Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival 2019, in its 18th year, is going to commemorate Singapore’s Bicentennial celebrations with waves of celebration and nostalgia sweeping through Chinatown this September 2019, being the only one and only Singapore Bicentennial edition of the Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival. Many exciting programmes have been lined up for thisContinue Reading
A new wave of hospitality, food and beverage have arrived at Capital Kempinski Hotel Singapore. Guests and visitors can enjoy new delights at Capital Kempinski Hotel Singapore and the Arcade @ The Capitol Kempinski. Visitors to the Arcade @ The Capitol Kempinski would have noticed changes to the food andContinue Reading
A community heritage gallery opening up in the heartlands of Singapore, bringing history, heritage, culture, conservation, preservation, learning and an all important intangible cultural heritage closer to the public. Introducing Kreta Ayer Heritage Gallery, this is National Heritage Board’s (NHB) first community gallery that focuses on intangible cultural heritage. ThisContinue Reading
My journey with whisky appreciation grew exponentially after my maiden visit to the home of one of my favourite whisky brands, Nikka whisky in Hokkaido, Japan in 2016. A pilgrimage to Yoichi distillery, the birthplace of Nikka whisky, walking through a whisky history, heritage and culture, tasting and enjoying whisky,Continue Reading
In 2014, I met this nice friendly bloke at Haw Par Villa, there was a Singapore Tourism Board event “Reliving the memories of Haw Par Villa”. There was a pop up food village at the STB event and he was selling his dessert, the durian crème brulee. While I amContinue Reading
The Food Bank Singapore (FBSG) organised the inaugural Feed the City event for 1,000 people in need from their list of beneficiary members, that was held at City Developments Limited’s (CDL) City Square Mall on Saturday 13th April 2019 from 10am to 4pm. At the launch of the Feed the CityContinue Reading
Spice World Hot Pot in Singapore is celebrating their 1st year anniversary with eight new dishes on their menu. Spice World Hot Pot is famous for their creative and colourful food presenations, fresh and premium ingredients, robust soup broths and excellent customer service. I was at Spice World Hot Pot officialContinue Reading
My first holiday trip to Vietnam, visiting Hoi An and Da Nang took place in March 2018. As for my very first trip to Vietnam, it was in November 2014 for a business trip when I was still in my previous company, visiting an industrial estate location a few hoursContinue Reading
Take a nostalgic walk back in time at this special exhibition “Packaging Matters” at National Museum of Singapore, into the world of food and its packaging in Singapore, in the era of the early bottling and canning factories in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, to the light industries of theContinue Reading
Do you remember this movie quote, “Show me the money”? How about Top Gun? Now, who is the lead actor for these two movies? Yes, it’s Tom Cruise! There is a cool and new concept bar that has recently established itself in our highly competitive bar/drinks scene in Singapore, presentingContinue Reading