Full Steam
Great if you’re looking for a tasty, healthy meal to takeaway. They’ve got a variety of baskets for veggie, meat and even seafood lovers, as well as sweet treats (though we wouldn’t call these desserts).
Kumo
The endearing dining concept of omakase is available at this cozy kaiseki place helmed by chef Hirohashi Nobuaki.
Plaza Athénée Bangkok
Owned by the Royal Méridien group, Plaza Athénée Bangkok is famed for it’s Spa Athénée offering treatments like the Immunetra aroma massage—done using natural products matched to your blood type—and traditional Thai massage.
Batu Batu
Eco-geeks will appreciate this boutique resort committed to the preservation of local flora and fauna, just a 20-minute speedboat ride from the coastal town of Mersing. The private island features 22-villas constructed in the traditional Malay-style, made with sustainably harvested tropical hard wood and glass. The island has eight beaches, a fresh water swimming pool […]
Palace Hotel Tokyo
This hotel is set in the gardens of the Imperial Palace. Right by a moat, it replaces two shuttered hotels—Hotel Teito and the Palace Hotel—that occupied the same site from 1947 and 1961, respectively. The place features ten restaurants which run the gamut from Japanese to French, each associated with a two-star Michelin chef. Famed […]
Senor Taco
We’re not massive fans of CHIJMES—too touristy for our liking—but we’re suckers for Mexican food and figured Señor Taco’s refreshed menu and recently launched Cerveza Habanero ($11.90/pint), a limited-edition wheat beer brewed with habanero chilies, was as good a reason as any to make a trip down. It’s a minimal set-up, just wooden tables and […]
Interview: Lim Kay Siu
The veteran actor who recently appeared in W!ld Rice’s restaging of Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet is one of the most vocal figures about politics, as Terry Ong finds out.
Interview: Ong Keng Sen for Lear Dreaming
This play, first staged in 1997, is a retelling of Shakespeare’s King Lear done in the style of Japanese Noh drama. Chin Hui Wen talks to director Ong Keng Sen about his motivations for bringing the show back 15 years after its debut and his hopes for the local theater scene.
Interview: Cultural Medallion winner & contemporary artist Lee Wen
In 1999, Cultural Medallion winner and contemporary local artist Lee Wen created the provocative interactive video work World Class Society for Nokia Art Singapore. In a sepulchral room imbued with white and designed like a prison cell, one visitor at a time watches, through a white cloth tube, a close-up of Lee dressed like a […]
Interview: I Am David Sparkle
Chin Hui Wen speaks with Djohan Johari, who does guitar work, effects and keys for instrumental collective, I Am David Sparkle. He shares the band’s influences, outlook on the local scene and why they see practice sessions as hang out time and tours as holidays.