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Review: Seki Japanese Restaurant @ Hotel Rendezvous

May 18, 2012 No Comments by

It is needless to say most people aspire to own a luxury sports car – be it a Ferrari or a Maserati. If you say no, then you really should stop lying to yourself. While most of us are out of that income bracket, the desperate few among us, clearly with child-abandonment issues and seeking [...]

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Spotlight: Dann’s Daily Pescetarian Cafe @ Eastwood Centre

May 15, 2012 No Comments by

The obesity rate in the US is a clear testament that there is something seriously wrong with the food we are stuffing down our throats. Did you honestly think the 3 minute microwavable lasagna was any good for you? What’s next? Chicken rice pills? That would shave off another 2 minutes preparing lunch. And as [...]

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Spotlight: Plaza Brasserie @ Park Royal – Mother’s Day Special

May 08, 2012 No Comments by

After all those sleepless nights and arduous arguments, it is after all a bittersweet relationship. No, I am not talking about your whiny girlfriend; I am referring to the other woman in your life – your mother. As tradition dictates, we put our differences aside once a year and celebrate Mother’s Day over a nice [...]

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Review: Esquina @ Jiak Chuan Road

May 04, 2012 No Comments

The general word when finding a job is that one should do something he loves. While that is partially true, evidently in the relentless pursuit of money seen in some, there are some of us who are truly passionate about our job albeit doing it repetitively every day. Meet Chef Andrew Walsh, an Irish executive [...]

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Spotlight: Pies & Coffee @ Rochester Mall

May 03, 2012 No Comments

The problem with running a café specializing in pies is that no one, in Singapore at least, ever wakes up thinking “I want to have pie for lunch”. Think lunch, and that bowl of laksa or braised lamb shank come to mind. Well, if you like to have your savoury sweet dessert pies with your [...]

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Spotlight: Kha – Street Food Menu

Apr 26, 2012 No Comments

With the passing of Songkran Festival slightly more than a week ago, the launch of Kha’s Street food menu could not have been timelier. While the restaurant cannot promise a similarly drenching experience, the food served is reminiscent of the hawker fare we have come to love from our annual pilgrimage to Bangkok. Located at [...]

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Review: Private Affairs @ Boon Tat Street

Apr 13, 2012 2 Comments

Never trust anyone when they tell you to sleep over an idea. I have been putting my visit to Private Affairs off for some time, until they decided to move away from my humble village in the East to a more centralized location. What could have been a convenient 5-minute dinner destination now became an [...]

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Spotlight: Brotzeit – Tea Time Menu

Apr 12, 2012 No Comments

Fridays and work never quite resonated together – there was something about the looming weekend that seemed to put all forms of work out of perspective. Instead of watching the clock slowly tick towards 6pm, German Bier & Restaurant Brotzeit now gives you a reason to start the weekend early. Brotzeit presents their Kaffeelklatsch menu, [...]

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Six&Seven @ Basilico at Regent Hotel – New Executive Chef

Apr 10, 2012 1 Comment

As a child, my mother told me never to gobble down my food; but at times when the food is so delectable, I cannot help but to stuff everything down before my stomach can signal my brain to stop. Regent Hotel Singapore presents their new executive chef Laurent Varachaud, a chef that cooks as well [...]

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