Tag: asian fusion
In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was a structure devised by mastercraftsman Daedalus as a means to contain the monstrous Minotaur, one that’s elaborate and flush with serpentine paths leading to its centre.
Dumplings are vogueish now — who’d thought? Two decades ago, the iconic dish was seen more as a tradition that was restricted to gaudy, old-timey Chinese restaurants. Nowadays, Xiao Long Bao is one of the trendiest loves while concepts such as Dumpling Darlings have taken Singapore by storm. Continue reading “Dumpling Darlings”
Love inexorably always leads to woe. “The one that got away” is direly overused, yet this persisting ideal still somehow consistently inflicts deeply profound hurt. Love demands dauntlessness — that’s something that Chef Dylan Ong’s beloved concept, The Masses, perfectly encapsulates.
Aloft at the thirty-third level of somewhere in Novena, I observed as shards of the auburn evening glow dipped into a radiant cerulean pool, one that stretched to the far edges of the rooftop. A genial breeze rustled my loose collar while I studied the uneven cityscape that peeped out from within a flourish of clouds.
Nutmeg & Clove is a legendary name in Singapore’s bar scene. Love it or hate it, there’s no doubt the bar is one of the trailblazers, leading the charge for local speciality craft bars in the early 2010s with its inspired incorporation of regional flavours.
Hypnotic rhythms seep through your pores, and you start feeling an unexplainable excitement flood through your veins, compelling your body to sway, intoxicatingly, and your head to be set into an undulating choreography. You’d just been there 10 minutes but you can already feel the euphoria slowly taking over as Offtrack’s entrancing playlist caresses your auditory senses.
It’s 2023 and Singapore’s wine bars have almost completely divorced themselves from the deep-rooted public perception — one of punctilious, snobbish inaccessibility. However, the new Kumi Den at Duxton might signify yet another paradigm shift for the casual wine bars of Singapore.
The idea of overtime is so disheartening yet so recurrent in Singapore. As our work schedules move into our suburban flats, it becomes even harder to unwind. Tipsy Collective’s new O/T Bar is a tongue-in-cheek gastro bar that understands that enervation perfectly and pokes fun at Singapore’s noxious entanglement with work, hoping to give weary souls a respite from routine drudgery.
In the distance, we could faintly make out the familiar silhouette of the iconic Colbar by Portsdown Road. Beside it, a detached house stands by its lonesome, overlooking a spacious parking lot. It’s a picturesque sight, as the genial twilight sun’s rays fondle the terracotta-lined crown of the cottage, the venue for our Magic Square experience this evening.
