It’s no longer the lesser (seedier, less hip) neighbor of sexy Duxton Hill. This month, Duxton Road looks set to be the next big thing in dining.
Already making waves in the food critic circle is newcomer Dibs, an unpretentious diner serving up genre-defying cuisine. This under-marketed restaurant has all the trappings of the latest hipster foodie hangout: Deconstructed chicken rice! Sharing plates of bone marrow and off-cuts! Flavored umeshus! House-smoked jerky! Bacon in their desserts! It’s like an issue of Lucky Peach come to life. Chef Leong Khai Git doesn’t yet execute dishes with the polish of the quasi-celebrity restaurateurs that we’re used to, but he more than makes up for it with raw talent.
Opening on March 29 is New Orleans-style restaurant and bar Life Is Beautiful. We’ve had a sneak peek at their menu, and while it’s dominated by Southern comfort food like seafood gumbo, buttermilk fried chicken and duck fat chips—hard to come by in Singapore, we should add—there are also jaw-dropping offerings like crocodile(!!) boudin. Behind the bar is Southern belle Tyler Hudgens, mixing up stiff drinks and even Prohibition-style mocktails, while local DJ Ramesh brings on the rump-shaking tunes.
