In a city where the bill always grows about 19% between the menu and the payment terminal, nakey feels like a glitch in the matrix: a Chinatown cafe with no GST and no service charge, where the price on the menu is the price on the bill. Tucked along Trengganu Street, a short walk from…
Singapore has no shortage of themed restaurants, but few commit like Cavern Restaurant — a 220-metre man-made limestone cavern at Rainforest Wild Asia in Mandai, inspired by Sarawak’s Mulu Caves. Run by the TungLok Group, the 150-seat dining room sits outside the wildlife park’s ticketed zone, so dinner here needs no park ticket — just…
Hakka cooking is food for the patient — humble ingredients coaxed into depth over slow heat — and Hakka Yu has built its following on exactly that patience. Born in Guangzhou in 2013, its Singapore outlets serve Hakka home cooking family-style at mall-dining prices. The signature is the Hakka Salt-Baked Chicken (S$18.80 for half, S$37.60…
In a city of minimalist cafes, All Things Delicious on Arab Street goes the other way — a bustling conservation-shophouse bakery cafe where the brunch menu reads like a world tour and the cake counter glows. Since 2013, this homegrown, halal-certified spot has built its name on two things: chef-prepared comfort food and bakes made…
Halal steakhouse prices without the steakhouse bill — that is the pitch that keeps XW Western Grill packed at Jem, Lot One and Raffles City. Every main comes with two sides plus unlimited trips to a free-flow sides bar (salad, pasta, mashed potato, fried rice, fruit), which turns a S$18 chicken chop into a genuine…
Tucked inside Dorsett Singapore on New Bridge Road, Lucent Dining does the one thing buffet hunters actually care about: premium seafood without the premium bill. This all-day fusion restaurant blends European, Japanese and Asian stations — snow crab legs on ice, wok-fried chilli crab and a DIY shabu shabu counter — with nett pricing that…
Behind glass panels, hands move at a hypnotic pace — the Yuen Kee dumpling menu Singapore is built on dumplings wrapped fresh on-site, with ten-piece sets from approx. S$7.80 and noodle bowls from S$5.50. Guangzhou’s Cantonese dumpling culture, transplanted to Fortune Centre and beyond. Dumpling devotees comparing options will find the soup-dumpling craft of the…
Down at Marina Bay Sands, the Yardbird Southern Table and Bar menu Singapore reads like a love letter to the American South — 27-hour brined fried chicken, cheddar waffles slicked with bourbon maple syrup, and mac and cheese built from five artisanal cheeses. Lewellyn’s Fine Fried Chicken, from around S$34 at lunch, remains the dish…
Dinner with a view of the hotel’s own herb garden — Peppermint at PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay runs one of Singapore’s most talked-about buffets. The pitch is farm-to-table: an Urban Farm of 60+ herbs and edible flowers on the terrace feeds straight into the salad bars, garnishes and drinks, while rotating themes (Korean feasts, Taiwanese…
One person, one grill, zero awkwardness — Yakiniku Like pioneered solo Japanese BBQ in Singapore, with 200g karubi and pork belly sets from around S$12.90 and premium A5 Miyazaki wagyu sets under S$25. Thirteen outlets islandwide, from 313@somerset to VivoCity, all built around the same idea: great grilled meat should not require a group chat…
