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The word ‘Olympics’ gives me the first link to sports until I was introduced to Culinary Olympics over an event on 19th August (my birthday). While, everyone is celebrating the Singapore Gold Medallist Joseph Schooling who won the men’s 100 metre butterfly, I guess we can look forward next Gold from the Singapore National Culinary Team? Read More

Joo Bar located along Tan Quee Lan Street is known as Singapore’s first makgeoli bar and restaurant. The restaurant has since expanded to offers food menu to diners. Their food menu changes from time to time so diners can expect surprises each time they visit. But of course their signature dishes are still in the menu. Read More

Whenever raining weather, the comfort food that I will think of is Bak Kut Teh. I was introduced to Yi Pin Bak Kut Teh located at Blk 530 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. This neighbourhood restaurant started operating since March 2016 this year is offering both herbal and pepper version. Both version of soup base are actually from one of the co-owner’s family recipe. Thus, the taste of the soup base is different from the usual ones I tried before. Read More

Speaking of buffets in Singapore, Princess Terrace at Copthorne King’s Hotel has been serving Penang food buffet since year 1970s. They are known with their specialty Penang food varieties which regular customers will come back for more. The buffet here preserve the rich Penang food culture and heritage which reminisce the foods that we had in Penang with a slight twist of taste to suit the local taste here. Read More

Shashlik is my pre-birthday celebration dinner location this year with my seniors.We were introduced by one of my senior that this restaurant is used to be one of the favourite dining places for Mr Lee Kuan Yew and his son. This Russo- Hainanese restaurant was closed in November 2015 and reopened this year. Our first impression was quite skeptical and as we head into the mall and up the lift to level 6, we were greeted with a smile by the service staff. Read More

Singapore Mariott Tang Plaza Hotel’s Marriott Café is joining the craze over “Descendants of the Sun” and Korean variety programs with the launch of Korean food between 16 August till 31 August 2016. Specially prepared by guests’ chefs Choi Dae-hwan and Lee Jae-Bin from JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul, diners will be spoilt for choice with the Korean cuisine spreads here. Read More

Cocoa Colony founded in 2015 is a chain of chocolate café specializing handcrafted cocoa drinks and pastries made from the Cocoa Brothers’ signature recipes. I attended the media tasting session a week ago to check out their new items that was officially launched on 11th August 2016. Read More

Oh well.. It has been a while since my last visit to Wild Honey located at Scotts Square. So, my buddy and I decided to have our pre-birthday celebration in advance here at Wild Honey. I booked the reservation from Chope.sg and it was quite hassle-free. No need to introduce further as Wild Honey is well-known with its all-day breakfast menu and my friend was so excited to try it because this is her first time trying it. Read More

UNA at One Rochester welcomes the new Executive Chef, Antonio Oviedo who was very young and talented. Chef Antonio Oviedo was under the tutelage of 2 world’s best chef whose restaurant was Michelin stars awarded. I was quite excited to check out the new revamp menu happening at UNA, the Spanish restaurant located within a walking distance from Buona Vista MRT station. Read More

It has been a while since I last had Indian Cuisines. I was introduced to Punjab Grill located at Marina Bay Sands last week to explore their Special Monsoon Menu which is only available from 15 July to 31 August 2016. The Monsoon Food & Drinks and Platters are specially crafted by Chef Javed Ahamad to evoke the unique smells, tastes and flavours. Read More