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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

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Laksa George…The Best Katong Laksa in Town

By On Monday, 30 July 2012

Discovering ‘old Singapore’ – as in what this country was like 40 or so years ago, before the first skyscraper was even a dot on the horizon – is something I love… Read More

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Porn Star Pau

By On Sunday, 29 July 2012

I am meant to be off carbs. It’s a wonderfully lazy way to maintain your weight and I am quite strict about it during the week. But I do love pau. I… Read More

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Durian Fest at RWS

By On Saturday, 28 July 2012

My love of durian has become legendary and I am thrilled.  Sadly I can’t manage to eat quite as much as I used to be able to, (I could get through one… Read More

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A Kinki Lunch

By On Friday, 27 July 2012

I love being taken out to lunch. I love it because it’s a middle of the day extravagance that is often organized ahead of time as well as a chance to ditch… Read More

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Violet Oon’s Kitchen: Peranakan Cooking Gets a Makeover

By On Thursday, 26 July 2012

I secretly don’t normally like Peranakan food. It’s a secret because in my constant quest to be as local as I possibly can, this is rather a shortfall.  Steeped in history, (as… Read More

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…And in a Puff of Smoke, he was Gone

By On Wednesday, 25 July 2012

A magic bar. It sounds tacky to the extreme.  A Japanese magic bar.  It sounds quirky as well as tacky. But Bar 84 at Gallery Hotel – where we went last night… Read More