Fitness First (George Street)

Singapore’s largest chain of gyms, Fitness First offers unique facilities such as outdoor workout spaces. Some outlets boast heated infinity pools. A good workout can be painful but here they make it easy with complimentary workout attire and an expansive VCD collection. If exercising in a group gets you more motivated, they provide a range […]

Mövenpick Heritage Hotel Sentosa

Open since late 2011, Movenpick Heritage Hotel Singapore is next to the Imbiah train stop and offers yet another smart option for business and leisure needs. Like a fair few of its neighbors, this is also in a handsome historic building. In fact, the mix of old world architecture and mod cons is becoming a […]

Jigger & Pony

The buzz: This 65-seater watering hole in the ever popular Club Street neighborhood (B28 and Club Street Social are within a block’s radius) gets its name from cocktail measurements: the one-and-half-ounce jigger and the one-ounce pony. The décor: Colorful and friendly, with red and yellow booth seats and a collection of vintage liquor posters—promoting drinkables […]

Fika Cafe & Bistro (Millenia Walk)

This pretty bistro offers full-on traditional Swedish meals, like the creamy leek and mushroom pasta and homemade meatballs. Fika is Halal. Check out our favorite Halal restaurants in Singapore.

Yureka Teppanyaki

Everything, from the kawaii decorative elements to the live teppanyaki station, has collected its fair share of accolades from happy punters. Not as authentic as many would like, but a brave effort at offering our Muslim friends a taste of Japan. Yureka Teppanyaki is Halal. Check out our favorite Halal restaurants in Singapore.

Interview: Midnight Youth for Music Matters Live!

This New Zealand rock band—comprising vocalists Jeremy Redmore and Simon Oscroft, keyboardist and rhythmic guitarist Nick Campbell, bassist Matt Warman and drummer Aidan Bartlett—talks to Chin Hui Wen about their influences, the evolution of their sound and the reality of digital downloads.