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Long Live Singapore’s Hawker Culture

“A Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Home” is part of SG Future Engagement series which sees people gathering to discuss about preserving Singapore’s hawker heritage. Some suggestions proposed were to improve the physical conditions of hawker centres and to conduct culinary...

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No Nutrition Facts For Alcoholic Beverages

When you head on down to a grocery store, you would find cereals, sauces, canned soups, bottled waters and fizzy drinks all labelled with nutritional facts. But when you pick up an alcoholic beverage – it has none? Ever wondered...

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The Singapore Heritage Cookbook Wins Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2015 (Singapore)

The Singapore Heritage Cookbook, a 240-page, entails the past, present and future trends of local delights has snagged the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2015. It is now in the running with winners in the same category from other countries for...

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Halal Food In Japan

Dear Japan, who can resist you? Japan as a holiday destination is appealing to many, so much so that despite being a foodie country, that offers a slate of restaurants and bars selling alcoholic drinks and pork dishes, it gets...

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Homecoming At Bacchanalia

Whet your appetite at Bacchanalia as head chef Ivan Brehm and Yokohama-born chef Shinobu Namae of L’Effervescene in Tokyo will be collaborating for two dinners on Jan 17 and 18. The two chefs met in 2008 where they both worked...

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Young Chef Olympiad 2016

67 is the magic number for the second edition of the Young Chef Olympiad 2016 event. Taking place a day after India’s 67th Republic day on Jan 27 to Feb 1 2016 and organised by International Institute of Hotel Management...

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Fully Booked Restaurants For CNY

For those looking to have your Lunar New Year reunion dinner at Hua Ting Restaurant, Wah Lok, Yan Ting and zi-char restaurant Keng Eng Kee – your chances are zero as these places are fully booked. To add on to...

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Will Jumbo Group Succeed In China?

When a tourist or an overseas friend comes to Singapore and yearns to have a taste of our chili crab, where are the places that come to mind? Hopefully, Jumbo is in your list because their crab dishes have successfully...

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Keeping Up With The Hotel Industry

Backpackers, budget hotels, exclusive ryokans and luxurious villas. These accommodations that we’re so familiar with are now in competition with Airbnb and HomeAway that host cosy to flamboyant homestays, suitable for any budget.  Instead of competing with the boom of...

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Mövenpick Resort Phu Quoc

Mövenpick Resort Phu Quoc is slated to open next year on the southern Vietnamese Island. This is a collaboration between Swiss hospitality group Movenpick Hotels & resorts and Ngoi Sao Cua Duong Joint Stock Company.  It will be Vietnam’s first...