The Tapas Tree
We couldn’t imagine a more apt setting—with the sun setting in the background—for a sexy tete-a-tete at a Spanish cantina. This newest tapas spot in town boasts modern Mediterranean décor with mosaic tiles filling out every corner, and wide open arches invitingly leading the way to cozy armchairs within. Outdoors, however, is where all the […]
Thai Spice Garden
Could anyone brazenly take over the spot made famous by IndoChine—and make it even better? Maybe if they were as unassuming and honest as the folks behind Thai Spice Garden. The mild mannered proprietor and his casually clad waitstaff ambled around the restaurant chatting to customers when we arrived one hot noontime. The cool bungalow […]
True Blue Cuisine
While waiting for an errant companion to show up, we were informed that reservations were required at True Blue Peranakan Cuisine. But this proved to be unnecessary as we emerged into the luxe dining hall and found only two other tables occupied. This oddity aside, we immediately felt at home amidst the chandeliers and linen […]
The V Tea Room
Set up as a quaint English tearoom, V feels like an eccentric European drawing room right out of a movie set. We eventually found our way to a table, distracted by heavy-bound books and teacups strewn around the place. The furniture is Victorian-inspired, featuring intricately woven side chairs and dark wood tables. You can guess […]
The Producers
Fans of producer Mel Brooks (Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Spaceballs) should know what to expect from this lover of OTT comedy. The jokes are often in bad taste, the characters one-dimensional caricatures and the plot completely unrealistic; but most of his movies are absolutely hilarious.This film adaptation of Brooks’s Tony-award-winning Broadway musical tells the […]
Gozu
A plot that doesn’t make sense doesn’t deter Gozu from being thoroughly entertaining, though it’s still nonsensical and rather disturbing.Gozu is… well, like a lot of director Takashi Miike’s movies like Ichi The Killer and Audition, kind of hard to put into words what exactly it is. Part gangster flick and really sick horror, the […]