It's time for our features again!  This time, another tapas, it's our Oxtail braised in Madeira Wine. Those who love their meats should enjoy this tasty tapas. Oxtail for a tapas?  Interesting choice for a tapas, however, not so in Spain. Oxtail is a common tapas dish in Spanish Tapas bars.  While many find this strange, in many countries around the world, it is not uncommon to eat the tail of the cow in various forms. As such, we have Sup Ekor or Sup Buntut in Indonesia.

While in Spain, most Oxtail stew uses sherry to cook, what makes ours more special is the use of Madeira wine to braise our Oxtail. Madeira wine originates from Portugal and it is a type of fortified wine that is famous in Portugal. This tapas is stewed for many hours to give our dish a distinctive taste. The end result is tender oxtail meat and a sauce that you wish you had endless bread (and sauce) to keep dipping it away. Save your breads for this dish! Drop by to Chef Diary to try out this Tapas dish now!

This month, we are featuring our Desserts that are available on Chef Diary's. This is not a very Spanish dessert but a rather Italian dessert called Pannacotta.  And, it's a hit with ladies here because, it's sweet , it's smooth and it smells heavenly!  Why the heavenly smell? Because our Panna Cotta has real vanilla seeds mixed with the cream, if you look closely, you can see the little black dots of the vanilla pod. The slightly tangy berry sauce goes well with sweet cream giving it the right balance.


Panna Cotta, means cooked cream in italian,  originating from the Northern parts of Italy. However, this dessert is now eaten all over Italy and around the world.  As you can see, everyone serves this up with berry sauce. At Chef Diary, we make it a bit more special by adding some Soy milk to make the dish even healthier, so ladies you can eat without worrying about putting on weight! So, come try our desserts @ Chef Diary! And it is a good pick me up for those Monday Blues!

Being a Spanish influenced restaurant, TAPAS features heavily in our menu. Tapas actually means appetizers either in the hot or cold form. Traditionally in Spain, dinner time is normally 9pm to 12pm and after work and before 9 is bar hopping time! The small dishes of food served is not supposed to fill you up but just to get you going before you hit the main meal.  In fact in Spain, whole rows of shops are just devoted to serving Tapas only and specializes in different flavors of the region in Spain. Normally, there are small tall tables that people put their choice of tapas on the table and stand and chat!

Thankfully @ Chef Diary, you don't need to stand up and enjoy your tapas, you can sit on nice comfy chairs to enjoy Tapas. And, in Chef Diary, the tapas are really beautiful, not just in taste but in presentation as well.


Today, i want to introduce one of our favorites in Chef Diary, which is the Hickory Smoked Duck Tapas with Apple Cider. For ducky lovers, this is delightful dish of thinly sliced duck. What's special about this dish is that the duck, is smoked right here at Chef Diary! The infusion of hickory into the duck, is absolutely heavenly and with a bit of sour from the apple and tomatoes, this gives the dish a light and refreshing feel to it.

So all duck lovers out there craving for a different twist to your normal roast duck, try our Hickory Smoked Duck @ Chef Diary. One of our best tapas dishes! 

What is Spanish cuisine famous for? There's tapas, Iberian pork and Chorizo and of course lots and lots of seafood. But the other famous is Paella! Yes, the Spanish love rice as much as we do! Paella originates in the region of Valencia and is the birthplace of Paella.

Mother's day is a once a year event and mother's are of course, special! Chef Diary is going to give a big surprise to our beloved mothers! Bring your mother to Chef Diary and we will prepare a mystery surprise for her.  May this day filled with caring, love, sweet memorable moments for you and your family!

All mother deserves the best from us. Oh yes, you are right, Chef Diary will be open on this Sunday for this special occassion to our special mothers too. This once-a-year promotion starts from this Saturday to Sunday for dinner. So, what are you waiting for? Come and join us at Chef Diary!