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Food Review: South & East At NUS Shaw Foundation Alumni House | Smokehouse With Southeast Asian Flavours

November 24, 2025

The Place I didn’t expect a dining concept like South & East to be nestled with National University of Singapore (NUS). South & East is a full-service [...]

Food Review: Fi-Woodfire Thai At Shaw Centre | Woodfire Thai Restaurant In Orchard Road

July 15, 2025

The Place There are quite a couple of changes to the food offerings at Shaw Centre and the newest to open is Singapore’s first woodfire Thai [...]

Food Review: Ce Soir At Portsdown Road | A Michelin Guide Modern Asian Restaurant

July 1, 2025

The Place Tucked away atop a colonial black-and-white bungalow at Portsdown Road, Ce Soir is an intimate fine dining experience helmed by Chef Seth Lai, winner of the [...]

Food Review: Foliage At Onze @ Tanjong Pagar | Cosy Modern Asian Restaurant With Japanese Elements

January 11, 2025

The Place Located in Onze @ Tanjong Pagar, I checked out a relatively low key restaurant in this buzzing district, Foliage. Foliage is a 14-seater Asian [...]

Food Review: Labyrinth At The Esplanade | An Innovative Ode To Celebrated Singaporean Hawker Dishes

October 24, 2024

The Place Nestled within The Esplanade, Labyrinth has been around for a decade which is by no means an easy feat in Singapore’s competitive dining landscape, [...]

Food Review: Asu At Labrador Villa Road | Progressive Asian Cuisine By Chef Ace Tan

October 12, 2024

The Place Located within Labrador Nature Reserve is Asu, a new ‘Progressive Asian Cuisine’ restaurant which just opened this month helmed by Chef Ace Tan. The [...]

Food Review: GU:UM At Keong Saik Road | Korean-Touched Contemporary Grill Restaurant By NAE:UM Group

June 4, 2024

The Place An exciting new addition to the buzzing Keong Saik enclave, I checked out the newly opened GU:UM, a Korean-touched contemporary grill concept by NAE:UM Group just a [...]

Food Review: The Masses At Arcade @ The Capitol Kempinski | Accessible Franco-Asian Dishes In New Duplex Dining Space

May 3, 2024

The Place Casual French-Asian restaurant The Masses has come quite a long way since 2017 at 85 Beach Road and the good news is that it has relocated to a more spacious new [...]

Food Review: Restaurant Potong, Bangkok | Progressive Thai-Chinese Michelin Starred Restaurant

February 28, 2024

The Restaurant A visit to Restaurant Potong in Bangkok’s Chinatown district has been on my list for awhile, and I finally managed to secure a table back in December. [...]

Food Review: Jiak Kim House By The Brewekz Group | Modern Asian Cuisine In A 1920s Conservation Warehouse

February 12, 2024

The Place If you recall the old Zouk, then this is a dining space which brings back memories. I checked out the newly opened Jiak Kim House located within 1920s conservation [...]

Food Review: Quenino By Victor Liong At Artyzen Singapore | Contemporary Asian Cuisine With A Myriad Of Flavours

February 3, 2024

The Place Artyzen Singapore is one of the newest hotel additions to the Orchard enclave and one hidden restaurant within the hotel is Quenino by Victor Liong. The 72-seater [...]

Food Review: Liberty Singapore At Marina Bay Financial Centre | Asian Cuisine Meets Southern US Barbecue

January 7, 2024

The Place Located in the heart of Marina Bay Financial District, the newly opened Liberty Singapore from Liberty Group Hong Kong is an Asian smokehouse restaurant [...]

Food Review: Eat And Cook In Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur | Malaysian-Style Omakase, Asia’s 100 Best Restaurants

December 18, 2023

The Place One of the up-and-coming restaurants in Kuala Lumpur to watch out for, I checked out Eat And Cook KL recently which is also #79 on Asia’s 100 Best Restaurants [...]

Food Review: The Curry Club Signature At Mohamed Sultan Road | Modern Indian Casual Fine Dining Concept In Singapore

November 19, 2023

The Place Opened just this month along Mohamed Sultan Road, I checked out The Curry Club Signature, a new contemporary casual-fine dining Indian restaurant by a local South [...]

Food Review: Ilmiri Korean Restaurant At Circular Road | Popular Korean Dining Brand First Outlet In Singapore

November 16, 2023

The Place Opened at Circular Road in September, Ilmiri is a new casual Korean restaurant which is a renowned brand in Korea with over 200 franchise stores. This is [...]

Food Review: Imbue Restaurant At Keong Saik Road | Contemporary European Restaurant With Asian-Influences By Chef Lee Boon Seng [Closed]

November 3, 2023

The Place One of the newest restaurant additions to the buzzing Keong Saik Road, Imbue is a new modern European restaurant with refined Asian influences concept. Helmed by [...]

Food Review: Restaurant Khiri At Hamilton Road | Contemporary Thai Restaurant In Jalan Besar

October 29, 2023

The Place One of my favourite new restaurants which opened in Singapore this year, I revisited Restaurant Khiri, formerly known as Restaurant Chedi located along Hamilton [...]

Food Review: Chingu @ The Oval At Seletar Aerospace Park | Korean Restaurant In Colonial House Setting

October 27, 2023

The Place I wouldn’t have thought that there is a Korean restaurant nestled within the Seletar Aerospace Park. Housed in a refurbished colonial house, aka black and white [...]

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