Menotti
Despite its slightly hidden location behind Esprit in Raffles City, Menotti is still a hip and happening cafe serving some of the most reliable pastas, great coffees, to-die-for hot chocolates made with real melted chocolate and, of course, bellissimo desserts. Come any time of the day and there’s always tables bustling with shoppers, corporate types […]
Artist, Bayar’s solo exhibition, Red Horses of Mongolia
Mongolian artist Bayar is fascinated with red horses.
Tan Kheng Hua in Blithe Spirit
Tan Kheng Hua plays Elvira in the Noel Coward play Blithe Spirit and tells us what it is like being dead.
Jazz By the Beach
Jazz By the Beach is back to add some groovy music to the sounds of those ocean waves.
Lawry’s The Prime Rib Singapore
With its prime location and its British tea room theme, one has to expect a bit of cheesiness from Lawry’s ambiance. While the prices are decidedly fine dining, the atmosphere is a little more kitsch with waitresses in aprons and bonnets and gimmicks like the spinning salad. Still, that doesn’t take away from the food, […]
Ricciotti
Part of the Garibaldi group of restaurants, Ricciotti serves, like it always has, reliable Italian deli selections and pastries. It’s been around for ages, and when we popped by on a weekday evening, it was still nicely filled out. The homely, unpretentious interior always makes for a good setting, as does the display counter showcasing […]
Poet, Sharanya Manivannan
Poet Sharanya Manivannan tells us how to eat a wolf.
Hebei artist, Yang Yongsheng
Most of us are afraid of being alone. But not Yang Yongsheng.
Bar & Billiard Room | Review
There’s something charming about The Bar & Billiard Room with its dark wooden paneling, high decorated ceilings and billiard tables. One feels almost as if you’re stepping back in time as you sit in plush, velvet seats and listen to the lovely crooning of the jazz vocalist and her band. This is perhaps the restaurant […]
Love and Honour
We are all used to our samurai flicks being full of adolescent-cool bloody slash action (think Zatoichi) or brooding masterpieces Akira Kurosawa (Ran) style. However, Japanese film-maker veteran Yoji Yamada (The Hidden Blade) breaks the mould with his latest offering which is a subtle tale about love, obligation and duty in Edo Japan.Shinnojo Mimura (Takuya […]