Chili’s Grill & Bar
With a name like Chili’s, you can be sure to find delish and sizzling hot treats to sink your teeth into. This American-comeback kid is clearly capitalizing on our perpetual love for American fast food and other mid-priced variants (like TGI Fridays and Wendy’s) that have been popping up all over the place as of […]
Al Borgo
If you don’t have an advance reservation, trying to get a table here at a decent time on a weekend is like hoping the IRAS will exempt you from paying your taxes—it’s plain wishful thinking. We know this because we were told we’d have to wait till nine to be seated when we called up […]
Ivin’s Peranakan Restaurant
Ivin’s offers consistently good Peranakan food at really great prices. Enjoy traditional Nonya fare such as ayam buah keluak, udang gala masak nanas, and babi pongteh. They also have a catering service so you can have a Peranakan party at home and have these guys do all the cooking. Also at 19/21 Binjai Park, Bukit […]
Al Forno Trattoria
This restaurant has been around since 1992 and serves pizzas in generous portions with a superb crust and terrific sauces. The pastas get our thumbs up too and we recommend that you try the spaghetti al cartoccio (seafood spaghetti baked in foil), the pizza quattro stagioni (four cheese pizza) and the black forest cake.
House of Sundanese Food
Over here, you can expect Indonesian staples done the authentic way, and so far it’s a formula that has worked out well for these guys. Sink your teeth into the charcoal-grilled seabass, Straits-style udang nanas, and beef rendang. Also at #B1-063 Suntec City Mall, 3 Temasek Blvd., 6334-1012; #02-18 Great World City, 1 Kim Seng […]
The Paramount Restaurant
The Paramount Restaurant’s location is an example of Singapore’s best contrasts—go in through the front door and you’re in a nice four-star hotel; enter by the back and you’re in a dingy mall with some very racy karaoke bars. Once you’re in though, it’s all Chinese restaurant. The décor is slightly Peranakan, but the food […]
Mykii
Furnished in a soothing palette of blue and white, Greek-inspired Mykii offers what the owners call “travel cuisine”, i.e. dishes inspired by different countries. As such, the menu offers an eclectic variety of items bearing influences from Europe, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Asia. Try the Pissaladiere (a delicious open-faced Provencale tart); the grilled […]
T.G.I. Friday’s
Previously located at the Glass House, and now reopened in The Heeren Shops after yonks, T.G.I. Friday’s is back—with excellent frontage at that. We’re big fans of nostalgia, so we decided to revisit good ol’ Friday’s and see if its return was worth thanking God for. So we trooped down on a weekend during midday. […]
The Muthu’s Flavors | 313@Somerset
Right after I mentioned sometime back that Din Tai Fung was my first F&B invitation to 313@Somerset, I received another invitation—for The Muthu’s Flavors. This is the second outlet of the restaurant (think of it as a newer, younger line of Muthu’s Curry) after the one in Dempsey opened sometime back in November (both share […]
Segafredo Zanetti Espresso Cafe Bar
I hadn’t been in the Tanjong Pagar area since the I-S office moved away a year ago, but recently I was contacted by this café out of the blue which was a cool surprise.I arrived at the café at about 12:30pm, while it was still comfortably occupied. It definitely gave me a pleasant surprise—with a […]