noir