Pies & Coffee and Windowsill Pies: Easy as pie

It’s summer: Prime pie season. And though we don’t have our own seasonal bounty or county fairs, that doesn’t mean we can’t get some mean fruit-filled specimens. Pies & Coffee has just launched a new menu of items like the open-face apple pie ($7.50), a crumbly pastry with hunks of just-cooked apple, while the folks […]

Menzo Butao and Tonkotsu King Four Seasons: Ramen 2.0

We figured that ramen had its day a couple of years ago, in 2011 (with the opening of cult favorite noodle joint Ippudo and the first branch of Tonkotsu King), but really, the trend never died. It just evolved. Gone are the plain pork-based soups. Noodles today are souped-with funky flavors. Think of it as […]

Interview: Edrick Chua for Popaganda

Edrick Chua, who runs ice pop producer Popaganda with partner Valerie Wee, talks about the challenges in starting a small business and the company's ideals. 

Platitos

This cozy watering hole (round the corner from the Orchid Hotel and right next to new cake shop Cake Spade) offers small plates (from $4.90) such as spicy chicken wings and tuna ceviche, as well as simple drinks (from $8) including house pour wine, beers and classic cocktails like mojitos.

Cuisine Master Hotpot

The high end hot pot establishment serves premium sets such as the Nutritious Banquet ($138), a nine course meal including double flavored soup, baby lobster and grouper, a vegetarian platter, prawn and beef balls, sliced venison, Australian ribeye and homemade vegetable noodles (in flavors like carrot, red cabbage, egg white and spinach). There are also affordable […]