Changmoh - 20/60 - The musings of an English girl [angmoh charboh] in Singapore on style, food, life & everything in between

Apple Pie of My Eye

By Changmoh • Monday, 1 September 2014 • Food & Drink, More Dash than Cash, Shop Local

This is a brilliant, cheat pud from a shop you have probably driven past countless times and never thought of stopping at. I have only discovered it fairly recently after being bought something from here by a friend in possession of flawless taste (backed up by her rather impressive Birkin bag collection) who was coming for dinner.

Its name is spelt out in rather unappealing red neon lights and it sits on Bukit Timah Road (just after Sixth Avenue) within a little parade of shops. None of which are worth going to except this one: Ritz Apple Strudel.

Rice Bucket Challenge: Put Rice in Bucket Do Not Pour Over Head

By Changmoh • Friday, 29 August 2014 • Charities, Day Trips, Food & Drink, Local Issues

First there was the Ice Bucket Challenge…and now there’s the Rice Bucket Challenge.

When the Ice Bucket trend hit India, where clean drinking water is scarce, guess how they did it?

They didn’t.

What was born instead was the really rather wonderful spin-off, the Rice Bucket Challenge: giving a bucket of rice to a neighbour in need.

Beauty: Charlotte Tilbury

By Changmoh • Wednesday, 27 August 2014 • Beauty, Brit Stuff, My Edits, My Holidays, Online Shopping, Travel

British and fabulous, Charlotte Tilbury is a make-up artist extraordinaire with over 20 years of A-list experience. One of the most hotly anticipated beauty launches in recent years, there has been so much hype over the launch of her signature make-up range that it almost had the opposite effect on me. Almost, but not quite.

I was wandering through Selfridges when I was back in London over the summer, on my way for one of the very good salt beef sandwiches that are made to order in their Brass Rail café (I love how this is a beauty post but I can still squeeze in a food mention)…when I happened upon her small concession in the bustling Beauty Hall.

Normandy Butter with Real Salt Crystals

By Changmoh • Thursday, 21 August 2014 • Food & Drink, More Dash than Cash, My Holidays, Travel

I ate this a lot in Brittany, spread thickly on a crispy, freshly baked French baguette and although my shorts are still a little too tight…it was worth it.

I am a fan of the Aussie Butcher in Holland Village and go there quite a bit – in fact they asked me the other day if I lived opposite them (I do not).

Whenever I’m there I always pop to the shop next door, Phoon Huat. I am not a massive cake baker but what they do seem to sell, if you can see through the cookie-cutter-clutter, is very reasonably priced, decent butter in their freezer section.

A Day in the Life: Elizabeth Acland, co-founder of E&A Interiors

By Changmoh • Monday, 18 August 2014 • Day in the Life, Shop Local

I first met Elizabeth when she had just moved to Singapore and, in little over a year, she has made giant strides and set up her own interiors firm, E&A Interiors, along with her business partner Chlöe Elkerton.

Before coming to Singapore, she worked as an interior designer in both London and New York for just under ten years. It was here that she came across many suppliers that had absolutely no presence in Asia. She decided to represent them over here and now has over 30 brands of beautiful fabrics and wallpapers that you won’t find anywhere else in the region, many of which are hand blocked or woven by hand.

E&A’s design studio, just off River Valley, offers the full spectrum of interior design, from full renovation projects to supplying just one piece of custom furniture. What I am particularly keen on is that they are also just as happy to make you a few cushions or lampshades from their mass of fabrics and, below, Elizabeth discusses two of her favourite budget options which are both affordable and easy to do yourself. E&A Interiors also showcase lights made by the unbeatably beautiful UK company Vaughan Designs.

Over to you Elizabeth: