Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant (Sheraton Towers), Singapore

This Chinese restaurant boasts a superior setting decorated in the traditional colours of lacquered red walls and black chairs. Elegant tables are set with pure-jade plate holders, ivory-sterling chopsticks and fine china. The clear winter melon soup is packed with melon, beef strips, scallops, prawns and crabmeat while the shark's fin soup is sauteed with crabmeat and served in a rich stock. Other dishes to try include fried cod fillet with garlic sauce or bamboo shoots wrapped with pan-fried beef. The wine list is adequate with mainly New World wines.