I don’t get too much free time in the day to discover Hong Kong as I’m in Macau during the weekends, so this long weekend was a real privilege to orientate myself—I still get lost in central and walk round in circles, miss bus stops and turn up very late for appointments! In support of […]

Tucked in the basement of Sanlitun Soho, Tonton & Tata is tricky to find for first timers. The décor is stark, if a little impersonal, and done on a budget. White fluorescent lighting does nothing to remind one of Alsace, the northeastern part of France that might be Germany today if the war ended differently. […]

The name of this fusion restaurant is the abbreviation of “gorilla” and has little to do with the ape apart from the large menu. There is a large selection from sandwiches, pastas, paella to curry. The high ceilinged wood interiors and warm lighting looks cosy, but is chilly on wintry nights with the draft air. […]

This charming compact Japanese izakaya offers a trilingual menu (English, Chinese, Japanese) and is set with wooden tables and chairs amidst a buzzing crowd of rowdy diners. Genlaiken takes their ramen seriously and simmer two types of broth for hours: a full flavoured pork and one that is chicken-based. A handful of options include special […]

Despite having a name that sounds neither Singaporean nor particularly enticing, Orchard 7 A Singapore Restaurant does honest and tasty renditions of local Singaporean fare. The stark, brightly lit restaurant filled with lackluster white furnishings could not take us further away from the sunny tropics, but the menu is comprehensive. We found typical local favourites […]

Dir Anthony Chen 2006. Singapore. 14 mins. In Mandarin, Hokkien and English with English subtitles. Chen is an Ngee Ann Polytechnic almunus, and his graduation short, ‘G-23’, screened at the Singapore International Film Festival in 2005. ‘Ah Mah’ is his second outing and also has festival cred – it premiered last year at Cannes. Despite […]