New Rasa Singapura – Social Enterprise Restaurant Serving Good Old Hawker Food
The old Rasa Singapura Food Centre still spells fond food memories for many, previously located at Tanglin where some of the best hawker stalls in Singapore congregate. When things were much simpler,...
View ArticleVanilla Garden – Hidden Find. Bakeshop & Japanese Cafe Within A Garden At...
[Bangkok] Entering Vanilla Garden is like going in a rich man’s mansion. A fountain surrounded by greens and three separate buildings. Located at Sukhumvit Soi 63 (Ekamai 12) which is considered a...
View Article15 Must Try Truffle Dishes In Singapore – Truffle Waffles, Lobster Roll,...
Normal fries at a hipster café $7. Truffle fries $12, which are essentially fries added with truffle oil. Of course the debate is that Truffle Oil is not even the real thing, a synthetic product made...
View ArticleThe New Summer Pavilion – Exquisite Cantonese Cuisine at The Ritz-Carlton,...
The experience of dining at the new Summer Pavilion is akin to “dining in a garden”. The main dining hall of the revamped Chinese restaurant is surrounded by a modern Chinese garden and a glass...
View ArticleSunday’s Grocery – Delicious Fried Chicken & Sandwiches. One-Stop Store by...
[Hong Kong] Conceptualised by the team behind Yardbird – the hip Japanese yakitori and izakaya joint, is Sunday’s Grocery. Located at Kennedy Town, they brand themselves as a liquor store, curated...
View ArticleAloha Poke – Raw Fish Salad Bar In The CBD. Hot From Hawaii
Step aside, sashimi. Poke (pronounced poh-kay) has recently infiltrated into the Singapore dining scene with the opening of this very first poke bar in Amoy Street. PO-KE? Originating from the islands...
View Article15 Most Instagram Worthy Desserts In Singapore 2015 – Some Are Soooooo Pretty
The year of Instagrammable desserts. That means over the top presentation, pretty elements, inclusion of candy flosses and syringes, some desserts in previously imaginable colours, for example bright...
View ArticleDecker Barbecue – Ribs & Meat By Weight, By Bali’s Smokehouse BBQ and Club...
For those who always feel ordering the entire slab of ribs is too much (or is weight-watching), Decker Barbecue allows you to pick your spare ribs, brisket, turkey and chicken by weight. Yeah-ness....
View ArticleThe Bangkok EmQuartier Food Guide – 40 Mouth-Watering Restaurants & Cafes To...
[Bangkok] EmQuartier is the latest must-visit mall in Bangkok, superbly designed with a futuristic facade, containing A LOT of food choices. The mall is split up into three zones – The Glass Quartier,...
View ArticleBee Kee – Truffle Wanton Mee & Pork Bone Noodles At The CBD
Truffle oil on noodles, not a ground-breaking idea. But why haven’t more stalls come out with such an idea of Truffle Wanton Mee? Maybe because it doesn’t sound right. (Read: 15 Must Try Truffle...
View ArticleA.R.C Coffee – The Hipster Coffee Academy, Roastery and Cafe
No, we don’t mean they serve instant coffee, but A.R.C is a 3-in-1 Coffee Place with an Academy, Roastery and Café all in one place. Situated at Sultan Gate with a 3-storey high building, the 1st...
View ArticleIce Lab – Korean Comedian Shin Jung-Hwan Opens Bingsu & Churros Cafe At Somerset
Ice Lab has opened with a Big Bang (pun unintended) specialising in Bingsu (more), churros (more more) and toast. It took over House of Robert Timms at Orchard Shopping Centre, This Ice Lab is opened...
View ArticlePasarBella – Gourmet Space Opens At Suntec With NYC Food Truck Type Selections
PasarBella at The Grandstand is impressive in terms of vibes and traders variety, but perhaps disadvantaged by a slightly inconvenient location. The newer PasarBella @ Suntec on first impression,...
View ArticleGallery & Co – Cafe, Cafeteria and Store at National Gallery Singapore
Things are probably still work-in-progress for Gallery & Co at the National Gallery Singapore, a “progressive retail and F&B destination with a bookstore, café, cafeteria, bar and store in a...
View ArticleWhere To Get ‘Korean Churros’ In Singapore – Crispy, Sweet & Long
Wait, isn’t churros of Spanish or Portuguese origins, but it seems like ‘Korean churros’ are the next big fad is Singapore. According to one hearsay, churros were brought to Europe from China by the...
View ArticleNational Kitchen by Violet Oon – Burst Of Peranakan Flavours At The National...
Violet Oon has achieved what many Singaporeans would be proud of, and some restauranteurs could have dreamt about with National Kitchen at the National Gallery. This is one restaurant I would be...
View ArticleSweet Monster – Softserve With Cake At Bugis Junction, Sends You On A Sugar High
Excluding me, the average age of the customer at Sweet Monster Bugis Junction must be 7. A kids-friendly place with seats catered to their heights, as they eat away milk soft serve covered with...
View ArticleBig Lazy Chop –“Da Lan Pai” Serves Meats With Salted Egg, Milk Butter,...
Does anyone find the name “Da Lan Pai” 大懶排 mildly offensive? Maybe try saying it in another dialect. I was actually more amused than anything, at the tongue-in-cheek derivation from Hong Kong’s cooked...
View ArticleUma Uma Restaurant & Bar – Ramen, Yakitori and Kushikatsu at Millenia Walk
There was a period of time when Japanese ramen eateries were sprouting in Singapore, though has remained more or less stagnant. I am surprised Uma Uma didn’t open more outlets. They finally did, at...
View Article2015 Best Nine On Instagram for DanielFoodDiary. Get Yours Too!
The time to take a memory lane walk, and instagram does work like a photo album of sorts, especially when most of my posts come in a video form. For those unaware, my instagram account...
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