River Valley

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Fern & Kiwi Bar and Eatery – A Uniquely New Zealand Experience

• 4 months ago • 1,526 views
Food & Drink
The international branch of successful New Zealand restaurant chain, Lone Star, makes its first appearance in Asia right here in Singapore, providing our locals with a uniquely New Zealand experience. Named after two of the country’s icons, Fern & Kiwi brings New Zealand closer to our island, importing fresh produce, beers, wines and coffee 5,300 miles across the globe. The 140-seater establishment at Clarke Quay spans two storeys, decked in...

Peony Jade Restaurant Mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival 2012 – Angry Birds & More!

• 9 months ago • 3,625 views
Food & Drink
Now that Mid-Autumn Festival 2012 is just around the corner, it’s time to get busy with the sampling of various mooncake combinations from restaurants around town. With so many different ingredients, colours, flavours and even scents, mooncakes can almost be a separate class of food by itself these days! Tip: Check our freebies section for the mooncake giveaways this season! At Peony Jade Restaurant, the chefs have dusted up a...

Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay – Buffet at The SQUARE Restaurant

• 12 months ago • 7,767 views
Food & Drink
Buffet fans, this one’s for you. The SQUARE Restaurant at Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay has a “Flavours of the World with a Local Twist” buffet that offers a scrumptious ride across local and international delicacies. Located on the 7th storey of the prominent business hotel, the spacious interior is modern and stylish, bedecked in comfortable cushioned seats. Tables are placed sufficiently far apart, ensuring that conversations remain private and allow...

Saizeriya Ristorante E Caffe – Shockingly Cheap Japanese-Italian Food

• 1 year ago • 9,760 views
Food & Drink
Saizeriya Ristorante E Caffe is one of those dining establishments that I feel a little guilty to be sharing. For one, if you are looking for great food, you probably won’t find it here. But for those days when the economic outlook isn’t looking so hot, you can have your fill here without breaking the bank. Where else in Singapore can you get a glass of red wine for $3...

Señor Taco – Eat Tacos, Drink Tequilas and Be Merry

• 1 year ago • 6,032 views
Food & Drink
Following the establishment of a taqueria (pronounced ta-ke-ria) at Clarke Quay — the first in Singapore — Señor Taco has opened its second taco restaurant at CHIJMES. With a menu of authentic Mexican street food and tacos, Señor Taco Taqueria and Cantina is one place where you can immerse in true Mexican culture. Decked out with wooden swivel chairs in the alfresco dining area, Señor Taco makes an ideal spot...

Spotted: The Most Expensive Fruits in the World

1 year ago • 3,901 views
Food & Drink
So I’ve just had the most delicious strawberries I’ve had in a while. These are the usual Korean variety that can be easily bought at the supermarket. While eating these strawberries, I suddenly remembered my recent visit to Meidi-ya. This Japanese supermarket located at Liang Court Shopping Centre in Singapore has a section dedicated to fruits that are flown in from Japan. And the prizes are crazy expensive. Honoka strawberries...

Bonus Christmas Tree of the Day (2011 Edition) – The Heineken Social Christmas Tree

1 year ago • 1,526 views
Lifestyle \ Holidays
We thought the Heineken Social Christmas Tree is too good not to post, so here it is as the bonus tree in our Christmas Tree of the Day 2011 series. Bet you thought that was the end, didn’t you? The Dutch beer brewing company has created this uber cool Christmas tree at Clarke Quay Singapore. This digital art installation towers at 11 metres. Its 48 LCD screens showcase Christmas greetings...

The Better Burger – The Best is Yet to Be

• 1 year ago • 6,570 views
Food & Drink
Burger fanatics would be pleased to know that a new burger joint, The Better Burger, has recently opened in Mohamed Sultan. Located in a district popular amongst clubbers, The Foundry — consisting of The Better Burger, Pizza Memoirs, Tiffin North Indian and Baan Khun Nai Authentic Thai Cuisine — caters to a wide audience. The crowd gets livelier towards the evening, made up mostly of expatriates and party-goers who are...

Peony Jade Restaurant – Gorgeous Mooncakes

• 1 year ago • 4,914 views
Food & Drink
The Peony Jade restaurants have rolled out a range of gorgeous snowskin mooncakes for Mid-autumn Festival. When it comes to mooncakes, you usually focus more on the flavours rather than how the mooncakes actually look. As much as we love the uniquely-shaped mooncakes from The Fullerton, we must admit that these peony-patterned snowskins from Peony Jade are some of the prettiest around. Snowskin salted caramel with dark crunchy chocolate pearls...

Pizza Memoirs – You Will Remember the Pizzas

• 1 year ago • 4,257 views
Food & Drink
Pizza Memoirs, situated along Mohamed Sultan Road, specialises in creative pizzas with unique themes. Under The Foundry, an open-air concept that houses four different restaurants — The Better Burger, Tiffin North Indian, Tomatillos Mexican and Pizza Memoirs — you can enjoy western, Indian, Mexican and Italian cuisines all under one roof. Its entirely alfresco seating allows you to wind down and relax after being cooped up in the office all...