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Yes, I know. Tiong Bahru is like THE happening district where there are so many hippie food joints. But I need to emphasize, for some of the places that are crowded, it may not mean that their food is good. Usually it’s all about branding. Vice versa. (Read: 5 Best New Food Places At Tiong [...]

313 Somerset just got sweeter with the opening of Japanese-Italian café Dolce Tokyo. And also more Japanese with surrounding shops like Lowry’s Farm and Uniqlo at Level 3 (which look like where I can get my entire wardrode from). But unlike the fashion stores, Dolce Tokyo is a completely new brand and concept, created due [...]

Matcha (or maccha), the fine powder green tea has found its way to Singapore as the next possible food fad. Look at the number of Matcha related restaurants and cafes opening up – Tsujiri, Nana’s Green Tea, Maccha House. We love them in almost all kinds of food, from ice cream, cakes, soft serves, mochi [...]

Everybody comes to Saint Marc Café for its Choco Cro, which in short means chocolate croissant. The Japanese tai-tais get it by the dozens, both its white and dark variants, or enjoy it at the quiet part of the café with a matcha latte. You will understand why. Saint Marc Café is a popular bakery [...]

There is a very delicious new ramen shop at Orchid Hotel Tanjong Pagar. No, no, no. I am not talking about Keisuke Tontotsu King. It’s been there, done that. (Read: 5 New & Best Ramen Places in Singapore) Say Hello to Menya Sanji 麺屋三士, which refers to the ‘three warriors’ of the Meiji restoration, thus [...]

Waku Ghin, where should I even start? That this is one of the best ranked restaurant in Singapore; the most expensive meal ever at $400, or that this is possibly the best meal in my entire life. Let’s start with Waku Ghin’s magnificent feat for being a relatively new two-year-old venue: Number 2 in Miele [...]

Like most couples, LP+Tetsu is a classic case of how two very different parties can get together looking quite incompatible, but are in fact are a match made in heaven. LP is short for Laurent Peugeot, the one-star Michelin French chef of Le Charlemagne in Burgundy France; while Tetsu is a Japanese restaurant known for [...]

These days you can’t get quality sushi at reasonable prices, most ‘authentic’ restaurants coming with steep price tags. And the cheap ones taste, well, cheap. Until I found Ryoshi Sushi Ikeikemaru at Liang Court, with sushi such as Ebi Prawn, Mongo Ika Cuttlefish, Tobikko Fish Row and Inari priced at $1.80 for two pieces. Even [...]

[Tokyo, Japan] The meal at Nihonryori RyuGin at Roppongi Tokyo is probably my best in 2012, okay, make that best meal ever. And it is definitely the most expensive meal in my life so far. RyuGin has an impressive resume – ranked Number 28 in The S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2012 (staying there for [...]

With healthy salads in popularity now, Maki San with its design your own Japanese-inspiring salad or sushi roll is very appealing. This outlet at The Cathay Handy Road must be the first of its kind in Singapore, and I was excited to know I am put almost anything I want in my rice rolls. You [...]