Bold flavours in an east-west menu

NEW RESTAURANT

Adrift

Lobby Level

Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Tower 2

10 Bayfront Avenue

Tel: 6688-5657/6688-5658

Open for lunch and dinner daily: 12pm to 2.30pm; 6pm to 10pm on Sun to Thurs; 6pm to 11pm on Fri and Sat.

IF there's one thing as challenging about opening a new restaurant besides getting the food and concept right, it must be picking the right name. How do you find just the right words to capture your cuisine in one pithy mouthful? Do you want to be obvious, like say, Mr Rodent's Exceptional Steamboat, or more confounding, like a Greek restaurant called Troy's Hidden Delights?

In the case of California chef David Myers, he has picked the name Adrift for his new restaurant in the Marina Bay Sands. Don't expect anything nautical about it, though. There are no lifebuoy knick-knacks to achieve a "lost at sea but with plenty of food on board" vibe. Instead, the word supposed…