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More Dash than Cash

'More dash than cash' - a phrase borrowed from UK Vogue referring to style on a budget. But here it's also a place posts are filed away if they are about somewhere you can (literally) dash to - be it for a quick dinner or just something/somewhere easy, low maintenance and relatively good value...
Fash

Heat Tech at Uniqlo

By On Thursday, 1 November 2012

We are heading back to the UK for one whole month in December and among other things, this trip is going to be cold. Damn cold. In a bid to effectively deal… Read More

Food & Drink

Luxury Japanese Restaurant…in a Place You Would Never Expect

By On Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Yup, this high end Japanese restaurant is in the heart of an HDB complex. Really. Menus are on iPads, the chef has worked in a top Japanese restaurant for 30+ years, food… Read More

House & Home

High Street Giant Collaborates with Unicef

By On Friday, 26 October 2012

I have a love of charity shopping/thrifting which cannot be quenched in Asia.  I loved it way before it became fashionable, mainly because that was when you realistically had a fighting chance… Read More

Fash

Changmoh Travels: HK Mandarin Oriental

By On Thursday, 25 October 2012

I love Singapore as a place to live. But I love Honkers as a place to visit. I am languishing in the Mandarin Oriental (sorry, the ‘M.O.’ as it’s called here by… Read More

House & Home

HDB Framer

By On Wednesday, 24 October 2012

I love wandering around the heartland areas in Singapore, where all the good and good value places lie in clusters.  Family run Star Frame Maker is a case in point. Found within… Read More

Beauty

Give Me Face

By On Monday, 22 October 2012

I have a good friend who is sixty years old. Whilst there’s nothing particularly great in that, in and of itself…here’s the scoop…she looks fifty. Not French but married to a Frenchman… Read More

Food & Drink

Mustafa’s Civilised Empty Roof Top Resto

By On Friday, 19 October 2012

If you asked me to imagine what the very top floor of Mustafa was used for, I would say it was a giant, overflowing stock room, groaning under the weight of all… Read More