Baba Chews | 4 Hands Collaboration Menu to Celebrate its 7th Anniversary We’ve been finding ourselves along East Coast / Joo Chiat rather often these days and it’s no wonder. This weekend, we dropped by Baba Chews, a restaurant that sits on the site of the former Joo Chiat Police Station and its interior design shows a heavy influence of the Peranakan heritage. To celebrate its 7th anniversary, Baba Chews is having a 4-hands collaboration between Chef Alvin Leong, the restaurant’s opening chef and Chef Kit, its current head chef. To begin, we had the Kueh Pie…
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The state and Catholic Charities Maine plan to continue operating a Saco hotel as transitional housing for asylum seekers at least through December. The program, which started last summer, has housed 440 people in its first year, including 205 adults and 235 children, and cost the state $5.1 million. It has helped meet some of the shelter needs the city of Portland has seen because of an influx of homeless asylum seekers. The city refers people to placement in the hotel, which as of mid-May was housing about 320 people. Officials from the state and Catholic Charities declined to name…
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Global tourism body announces verification scheme for Basics Thousands of hotels, destinations and OTAs support Hotel Sustainability Basics Inaugural partners include destinations, major international hotel groups and tourist resorts Research shows almost all hotels are aware of their responsibility to the planet Berlin, Germany: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has today launched the Hotel Sustainability Basics (Basics) verification scheme. Announced at ITB Berlin, Basics will enable tourist accommodation providers from around the world, regardless of their size, to begin their sustainability journey. Basics, an industry-wide supported initiative, is a globally recognized and coordinated set of…
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Tendon Kohaku is celebrating Spring with its new seasonal menu, featuring a Shizuoku specialty ingredient – ​​Sakura Ebi! Tendon Kohaku is celebrating Spring with its new seasonal menu, featuring a Shizuoku specialty ingredient – ​​Sakura Ebi! At Tendon Kohaku, you can look to enjoy this ingredient in two ways – soft boiled and fried mixed with furikake. In the Sakuri Ebi Tendon, you can expect fried tiger ebi, fried firefly squid, baby sardine kakiage and other fried vegetables like baby corn and french beans. The seafood is a tad more salty, but that is balanced out by the lighter flavors…
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Love Handle | Singapore’s Plant-Based Butcher with Creative Dishes Situated along Ann Siang Hill is Love Handle, a plant-based butcher that offers creative dishes you can hardly tell that no meat has been used! Most of the dishes are casual Western grub infused with local flavours. The first dish we tried was the Love Handle Egg Mayo Focaccia ($12) – made with love handle egg mayo on toasted herb focaccia, dill and compressed grapes. The recommended side from their staff is the Roasted Cauliflower ($12) and we are glad we had it. The charcoal-roasted cauliflower is served…
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Sol & Ora | “Sun & Shore”: The Coastal Way of Life in Sentosa Does the name Sol & Ora ring a bell? If it does, you probably have heard of or even visited Sol & Luna, a bistro at CapitaSpring, Raffles Place. Riding on the success of its sister restaurant, Sol & Ora is 1-Group’s latest multi-concept beachfront project and is perched on the rooftop of the Outpost Hotel, a stone throw from Imbiah Station. It is an all-day dining restaurant with a menu inspired by Mediterranean cuisine, specifically from the countries of Italy, France, Spain…
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East Coast Commune | A Wholesome, Family-Friendly Cafe in Marine Cove (East Coast Park) With new cafes constantly popping up in Singapore, we sometimes get caught up in visiting and trying out the new places and neglecting the ones that are good. We are glad to re-visit East Coast Commune as it celebrates its second anniversary with new menu items for brunch (available until 3pm), lunch (available from 11am) and all-day dining. We are also happy to find out that the cafe has extended its hours on weekends to include dinner service (6pm to 9pm) and are…
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