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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...
Food & Drink

Never Judge a Book by it’s Cover…

By On Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Wine in Singapore is expensive. To the extent that when you throw a dinner party people feel compelled to bring a bottle. I wish they wouldn’t as invariably what they ‘kindly’ bring… Read More

Fash

Bag Lady or Shoe Queen?

By On Monday, 13 August 2012

As a woman, you are definitely one or the other. I’m an unashamed bag lady: expensive bags are far and away a much cleverer investment than expensive shoes. First off, a bag… Read More

Food & Drink

A Morning in Tiong Bahru

By On Saturday, 11 August 2012

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

Food & Drink

Westlake…One Dish is Cheaper Now than 20 Years Ago

By On Friday, 3 August 2012

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

Beauty

Changmoh for Ribbon and Roses: My Favourite Things in Sing

By On Thursday, 2 August 2012

Maz, founder and owner of fashion boutique Ribbon & Roses, (based here, it is sold globally) has kindly invited me to write a guest blog for her website.  This is what she… Read More

Food & Drink

Going Local

By On Wednesday, 1 August 2012

If you are still confused what otak otak is and why anyone would want to eat it, gag at the thought of tau fu fa even if you are vegetarian, then it’s… Read More

Food & Drink

Sheng Siong

By On Tuesday, 31 July 2012

As clever as I may feel to shop here – it makes Fairprice look like Waitrose – I do let myself down quite badly by not actually being able to pronounce its… Read More