some hot spots
that I discovered in my 13th month...very typical!
I highly recommend:
1) Epicurious - a wonderful gourmet deli/cafe/restaurant which reminds me a lot of my favourite frequented places in welly/van. It serves a mean flat white in funky antique chinese porcelain tea cups and the chips served with tomato chutney and kaffir leaf mayo are seriously to die for! Addy is 60 Robertson Quay and as it's by the water the outside chunky wood tables are an ideal setting for an all-day lazy sunday sitting around with fine wine, fine company and cheese boards... (can you tell I want to go back?!)
2) Crystal Jade Restaurant at Parkway Parade - Although it's another chinese chain restaurant in another mall, these dishes are better than any chinese food I've ever had:
- black pepper beef (huge chunks of delicious meat!)
- sweet n sour fish (it melts in your mouth seriously the best I've ever had)
- spinach with 3 eggs (hard to explain, just order it, it's mighty good stuff)
- fried rice with mince meat (not just any kind of fried rice, it's perfect!)
- sweet corn soup with crab meat (YUM)
I'd recommend that you share the above dishes with around 3 to 4 people
Yum cha is also quite good here.
3) DBS Arts Centre - check out the arts scene in Singapore, it's getting better and better...IS Magazine is great for what's on and other arts venues (also always has a great editorial at the front)...or the freebie Arts mag put out every month
4) Dumpling restaurant downstairs at the Paragon on Orchard - I'd also recommend Ying Ying Wu as the best host to take you there too :) good food. good company! They have the most amazing spinach and pork dumplings, and the shanghainese ones with the soup you have to squeeze out - yey for interactive dumplings for the kinesthetically inclined ppl like me! and the best part is you get to watch these guys make the dumplings through the window outside...oooooooohhhhhh
5) outside concerts on the esplanade...it's a really beautiful scene...usually on on weekend nights...acts vary each month...they also have live jazz time to time...or outdoor concerts...such a nice setting on the water for a balmy singapore night
6) catch a sunset at the upstairs section of the Bacchus Boathouse wine bar (right next to the Fullerton)...awesome place, nice view over the water and esplanade (see my photo posted below) and the sunsets over the singapore skyscrapers :)
more of tee's favourites to come soon (before I forget them all!)
I highly recommend:
1) Epicurious - a wonderful gourmet deli/cafe/restaurant which reminds me a lot of my favourite frequented places in welly/van. It serves a mean flat white in funky antique chinese porcelain tea cups and the chips served with tomato chutney and kaffir leaf mayo are seriously to die for! Addy is 60 Robertson Quay and as it's by the water the outside chunky wood tables are an ideal setting for an all-day lazy sunday sitting around with fine wine, fine company and cheese boards... (can you tell I want to go back?!)
2) Crystal Jade Restaurant at Parkway Parade - Although it's another chinese chain restaurant in another mall, these dishes are better than any chinese food I've ever had:
- black pepper beef (huge chunks of delicious meat!)
- sweet n sour fish (it melts in your mouth seriously the best I've ever had)
- spinach with 3 eggs (hard to explain, just order it, it's mighty good stuff)
- fried rice with mince meat (not just any kind of fried rice, it's perfect!)
- sweet corn soup with crab meat (YUM)
I'd recommend that you share the above dishes with around 3 to 4 people
Yum cha is also quite good here.
3) DBS Arts Centre - check out the arts scene in Singapore, it's getting better and better...IS Magazine is great for what's on and other arts venues (also always has a great editorial at the front)...or the freebie Arts mag put out every month
4) Dumpling restaurant downstairs at the Paragon on Orchard - I'd also recommend Ying Ying Wu as the best host to take you there too :) good food. good company! They have the most amazing spinach and pork dumplings, and the shanghainese ones with the soup you have to squeeze out - yey for interactive dumplings for the kinesthetically inclined ppl like me! and the best part is you get to watch these guys make the dumplings through the window outside...oooooooohhhhhh
5) outside concerts on the esplanade...it's a really beautiful scene...usually on on weekend nights...acts vary each month...they also have live jazz time to time...or outdoor concerts...such a nice setting on the water for a balmy singapore night
6) catch a sunset at the upstairs section of the Bacchus Boathouse wine bar (right next to the Fullerton)...awesome place, nice view over the water and esplanade (see my photo posted below) and the sunsets over the singapore skyscrapers :)
more of tee's favourites to come soon (before I forget them all!)
