new bars singapore

a most welcoming hideout: Side Door is like being hosted at home by an adept chef-and-bartender COUPLE

“Home” is an ambiguous sentiment that is tricky to crystallise into a tangible product. Many upstarts endeavour for it, with a few success stories, though most ultimately fall short. However, if there’s a bar that embodies the warmth of a “home”, it has to be Neil Road’s latest darling, Side Door.

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queenstown food

petit fangko: Cosy Margaret Market Cafe doling out some of the best indomie in Singapore

Built on a marriage of heritage and modernity, Margaret Market is a recent addition to the quaint  Queenstown, preserving an iconic coffin-shaped facade dating back to the ’50s while populating the interior with an eclectic mix of trendy concepts — including a rather peculiar “Indomee bar”, Petit Fangko. Continue reading “Petit Fangko”

rosemead restaurant

Rosemead’s new Farm-to-Table Grill Identity is a stunningly rich and Refined Californian feast

Comfort is an expansive and profound concept. Supreme comfort denotes disparate notions, emotions, and fascinations. For some, it’s plain nostalgia. And others, it’s unalloyed gratification. At Rosemead, it’s a chef’s earnest love letter to his roots.

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folk yard cafe review

Folk Yard: are the Coffee and hearty sandwiches good enough reasons to travel to Potong Pasir?

As neighbourhoods come, Potong Pasir is hardly ever researched when looking for the best cafes in Singapore. Still, some folks may have heard the buzz coming out of the area last year as Folk Yard popped up, bringing quality coffee and bites to the sleepy vicinity. Continue reading “Folk Yard”