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MakeShake Makes Making Milkshakes Fun

MakeShake Makes Making Milkshakes Fun

Wine & Dine

Now try saying that ten times fast! Right after the trend of bubble tea, milkshakes are looking to be the next beverage craze to sweep the nation. I have always had a thing for milkshakes, but choices are but a handful, and flavours often common. That...


PUTIEN Restaurant – Beat the Heat with the Summer Menu

PUTIEN Restaurant – Beat the Heat with the Summer Menu

Wine & Dine

With its humble beginnings as a coffee shop at Kitchener Road in 2000, PUTIEN Restaurant has since grown into a popular chain. Its eight outlets in Singapore and one in Jakarta serve Heng Hwa cuisine from the Fujian province in China. For this quarter,...


Christmas Tree of the Day #12 (2010 Edition) – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town!

Christmas Tree of the Day #12 (2010 Edition) – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town!

Lifestyle / Holidays

When I first saw this Christmas tree, I didn’t really see it. What do I mean? Well, my attention was entirely focused on the larger than life-sized Santa Claus at its base, with equally gigantic hands to match. Jolly old St. Nicholas is so huge...


Pasta Stylo – Fashionably Delicious! [Closed]

Pasta Stylo – Fashionably Delicious! [Closed]

Wine & Dine

Red G-strings and mannequins dressed in high fashion are probably the last things you would expect to find in a dining establishment, but these are the first things you would see when you walk into Pasta Stylo.On first glance, the restaurant at City...


The Manhattan Fish Market – Chinese New Year Deal

The Manhattan Fish Market – Chinese New Year Deal

Wine & Dine

Fancy having seafood this Chinese New Year? The Manhattan Fish Market is running a 1-for-1 deal for its Lob-Xi Fatt Cai seafood meal. Who doesn’t like 1-for-1 dealies right? Each platter includes a half lobster and fried calamari rings amongst other...


Beancurd City – The Tau Huay Melts in Your Mouth

Beancurd City – The Tau Huay Melts in Your Mouth

Wine & Dine

Ask any Singaporean where you would find the best tau huay (beancurd custard with syrup) in town, chances are you would hear Selegie Road. After all, the famous Rochor Original Beancurd there has churned out years of silky smooth home-made tau huay. Such...


The Manhattan Fish Market – Flaming Hot!

The Manhattan Fish Market – Flaming Hot!

Wine & Dine

We had dinner yesterday at The Manhattan Fish Market, over at Plaza Singapura. The queue seemed never-ending and we wouldn’t have gotten in if not for our advanced reservation. Even whilst dining, we could see that the queue was growing outside...


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