Singapore Food and Drink

Fellow crab lovers, this ones for you. Plaza Brasserie at PARKROYAL on Beach Road has brought back its popular Crab Feast from last year. This time around new crab flavours have been introduced along with a new look to the hot dishes and desserts section. On display the night of my visit are EIGHT different flavours of crab. Big chaffing dishes [...]

Who doesn’t love Japanese cuisine? With everything from fresh and healthy sashimi and sushi to curry, teppanyaki and tempura it’s hard for the pickiest eater to not find something to love about Japanese food. So what if you love ALL of the different types of Japanese food and always have a hard time deciding what to get? That is always [...]

Finally a permanent European style farmers market opens in Singapore and PasarBella incorporates Singapore’s love of eating out with lots of great dining options. Not only can you stop by to pick up hard to find food items like organic groceries, imported cheese, hearty breads, unique wine, specialty olive oils and fresh seafood, you can also relax and enjoy a [...]

Sichuan cuisine to many translates to tongue-numbingly spicy dishes, or rather this is what we are told by another guest of The Petites Selection tasting session who exclaims “Sichuan cuisine is very spicy.” My husband Tom and I arrive at Si Chuan Dou Hua at the top of the UOB Plaza, Singapore with no expectations, just ready to try a variety of great food. [...]

With two red lights glowing outside a renovated shop house in the former red light district turned hot spot of Jiak Chuan Road Singapore, Mariko’s seems to be a fitting concept for a Japanese restaurant in the area. Looking like a dark and seductive Japanese den, the restaurant is named after a 1950’s manga character Mariko; a Japanese prostitute. With a [...]

Ah, the flavours of Kolkata. The capital of West Bengal that conjures up images of seafood, fish curries and sweets – the food the area is known for. Indian food lovers get ready for a flavour explosion as Swissôtel Merchant Court borrows chefs from their sister hotel Swissôtel Kolkata to recreate authentic dishes just for their “Flavours of Kolkata” event. With meat, seafood and [...]

Seafood lovers get ready for a feast of unbelievable variety and proportions. Imagine crab, baked whole salmon, scallops, mussels, clams, prawns, sea bass, and stingray cooked in a variety of sauces and styles all ready for your indulgence in unlimited quantities. Sounds too good to be true doesn’t? Well we found out it is all possible and those dishes are only [...]

High-tea usually conjures up thoughts of classical music, ornate furniture, scones and english accents. That has all changed now that W Singapore-Sentosa Cove has launched Drop the T², a high-tea with attitude. You’ll still find scones at this high-tea, but they’re served with a passionfruit curd and clotted cream in a swinging bird cage. The quirkiness continues with a wood [...]