Grand Shanghai Restaurant
If you’re craving a bit of Shanghai glam meets supperclub then head to Grand Shanghai. With the restaurant at capacity many nights of the week and a jazz singer in cheongsam crooning out the tunes, the restaurant has a vibrant and lively atmosphere that is both captivating and yet, doesn’t take itself too seriously. This […]
Unexplored Terrain
Head to these places the next time you step foot in Northeastern Thailand.
Designer Music
Local album covers that rock our world—or not.
Paris-based artist, Mo Maurice Tan
We take a ride with Paris-based artist Mo Maurice Tan.
Cynthia Lee MacQuarrie as Annabel Chong in 251
Cynthia Lee MacQuarrie lets us in on her role as Annabel Chong in the riveting play 251.
Cages
Man, that Mako Iwamatsu (Memoirs of a Geisha)! You would think that, as a veteran thespian, he would do his research before taking up a role of Tan in writer/director Graham Streeter’s feature film debut Cages. We mean, really–where are the traits of a true Singaporean ah pek, like the curmudgeon cursing or the occasional […]
13 Tzameti
As the old saying goes, “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” While that point is certainly debatable, after sitting through a film with as familiar a plot as this, we can fully appreciate another familiar phrase: “Dying of boredom.”Fixing roofs isn’t exactly bringing in the cash for Sebastien (George Babluani, The Untouchable). At his […]
Pathfinder
We’re not the types to judge a show based solely on how popular its lead actor or actress is, but when Karl Urban (The Bourne Supremacy) is the biggest name in the credits, you know you’re in trouble.Way before Columbus took a wrong turn and “discovered” America, a bunch of nasty Vikings nearly wiped out […]
Mr. Bean’s Holiday
An overplayed television series, an animated spin-off and an unsuccessful initial outing onto the big screen later, and Rowan Atkinson’s (Johnny English) most popular character is back yet again. Probably for the last time, if the reports we’ve been hearing are true. We know what you’re thinking and, yes, we also figured this was going […]
Sebastien’s Bistro
We can’t wax lyrical enough about this simple bistro restaurant—they do French classics in a simple traditional way with good old-fashioned service (we mean staff who actually know what they’re talking about) but without being hoity-toity about it all—and it works. Sebastien’s has a lovely relaxed vibe to it that means it can be perfect […]