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For its 25th anniversary, the annual Singapore Food Festival (SFF) will be dishing out up to 20 events, including a showcase on regional Indian dishes, a spotlight on Eurasian food heritage, some beer yoga, and even a dinner-theatre piece. This year’s edition, which runs from Jul 13 to 29, also includes the festival’s signature event STREAT, which features, among others, a pop-up restaurant helmed by collaborating chefs Emmanuel Stroobant from Saint Pierre and Haikal Johari from Alma by Juan Amador, both one Michelin-starred restaurants. In their first ever partnership, the chefs will be whipping up dishes such as tomato confit, warm Canadian scallop with a laksa-inspired sauce, wild sea shrimps, and a spin on Peranakan favourite buah keluak. A dedicated bar will also be set up for the first time at STREAT. It will be run by Manhattan, which was recently awarded Asia’s Best Bar for 2018. Beers launched exclusively in conjunction with SFF will also be retailed by Singaporean … [Read more...] about Singapore Food Festival turns 25 with some beer yoga, Eurasian heritage food and more

We know Little India for fabulous discounts at Mustafa Centre, the colourful sari shops, striking temples and Komala’s hearty masala thosai. But there’s so much more to this cultural district than these well-known haunts. Insta-worthy hotels, an elevated indoor playground complete with bouncy nets for the young and young at heart… and of course, food, glorious food. STB_Singapoliday_LittleIndia_Online_Master720 So, if you’ve got leave days to clear, and want to escape work and the sameness of home, why not check in for a staycay in one of the boutique hotels in the area? Instead of just taking Friday off, skip the crowds and check in on a less-busy (means less people too) weekday for your own Singapoliday . Hotel rates are usually cheaper too! Imagine you’re actually on holiday, turn office group chats to mute, and explore the vibrant stretch of Serangoon Road and little streets where olden-day trades collide with hip, new galleries and cafes. Add these places and … [Read more...] about Breakfast for S$1.50 and a ‘walk on the moon’: How Little India mixes heritage and hipster cool

Traditional cheongsams can be exquisite expressions of elegance, but their limitations are clear to anyone who has worn one: they are restrictively narrow in parts, oppressively warm in humid climes and overly formal for everyday life. The same could have been said about the house that former scientist Ee-ling Fock and her radiologist husband, Eric Ting, bought in the central Singapore suburb of Novena in 2018. The outdated home, she realised, could be tailored for the 21st century, just as she had artfully modernised the Chinese dress for her home-grown fashion label, The Missing Piece. Built in 1997, the three-storey corner terrace house they had lucked upon was graced with good bones and towering cathedral ceilings – a prerequisite for Fock. But it was dark, with an entrance leading directly into the lounge room that narrowed the living area and made it almost inhospitable. Additionally, the bathrooms were oddly disproportionate to their respective bedrooms and not at all … [Read more...] about How a stylist tailored a fashion designer’s outdated Singapore home for the 21st century