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Recently, I have been a “date guru” of sorts. Not just food anymore. People asking me where to bring their girlfriends on a first date, first month anniversary, first year anniversary etc etc. Actually, I rather not recommend as I would never want to be guilty of recommending a ‘wrong’ place and spoiling that date [...]

Do you both love and hate buffets – love the variety and choice of food, but hate the feeling of overeating, with a sense of guilty and feeling plumpish at the same time. Not a good feeling to have, right? How to avoid overeating at the buffet restaurant? The most important rule of thumb – [...]

Mooncake fillings have gone way beyond the traditional lotus paste fillings. It is as if every mooncake shop is trying to innovate over the rest. And talk about durian mooncakes, the first place to come to mind is Goodwood Park Hotel. (Read Goodwood Park Hotel’s Durians) This year they have launched Mao Shan Wang durian [...]

Beef lovers would rejoice at the opening of the new Wooloomooloo Steakhouse at Swissotel Raffles City, which offers favourites such as Black Angus from the butcher’s block. You may have thought this restaurant hails from the harbourside town of Woolloomooloo Sydney, but it is actually from Hong Kong which has branches at Central, Nathan Road, [...]

[Hong Kong] Two-star Michelin restaurant Amber is ranked Number 44 restaurant in the world, alongside with other Hong Kong entries Bo Innovation (52), Caprice (54), Lung King Heen (93). This makes Amber the top ranking restaurant in Hong Kong, and the best. This being my first try at a San Pellegrino World’s Top 100 restaurant, [...]

I love buffet, and I hate buffets. Love it for the variety, the opportunity to savour everything, but hate it for making me larger than usual, and the ugly mad rush to the buffet table. That’s why I kind of like the ala carte buffet concept where food is served to you. 10 at Claymore [...]

The durian season is here again, as the main fruiting season occurs from June to August – which means the durians you get now are more ‘fragrant’ and yummy. Fragrance for durian is really subjective. As what Anthony Bourdain says, you either love or despite it, and your breath will smell as if you’d been [...]

The most enquiries I have received of late are, “Where are the best brunch places in Singapore?” Before you even scream ‘all-day breakfast’ and ‘eggs benedict’ which is probably the next fashionable thing in this island, how does Foie Gras Egg Cocotte and Croque Monsier sound to you? Cocotte at the Wunderlust Hotel (at Rochor [...]

Kopi Tiam at Swissotel The Stamford is no ordinary coffee shop, but one which is known to gather the best of local dishes with a heavier than usual price tag. Even though most of the hawker food served here easily cost more than $10, locals and tourists come here to savour their signatures such as [...]

Plaza Brasserie has a certain place in memory for me as it was where my ex-colleagues treated me to a farewell lunch. This is also somewhere you may want to celebrate a family birthday, job promotion or special days like Christmas. Yes, this is one of the hotel buffets where you can indulge in a [...]