Lineup for Laneway 2014 announced
The organizers behind St. Jerome's Laneway Festival 2014 have announced their Singapore lineup of acts, including Chvrches, Haim, Frightened Rabbit and Jamie XX.
Where Singapore Concierge: Up close at Truefitt & Hill
We gathered at slick old school barbershop Truefitt & Hill at Ann Siang Road this month for our latest Where Singapore Concierge party. We hold these events to mix and mingle with hospitality professionals from top hotels around town. Besides being good fun, the sessions help us find out how guests use our visitor magazine […]
No Menu Bar
This is No Menu restaurant’s more casual outpost, and the first clear indicator of its status is the service—it comes across as too-familiar, an affected show of Italian hospitality, without actually being helpful or prompt. But if you can get past that, No Menu Bar’s gussied-up kopitiam setting is genuinely charming—they don’t try to be […]
The Dispensary
This Chinese medicine shop-turned-hipster cafe offers up cupcakes ($3)—in flavors like red velvet and oreo cookie—sliced cakes (from $6) such as blueberry cheesecake and chocolate banana cake, as well as simple toasties (from $6) and bagel sandwiches. There’s also some potent coffee (from $4.50) to wash it all down. There are big glass windows all […]
The Audacious Cakery
The executive pastry chef at this Everton Park bakery is Sharryl Ng and she runs the place together with her husband Kenneth Lai. She offers classic blackforest cake, Foret Noir (from $9.80), Monet (from $9.80), a Champagne cake studded with red currants, and Exotique (from $7.80), a light papaya cake. There are also cupcakes ($4) […]
Interview: Al Murray
British funnyman, Al Murray, is set to arrive in Singapore for a one-night only performance.
PACK’D
This sandwich and salad bar by the Les Amis Group offers sandwiches (from $7.30) such as roasted chicken with egg and celery, warm smoked duck with mango chutney and caramelized onions, and beef meatballs in a clean airy space.
Innocents
This is the kind of contemplative cinema that is rare here, so kudos to first-time feature director Wong Chen-Hsi for her dreamy Innocents, which centers on two lost teens trying to find meaning in a harsh adult world. Filmed on-site at the North South corridor of the old KTM railway tracks, alongside many decrepit buildings […]
Kisses Bakery
Setup by friends Wendy Koh Ting Wen, Wang Ting and Phil Choo, this cupcake specialist offers flavors like red velvet, white chocolate raspberry, mocha chocolate and peanut butter chocolate chip, with coffee from Oriole to wash it down. Grab the goods online as well at www.kissesbakery.oddle.me.
Coach (Men’s)
The buzz: Takashimaya is undergoing a revamp, but it’s business as usual already for some of the fancy new arrivals including American fashion house Coach’s first standalone boutique for men in Singapore. The vibe: The 575 sq. ft. space blends in with the rest of the department store with its simple, contemporary interiors that feature […]