According to the culinary grapevine, Boon Tong Kee chicken rice once had the best chicken rice in Singapore. However, as most knowledgeable foodies are aware, over the years it has become more commercialised, expanding from a small humble stall to multiple outlets across the island. The menu now boasts not...
Hi, my name is Veron and I am a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream addict. In this Ben & Jerry’s Flavour of the Month series, a different ice cream flavour would be featured on Sparklette every month through 2011. My pick for January was Half Baked, which I enjoyed so...
For those romantically – and gastronomically (hey, that’s why you’re here right?) – inclined, the February specials at café chain, tcc the connoisseur concerto may be just the thing to satiate your wants. Shareable for two, the popular tcc high tea made its début this time last year with a...
Dear readers, a very happy Chinese New Year! I wish you a great year of happiness, good health and prosperity ahead. If you are in the mood to feast (aren’t we always!), here is a range of Chinese New Year goodies you can have with your family, ranging from bak...
Every now and then, when you feel a need to placate your sweet tooth, what is your indulgence? Mine would be chocolate. It can be chocolate ice cream,
Every food lover in Singapore and tourists who have picked up a copy of a travel guidebook must have heard of Chatterbox at Mandarin Orchard Hotel. Done up in earthy hues of green and beige, the restaurant is infamous for dishing up the most expensive chicken rice in town. Apart...
Red House Seafood Restaurant offered 3 sets of Prosperity Salmon Yusheng as the prizes in a recent Sparklette giveaway. Over 70 of you participated. Read on to find out who are the 3 lucky winners that would be enjoying these very sumptuous festive goodies from Red House this Chinese New...
I love Chinese New Year. What’s not to like? It’s that time of the year when relatives – some even travel across the world – get together for a meal. There are good food like bak kwa (pork jerky), fun festivities such as the tossing of yusheng (raw fish salad)...
…not Lim Chee Guan, Bee Cheng Hiang, Fragrance or even Kim Hock Guan. Year after year, only one bak kwa (pork jerky) maker gets business from my family – Kim Hwa Guan (金华源). We swear by the Kim Hwa Guan bak kwa and find theirs to be the tastiest in...
With the amount of good food available and abundant seating since the 2006 revamp, ABC Market has remained one of the more popular hawker centres in Singapore. Just hop into a cab and tell the driver “ABC Market”. Any cab driver worth his salt would immediately know where to take...
