Xin Hao Ramen – Japanese Ramen With A Local Take
Singapore has quite a few Japanese ramen shops with a local take – A Noodle Story, Brothers Ramen. Buta Ramen and to a smaller extent Kanshoku Ramen. While the ramen purists may not have a favourable...
View ArticleTakeda Shouten – Chef Keisuke Opens Sake Bar At… Orchid Hotel (Again)
Orchid Hotel at Tanjong Pagar looks like Chef Keisuke Takeda lucky spot. Even though Keisuke Tonkotsu King there is not his first outlet in Singapore, it is there where he achieved ‘ramen superstar’...
View ArticleAlibabar Dining Café Bar – From East Coast To Alexandra Central
If you have been to Alexandra often enough, you should be familiar with these three buildings – IKEA for furniture, Queensway Shopping Centre for sports attire and Anchorpoint for outlet shops and...
View Article10 New Cafes In Singapore July 2015 – Keong Siak, Bugis Get More Happening
Welcome to the 2nd half of 2015. Coincidence or what! Many new cafes in Singapore are found at Keong Saik, and the Bugis, Arab Street, Beach Road vicinity. Both Stateland Coffee and Hyde & Co had...
View ArticleAqua S – The Dreamy Blue Soft Serve Made For Instagram
[Sydney, Australia] This is the soft serve created for Instagram. Aqua blue and pink watermelon creaming soda twirls of ice cream on a black cone, surrounded by a cloud of fluffy cotton candy and...
View ArticleBiBing 비빙 – Korean BIbimbap BINGsu Café Opens At Chinatown
Did Rain Bi and Fan Bing Bing (范冰冰) opened a Korean bingsu café together at Chinatown and named it BiBing? Not really, but this korean bingsu café with a peculiar name is opened by a group of friends,...
View ArticlePizza Face – Pizza and Cakes Café At Beach Road
Pie Face was so named due to drawn expressions on every single pie, and that became a big hit while it lasted. We wished the same for Pizza Face, which didn’t quite make use of the opportunity to be...
View ArticleTuk Tuk Cha – Thai Iced Tea Made Its Way To Suntec City
Thailand’s iconic transport vehicle, Tuk Tuk, managed to park right at Suntec, selling the symbolic drink the Cha- Yen, also known as Thai Ice Tea. Tuk Tuk Car transformed into Tuk Tuk Cha. The fusion...
View Article10 New & Hot Restaurants Singapore July 2015
The main buzz on new openings in Singapore fell on Gordon Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen. Reviews have not be most favourable, but people will still pack the place. I say we don’t really care about...
View ArticleWimi Ice Cream – Chatuchak’s Thai Coconut Ice Cream Sailed To 321 Clementi
Thai coconut ice cream is no stranger to anyone who visited the Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok. Having said that, a cold dessert in hand is usually the perfect solution to combat the hot weather....
View ArticleRichmond Station – London Inspired Café at Bali Lane
Oh, a London inspired café. No wonder, owner Phyllis Lau worked as a barista at a café next to Richmond Station in London, therefore the name. (Photo credit: Nicholas Tan @stormscape) There are many...
View ArticleMookata – East Coast’s Thai Mookata Restaurant Opens At Bugis Junction
A lesson to restaurant owners to update their website and Facebook. Mookata’s website indicates “There has been an increasing number of confusion regarding our restaurant’s location. We currently only...
View ArticleMak’s Noodle In Singapore – Underwhelming and Salty
The famous Hong Kong Mak’s Noodle has opened in Singapore at Centrepoint. I am a fan of Mak’s Noodle 麥奀雲吞麵世家, so much so that I have pretty much tried almost all of their other branches from...
View ArticleL’ÉCLAIR – 1st Éclairs Patisserie In Singapore. Chio & Colourful
Pretty and colourful éclairs caught us by surprise by making their appearance on social media late last year. Shortly after, Celebrity Pastry Chef Janice Wong made her debut with her pop- up store at...
View ArticleTwo Wings – Popular Chicken Wings Stall Opens Another At Essen Pinnacle
Two Wings has opened another branch, at Essen At The Pinnacle. Essen what? Essen, an ‘ang moh’ foodcourt at the base of Pinnacle at Duxton. It has obviously taken a cue or two from Salut the ‘ang moh...
View ArticleTendon Ginza Itsuki – Singapore’s 1st Japanese Tendon Restaurant
Finally. An authentic Tendon restaurant in Singapore, and nothing but tendon. We should have seen some Tendon 天丼 (short for Tempura Donburi 天ぷら丼ぶり) specialty shops in Japan, or perhaps offered as one...
View ArticleEquilibrium – Italian Restaurant at Capitol Piazza Modern and Inventive
There are some openings that fall through the cracks, and you wonder why they do not get more limelight. Equilibrium is one of them, a modern Italian restaurant at Capitol Piazza which has probably...
View ArticleL’ÉCLAIR – 1st Éclairs Patisserie In Singapore. Chio, Colourful and Instagram...
Pretty and colourful éclairs caught us by surprise by making their appearance on social media late last year. Shortly after, Celebrity Pastry Chef Janice Wong made her debut with her pop- up store at...
View ArticleTwo Wings – Popular Chicken Wings Stall Opens Another At Essen Pinnacle
Two Wings has opened another branch, at Essen At The Pinnacle. Essen what? Essen, an ‘ang moh’ foodcourt at the base of Pinnacle at Duxton. It has obviously taken a cue or two from Salut the ‘ang moh...
View Article20 New Cafes In Bugis – Around Hipster, Colourful Arab Street and North...
Do you know that Bugis MRT station was first known as Victoria? We are glad the station changed its name, giving prominence to the historical significance and vibrant cultures of this area. Bugis,...
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