Club Chinois
Not much has changed at the enchanting Club Chinois, and that’s a good thing. This Shanghai chic boudoir still has silk curtains, tall-backed chairs, and those very pop-art fluorescent pictures of cheong sam-ed women gazing out at you. The menu still offers enticing and unique combinations such as the Beijing duck skin with five spiced […]
Jeremy Sharma and Toh Hun Ping’s video installation, Athlete
Jeremy Sharma and Toh Hun Ping’s latest video installation Athlete explores the human body using images and sound.
Good things come in twos – Eric Clapton and Muse
Yes, news of a good concert brings a smile to our faces. But with two smashing concerts just three days apart, now, surely that’s reason enough to get us grinning from ear to ear. If you haven’t heard by now, blues musician Eric Clapton is coming to electrify audiences on Jan 13, while Brit rock […]
A Different Light
The second Lightouch Design Competition hopes to provide a fresh perspective on light.
Da Paolo Pizza Bar
Da Paolo Pizza Bar continues to be a trendy hangout that draws your typical Holland V crowd. Its familiar cow print ceilings, wooden tables and an enormous wine rack create a casual ambiance, and everytime we’ve been there, almost everything we’ve had is good, such as the thin-crusted pizza with tomato, mozzarella, pink peppercorns, avocado […]
Wasabi Bistro
As far as hotel Japanese restaurants go, this one is pretty utilitarian. The overall look is office cafeteria with a few odds and ends thrown in, such as an Oriental screen and something that resembles a shower curtain in the middle of the dining area. To look at something more interesting, choose a window seat […]
Rivercafe
This sister restaurant to the well-established BROTH in Tanjong Pagar holds it own after its renovation in 2006, when it stripped back to a more minimalist and tidy feel inside, with the menu similarly refined. For lunch and dinner expect meat dishes like osso bucco and roast lamb rump, salads and pastas which are always […]
Judy Ngo in Forbidden Chestnuts: Portrait of a Brokeback Geisha
Parody show Forbidden Chestnuts: Portrait of a Brokeback Geisha sees Judy Ngo as the auntie featured in the MRT counter-terrorism ad.
Pop opera group, IL Divo
IL Divo is an opera pop four-piece whose sound (and good looks) has taken them to great heights.
Light My Fire
We look at the previous Lightouch design winner and find out why it won.