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Editorial Round-up

From Cuisine & Wine Asia Magazine 2013, Issue 6, Volume 17 – Correction: In our write-up on Napoleon Food & Wine Bar and sommelier Florian Raymond by feature writer Qian Leung (page 159), a Monbazillac wine was inadvertently and wrongly...

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What Not To Do When Ordering Wines

There is a common ritual of wine tasting that almost everyone follows, though not always knowing why. Sniff the cork, swirl the glass a few times, sniff the wine and hold it up to a light source to examine its...

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Honest Wine Labels Straight To The Point

In a bid to make wine more accessible to all, Realist Branding has collaborated with Easy Choice Winery to produce wine labels that give customers the information they need in selecting their wine. Gone are the long names of the...

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Know Your Drinks

The third installment of The Educated Imbiber series held by Bacchanalia Restaurant is here. This time around, customers will be lead through an interactive workshop on rum by world-class bartenders, while tasting the culinary creations of in-house Chef Ivan Brehm. The...

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Let’s Throw Some Hokkaido Snowballs In Singapore!

From 10th-12th January 2014, Creative Food Concept (best known for as the Tampopo group) will be bringing in 7 tons of snow collected from the Japanese island of Hokkaido to Singapore. To be held at Liang Court Shopping Centre’s Atrium...

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Selling His Baby For An Employee

It is probably many chefs’ dream to open a restaurant of their own. However, Mr Michael de Beyer is auctioning off his German restaurant just to help an employee. When Mr Beyer learnt that one of his employees is suffering...

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Ramen Burger Rolls To Singapore In Food Truck

One would think that Singapore, right smack in the middle of noodle-crazy Asia would have been the place to observe new noodle trends. Therefore, it comes as a surprise to hear that ramen burgers, burgers where ramen noodles are used...

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Exploring History Through Food

The relatively young island nation of Singapore has often found it difficult to find an identity of its own due to its diverse populace and mix of cultures. However, one thing that binds all Singaporeans together is their love for...

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Food Fraud Scandal In China

Donkey meat, a popular delicacy in some parts of China, is the centre of yet another food fraud scandal to rock the country in recent times. The supermarket chain Wal-Mart was forced to recall its “Five Spice” donkey meat being...

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Japanese Frozen Food Fears

After facing the double tsunami and radiation disaster in 2011, Japan has tried hard to convince other countries that its exported food products are radiation free. Recently, however, in a scandal that has left over 300 people sick, pesticide-contaminated frozen...