Breakfast at Tiffany & Co.’s Blue Box Café in ION Orchard
How about lunch and dinner, too. The Blue Box Café, located on the third floor of ION Orchard (nestled within the Tiffany & Co. store) takes the guise of a ‘Blue Box’.
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Designed by the brand’s founder, Charles Lewis Tiffany, in the 1800s, the robin-egg Tiffany & Co. Blue Box is an undying emblem of high-end gifting. Little and precious, this box cannot be bought or requested from Tiffany & Co. retail stores. You’ll have to buy a piece of jewellery to get your hands on one. But now, you can step foot into one.
Approximately 800 Tiffany & Co. blue boxes adorn the ceiling of the Blue Box Cafe in ION Orchard.
Through the heavy glass doors of Blue Box Café in ION Orchard, your eyes are drawn to the 800 Blue Boxes-adorned ceiling.
22k Gold porcelain plates that punctuate the walls.
All porcelain bear 19th century Tiffany & Co. motifs.
Porcelain by ceramic artist, Molly Hatch
You then trace the Tiffany Blue tables and chairs, and the 22k gold porcelain plates that punctuate the walls. The latter were hand-thrown and hand-painted with 19th century Tiffany & Co. motifs by acclaimed American ceramic artist, Molly Hatch.
The Blue Box Cafe in ION Orchard was designed by American architect Peter Marino.
Interior design by American architect, Peter Marino
The four walls are washed with the unmistakable robin’s egg “1837 Blue”, balanced with large-format distressed polka dotted terrazzo floor tiles, and matte veined green marble slabs.
Large-format distressed polka dotted terrazzo floor tiles.
A familiar name to luxury fashion, American architect Peter Marino designed all Blue Box Cafés.
This café has more to digest.
Similar in design, different in taste. Every Blue Box Café boasts a different menu.
All Tiffany & Co. Blue Box Cafes bear the same robin egg walls, Blue Box ceiling, tables, chairs, and flatware.
French Chef Julien Royer of Odette
In Singapore, the menu was inspired by three-Michelin-starred chef Julien Royer’s cooking. Fellow Michelin-starred chef, Daniel Boulud, who helms the Blue Box Café at The Landmark, NYC, contributed his burger to the menu.
Enjoy Holly’s Favourites from 10-11:30am at $38 per pax.
You can have Breakfast at Tiffany’s from 10-11:30am at $78 per pax, Holly’s Favourites from 10-11:30am at $38 per pax, Tea at Tiffany’s from 3-5:30pm at $98 per pax, and à la carte starters and mains from 11:30am-2:30pm and 6-9pm.
As you dig in, you’ll notice that the steak knives crafted by high-end Atelier Perceval (from Thiers, France) are inscribed with a prominent “9.47”. As word has it, a chef and knifemaker were inebriated while producing this knife. Gay and jolly, they were amused that their wine contained just “9.47% alcohol” and the guys really hammered that in.
Tiffany & Co.’s Tiffany T True series tableware and Fanueil five-piece cutlery set.
All tableware hail from Tiffany & Co.’s Tiffany T True series, ranging from a bread plate ($155), bowl ($245), dinner plate ($245), charger ($340), to serving bowl ($720). And finally, firm in your hands is the Fanueil sterling silver and stainless steel five-piece cutlery set (price on request). Introduced in 1910, this classic Tiffany & Co. silverware set dates back to a design that Queen Anne of Great Britain favoured in the 1700s — and still has an avid fan base on antique websites. May dining remain an art.