Pugners Dining is a private home diner in Hougang
You can have a special-occasion dinner without booking a hotel restaurant or heading into the CBD. In an HDB block in Hougang, Pugners Dining serves a restaurant-level tasting menu from a couple’s home, and Eatbook got first dibs on its new Menu 3.0.
The private diner opened in August 2025, founded by husband-and-wife duo Jon Marcus Tay and Krystle Tan.
Krystle manages the front of house, while Jon helms the kitchen, drawing on experience at Rhubarb, Buona Terra, Gunther’s, and Garibaldi, several of which have held Michelin stars.
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Food at Pugner’s Dining
We started with the Bao, stuffed with a deep-fried prawn head, green mango slaw, and nam jim jaew, a tangy and slightly spicy Northern Thai sauce. The prawn bodies come back later, but more on that soon.
Next was the PB & J, a yeast-risen duck fat waffle topped with silky chicken liver mousse and the jam of the day. Our table got two flavours: sour cherry and fig.
The mousse was smooth and almost whipped, with the fig balancing its richness while the sour cherry added a brighter tang. The crispy waffle made the perfect base for both.
The Kajimoto Bay Oyster came with yuzu, dashi, little potatoes, and a cream sauce. The oyster was plump and very fresh, pairing especially well with the potato cubes and creamy white sauce.
My favourite course was the Kami No Ebi, an asam pedas orecchiette dish made with the same prawns from the bao. There were plenty of springy, perfectly cooked prawns, while the pasta was al dente.
The sauce had just the right amount of spice and tang, balanced by mint and ginger flower. Topping it all were deep-fried capers, which had been soaked overnight to mellow their saltiness before frying, giving the dish a lovely salty crunch.
The Swordfish is torched and served with a cincalok sauce made by blending fermented shrimp with onions and other aromatics. Alongside it is a “sambal caponata”, a riff on the Italian eggplant and tomato dish.
The tomatoes are cooked in ikan bakar sambal, while the eggplant is lightly salted first. The fish was perfectly cooked, and the sauce had a good balance of heat and sweet tang.
The Duck course paired duck confit with panang curry, pomelo salad, roasted coconut, and aromatics.
My main gripes were that the pomelo wasn’t as sweet as I’d have liked, while the duck confit was a little too chunky for my liking.
The menu also includes Sereni(Tea), a rose, sakura, and yuzu palate cleanser served before dessert.
By this point, we were pretty much stuffed. But alas, dessert is a separate stomach! The star of the show was the Roasted Banana, inspired by banoffee pie. Banana flesh is mixed with mascarpone and sugar, while the banana skin is infused into milk and turned into a foam. It’s then served with yoghurt dulce de leche, toasted almonds, cocoa crumble, and a frozen vanilla bean and miso parfait. The result is warm on top and cold at the bottom.
This was my second favourite course, with contrasting textures and flavours in every spoonful.
The meal ends with three petit fours, each made using leftovers from earlier courses.
First up, the Potato & Chocolate: a macaron with buttercream made from potato skins from the oyster course, which are roasted and ground into a fine powder. It’s finished with potato chips. It was a little sweet, while the chips had gone slightly soggy. We heard they’re working to fine-tune the macaron!
The Strawberry & Ginger Flower was the winner, featuring a chewy butter mochi topped with strawberry jam and ginger flower saved from the asam pedas. It was tasty, if a touch sweet.
Lastly, the Hae Bee Hiam: madeleines made with prawn shell-infused butter and house-made hae bee hiam. They were light and fluffy, with a gentle prawn flavour reminiscent of the hae bee hiam rolls everyone eats during CNY.
The verdict
Menu 3.0 costs $150 per person, with a minimum of two guests per booking. Dinner took about two hours, and everything we tried was delicious and plated to a restaurant standard. Portions were generous too, and we were comfortably full by dessert. I was also pleasantly surprised by how protein-heavy the meal was.
You’ll need to book online, and note that the dishes we tried may change.
For a birthday, anniversary, or any occasion worth celebrating, Pugner’s Dining is worth the splurge.
While you’re here, check out our guide to the best new restaurants in Singapore for November 2026! You can also read more about Neighbourhood Supper Club, another private home diner!
Address: 327 Hougang Avenue 5, #09-156, Singapore 530327
Opening hours: By reservation only
Tel: 8840 8680
Website
Pugner’s Dining is not halal-certified.
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Photos taken by Ian Sim.
This was a media tasting at Pugner’s Dining.
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