A Morning in Tiong Bahru
I love this part of town with its art deco housing (the first ever HDB blocks), wet market to beat all other markets and string of newly opened, seemingly flourishing independent shops:… Read More
Childproofing an Oil Burner
I am sick of being bitten alive by mosquitos that seem to be flourishing in my very small patch of garden that by English standards, I’d be devastated by. (What I mean is… Read More
Flying the Flag
It’s National Day tomorrow, Singapore’s 47th birthday. Being a Changmoh – Chinese Angmoh – I have of course hung a flag up on my gate. Have you?… Read More
The China Club…with Turner, Me and My Mother-in-Law
I’m a total weirdo in that I love it when my mother-in-law’s in town (although she’s Singaporean she has lived in the UK for the last 40 years, and still does). I… Read More
Proper English Fish and Chips…in Bukit Timah
Perhaps it was just that all the key components were right: very crispy battered fish, ‘fat’ hot homemade chips and torrential heavy rain…but we had a very successful (not so much for the… Read More
Hermes Gift of Time Exhibition, Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
When I read phrases that have been scattered across the city of Singapore – on banners pinned to what feels like every single lamp post – containing the words ‘Hermès’ and ‘Time’… Read More
Westlake…One Dish is Cheaper Now than 20 Years Ago
I love this place. It’s a kind of Por Kee but better known and with an easier name (a friend of mine failed to find any information out about Por Kee when… Read More
