PARQ and the Bali Status Quo
After reading a story in the Australian Financial Review about the Bali digital nomad community yesterday, I decided to take a look at PARQ, north of Ubud. The owners of PARQ Ubud bill the place on their website as a city of the future. The article billed it as a Russian and Ukrainian enclave, full of digital nomads, setting up camp in Bali to escape the war in their neighborhood. The place is enormous. Someone obviously spent a lot of dollars or rubles to put it together, but I didn’t feel threatened by it, nor the people there. In fact,…
Wagatomo | Refreshed Spring Omakase Menu – Made for Sharing
Wagatomo | Refreshed Spring Omakase Menu – Made for Sharing Been seeing lots of photos of Sakura flowers or pictures of friends in Japan on your feed? Spring beckons and those beautiful flowers are good reasons to make a trip to Japan. For those spending March and April in Singapore, fret not as Wagatomo is heralding the arrival of spring with a refreshed omakase menu. True to his principle of serving on the best in-season ingredients, this Spring omakase menu features the ingredients of this season. You can expect lighter flavors and fresher profiles. Two tartlets are…
Nagai Hokkaido Cuisine: Special Tarabagani Red King Crab Set @ Suntec’s Kaiseki Restaurant
Nagai Hokkaido Cuisine: Special Tarabagani Red King Crab Set @ Suntec’s Kaiseki Restaurant Nagai Hokkaido Cuisine has to be one of Suntec’s better kept secrets. Tucked at the corner of Level 3 of Tower 1 (where Eat at Seven) is, Nagai serves both kaiseki (multiple course meal), lunch sets and most recently a seasonal executive set meal. This season, the spotlight is placed on Tarabagani Red King Crab. Fleshy, juicy and springy in texture, the Tarabagani Red King Crab is a highly prized delicacy. At Nagai, the Red King Crab is served in a myriad of ways.…
The Balinese status quo
After reading a story in the Australian Financial Review about the Bali digital nomad community yesterday, I decided to take a look at PARQ, north of Ubud. The owners of the place bill PARQ Ubud as a city of the future on their website. The article billed it as a Russian and Ukrainian enclave, full of digital nomads, setting up camp in Bali to escape the war in their neighborhood. The place is enormous. Someone obviously spent a lot of dollars or rubles to put it together, but I didn’t feel threatened by it, nor the people there. In fact,…