The Early Morning Fish Market at Jurong Fishery Port
A 2am start yesterday morning heralded my new commitment to finding out where you can buy the freshest fish in Singapore. Michelle, Milly, Vi and I (Vi being Violet Oon, of Violet… Read More
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
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
Hari Raya Market at Geylang Malay Village
I love Christmas. Actually, to be more precise, I love the build up to Christmas. The closest you can come to Christmas in August has to be the Muslim equivalent, Hari Raya, which… Read More
When Someone with an Empty Suitcase Comes to Stay…
In the old days when you lived abroad – as in my case, abroad meaning away from England – it was generally things like Marmite that you asked people to bring with… Read More
Never Judge a Book by it’s Cover…
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
