Holland Village has a new living room, and it comes with pedigree. Chip Bee Bistro — from the founding team behind PS.Cafe and Projectshop — brings Australian-style hospitality to 44 Jalan Merah Saga: convivial, laid-back, all about hearty mains and sharing plates with European and Australian inflections. A solid alternative is the PS.Cafe menu, known…
Hong Kong’s most famous cha chaan teng did not just open in Singapore — it brought the whole ritual with it. Tsui Wah is where bolo buns glisten with butter, milk tea arrives silk-stocking smooth, and satay beef noodles cure bad mornings. The Hong Kong icon now serves across outlets islandwide, from Orchard to Jewel…
Most Korean BBQ joints in Singapore run on smoke, noise and soju-fuelled chaos. D’RIM Korean Steak House at Mandarin Gallery chose the opposite lane: a serene hanok-style dining room on Orchard Road where dedicated staff grill premium cuts at your table, and the loudest thing in the room is the sizzle of marbled beef. The…
GreenDot started with a simple frustration: its founders, both vegetarian, could not find good meat-free meals outside home. The answer became ‘Eat Green, Feel Good’ — a vegetarian chain built with nutritionists, where everything is meat-free and vegan options are clearly marked. Outlets now span Westgate, Paya Lebar Square, Bedok Mall, Bugis Junction and Jurong…
Tucked inside the garden-wrapped PARKROYAL COLLECTION Pickering, Lime Restaurant has quietly become one of Chinatown’s smartest buffet bets. The pitch is simple: a seafood-forward spread with live stations, themed dinner rotations (Hokkaido seafood, Halloween, Oktoberfest) and weekday lunch prices that undercut most hotel competitors by a clear margin. Weekday buffet lunch starts at about S$58++…
Walk into Estate at Hilton Singapore Orchard and the first thing that hits you is the smell of roast duck with black truffle — the restaurant’s calling card. Built around residential-style open kitchens where chefs plate signatures to order, Estate ditched the tired steam-table buffet formula and replaced it with something closer to a food…
Vegetarian food with no mock meat and no apologies — SUFOOD, Taiwan’s number one vegetarian chain, has been quietly converting carnivores at Raffles City with Italian-inspired meatless cooking that stands on vegetables alone. The signature move is confidence: instead of fake steak, the menu offers lion’s mane mushrooms with black pepper sauce (S$21.80++) and lets…
Most people know The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf for Ice Blended drinks, but Beanstro is the brand’s lesser-known alter ego: a full American-style casual dining restaurant, halal-certified and family-friendly, with proper soups, salads, mains and desserts. The Marina Bay Sands and Ngee Ann City outlets trade the grab-and-go counter for real tables, baby chairs…
Hong Kong’s cult cafe scene has officially landed in Singapore, and Elephant Grounds picked a fitting first address: Guoco Midtown on Beach Road — all natural light, greenery and a pet-friendly terrace. Since 2013 the brand has grown from a neighbourhood coffee counter into one of Hong Kong’s most sought-after cafes, built on house-roasted beans…
Orchard Road has no shortage of hotel restaurants, but few look like Eden Restaurant. Perched on Level 4 of Pullman Singapore Orchard, it is a glasshouse — greenery draped from walls and ceiling, daylight flooding in — serving modern Asian cuisine that reimagines heritage dishes with contemporary technique. For a similar vibe, check out the…
