Starbucks vs My Favourite Independent
** PAPPA PALHETA HAS NOW MOVED to Tyrwhitt Rd, near Little India and is run out of the Chye Seng Huat Hardwear building** I have never forgotten the article I once read on… Read More
Mani with My Ma
One of the first things my mother does when she comes to visit me over here in Singapore, almost as soon as the ‘unbuckle your seatbelt’ sign on the plane has been… Read More
Bloody but Brilliant Burger
Don’t get me wrong I love Singlish, which is generally an amusingly succinct and economical way of talking out here in Singapore, but I have issue with a word I keep hearing… Read More
Propaganda for Popaganda
I first fell in love with Popaganda’s old fashioned, no additives ice lollies when I came across them at the Hermès ‘Gift of Time’ exhibition held at the beautiful Art Deco Tanjong… Read More
Changmoh Health: Getting Fit
All my games teachers (we called them that, but maybe they are sports teachers or P.E. teachers now?) from all three schools I ever went to after the age of 11, were… Read More
The Best Head Massages in Town
I found out about this place – My Salon – through a Harley-Davidson-riding guy I met at an ex-ambassador to Singapore’s Christmas party. Deliciously random and unlikely…just how I like it.… Read More
The Goldmine that is Far East Plaza
I love this mall. It may be a maze and almost impossible to ever find a shop in here that you’ve liked and been to before, but it’s about the only place… Read More
