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Ming Kitchen Seafood Restaurant – Can You Smell What the XO Is Cookin’?

Ming Kitchen Seafood Restaurant – Can You Smell What the XO Is Cookin’?

Wine & Dine

Liquor is not just for drinking these days. Marrying liquor or wine with food is a growing trend. There’s champagne chocolate, liquor cakes, and even martini ice cream! Hawkers have also taken to adding XO cognac to soup, so much so that the XO...


Zhou’s Kitchen – Posh Zi Char

Zhou’s Kitchen – Posh Zi Char

Wine & Dine

When you’re dining under the Tung Lok group of restaurants, you are assured of decent food and service. Zhou’s Kitchen is the group’s newest addition, named after the owner himself. This mid-range restaurant offers a high-class version...


Oasis Taiwan Porridge – Idyllic Dining in the Park

Oasis Taiwan Porridge – Idyllic Dining in the Park

Wine & Dine

Many of you are probably already familiar with Oasis Taiwan Porridge. For almost four decades, this restaurant occupied a standalone building beside Kallang Basin, becoming a landmark in its own right. For many families, it’s a popular gathering...


Zi Yean Restaurant – Yummy, Yummy Zi Char

Zi Yean Restaurant – Yummy, Yummy Zi Char

Wine & Dine

Despite its humble location at a quiet neighbourhood, Zi Yean Restaurant certainly does not have humble beginnings. It is run by Hong Kong-born chef Fok Wing Tin who made his name in the 1990s at Empress Room in Raffles Hotel and later Xin Cuisine Chinese...


Holland Village XO Fish Head Bee Hun – XO May Save It

Holland Village XO Fish Head Bee Hun – XO May Save It

Wine & Dine

Ever since the ABC Market closed for revamp some time in 2005, it’s been quite a headache finding dinner in the neighbourhood. Most of the time my Mom and I go to Alexandra Village. Last night, we decided to pay the zi char (home-cooked fare) stall...


ABC Market: Gu Zao Ren Seafood Taiwan Porridge – Don’t Underestimate the Porridge

ABC Market: Gu Zao Ren Seafood Taiwan Porridge – Don’t Underestimate the Porridge

Wine & Dine

When it comes to casual family dinners at ABC Market, one stall that always comes to mind is Gu Zao Ren Seafood Taiwan Porridge. They serve consistently good and reasonably priced dishes, which is the reason why we have been frequenting them for years!As...


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