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Imperial War Museum London military learning day

Imperial War Museum (IWS) in London is a war museum home to military equipment and exhibitions covering the World Wars. It is a great learning museum suitable for all ages, and great for visitors to learn of military wars, tactics and equipment. Let’s pay IWS London a day visit. Moreover, notably, Imperial War Museum London is one of...

Botanical gardens gallop extension

The gallop extension at Botanical gardens is a funky new extension to the UNESO heritage site. It's a spot of greenery and play, let's explore what's on. Gallop green is primarily a green space with some walking trails, therapeutic gardens and two gallery museums. It is named of the road it sits by, which branches by from Tyersall road....

Star Yong Kwang BBQ Seafood Alexandra village

Star Yong Kwang BBQ is a Chinese late night zhi-char hawker store in southern Singapore. It is pretty much your run of the mill Zhi Char store. Tucked in Alexandra village hawker center, an NEA operated hawker center. Let’s see what’s on offer with a casual dinner dine-in. Also, you might know the neighbourhood for its myriad of...

Roland Chilli Crab restaurant

Roland Chilli crab is an old household brand many in Singapore would relate to as the restaurant for authentic chilli crab. They are located in the Marine parade district tucked on the top 6th floor of a HDB multi-storey carpark beside the next notable landmark, Parkway parade shopping center. Let’s check the restaurant out with a casual...

Wonderful Bap Seng Korean Dining at Suntec City

Let’s dine-in at Wonderful Bap Seng Korean in Suntec city. They are a Korean BBQ and ala-carte dining restaurant located in the heart of town offering value and authentic casual Korean dishes. Interestingly, "Bap Sang" means "table where meals are enjoyed", the same can be said for the dining ambience and seating in the restaurant. The dining area...

Cafe Lodge YWCA Fort Canning Orchard

Cafe Lodge YWCA is a chill family restaurant offering a selection of Asian and western dishes on a rotational menu. The hotel coffee house is one not many would had heard off, despite being located near the heart of Singapore’s shopping district at Fort canning just off Dhoby Ghaut Penang road vicinity. Lets check them out with...

Foursome Ice Cream & Waffle Sin Ming

Don’t we love ice cream? Over the past 5 years at least, we had seen and explosion of independent ice cream palors popping out in the heartlands. Old names back them includes big brands such as Anderson’s ice cream, Hagen daz, then came local Island Creamery, Udders ice cream and Lickers. Today, we check out Foursome ice...

Don Don Donki Pasir Ris Downtown east

Let’s pay a visit to Don Don Donki Pasir Ris with a casual walkthrough and exploration, checking out the different sections we come to love about the Japanese retailer. Donki had underwent a massive expansion since their first branch at Orchard in 2017. This new branch located in the ground floor of downtown east beside McDonalds and in...

Original Botak Jones Depot Road

Lets check out Original Botak Jones with a first time ever, a takeaway dine-out. Botak Jones is quite a classic household name in the Singapore western-grill scene. At its core is an American-style western grill joint founded by Mr Bernard ‘Bernie’ Utchenik, 68 serving authentic American-sized portions right here on our shores. The return of Mr Bern Original Botak...

Hainan Story Hainanese cafe

Hainan Story is a boutique style restaurant and café themed with an oldie look. They tout to offer a curated food offering of the best of classic Hainanese. I had managed to dine-in at two of their outlet branches in Hotel Boss as well as Hillion mall. Let’s see what’s good on offer at these 2 branches. A...

Ministry of Burgers Downtown East E!Hub

Remember those Ramly burger popularised staple fast food delicacy in Malaysia? With the global pandemic in place, one can only yonder to savour a taste of the delicacy. That is where Ministry of Burgers at Downtown east come in, now with a new location at the entertainment hub in Pasir Ris since January last year. Lets check...

A look at Windows 11

Windows 11 had been released and out in the wild. But the reception to date had been hardly Luke warm. The Operating system (OS) at best is not a very polished product, being plagued with issues at launch. If that is not bad enough, there are some bad decisions by Microsoft on the user experience too. Let's...

Yue Hua Chinese products

Yue Hua Chinese products mall is an Oriental home, food & lifestyle mall specialising in uniquely east-asian offering. It is a mall I had always visited over the years but hadn’t had a opportunity to cover it as part of my interest in "quirky malls". Let’s take a look at the mall and its offerings with a...

Exploring Scarlett Chinese Supermarket at People Park complex

Scarlett is a Chinese Supermarket chain with an operation in Singapore. It is always interesting to see new overseas establishments popping up in Singapore to check out on your regular shopping visits. This time let’s check out such a supermarket (Scarlett Chinese Supermarket) in the heart of the Singapore Chinatown district. You can guess that the outlet caters...

BMW 3-Series 5 enhancements made affordable

Today on automotive talk, let’s check out the BMW 3-series with a run through of Series 5 affordable enhancements of BMW's bestselling sports sedan. These enhancements ranges from usability, organisation to body protection. I had provided a brief summary of 5 enhancements I shortlisted in this article below as well as a video. Check out the enhancements...

Skirt and Dirt burgers Tiong Bahru market

Today, we are checking out western joint Skirt and Dirt burgers at Tiong Bahru market. They are located at the rustic Tiong Bahru historical street on the second floor of the hawker centre complex. Their menu selections are simple, there are five burgers on the menu ranging from beef, pork, fish and chicken burgers. There is a selection...

BMW 3-Series 5 tips (and quirks)

Today on automotive rants, let’s check out the BMW 3-series with a run through of some hidden quirks and features of BMW's bestselling sports sedan. It ranges from daily usability tips, shortcuts on how to operate this rather digital car, especially the automatic functions. I had provided a brief summary of 5 tips I shortlisted in this...

A walk through West Coast plaza

West coast plaza is a heartland mall located in the west coast area along 154 West Coast Road. You might know the mall by its old name Ginza Plaza. Lets check it today with a casual walk through and exploration. A rustic and quiet community mall The mall spans over three floors and is also home to residential condo...

The Betterfield

The Betterfield steakhouse is a small cozy restaurant tucked in the Central business district along Robinsons Road. They serve an offerings of burgers and steaks. Let’s check them out with a dinner dine-in. A steak and burger place The establishment is not large, a bar floor to ceiling drinks storage greets you at heart of the restaurant cum pub....

Huating Restaurant Chef Lap Fei course dinner Orchard hotel

Hua Ting Restaurant is an upmarket Chinese restaurant located in Orchard Road. You might remember Orchard hotel for their international buffet we visited previously, known for their Boston lobsters and similarly run by the Grand Copthorne hotel group. Let’s check out their oriental Huating restaurant offerings with a dine in today. Moreover, Hua Ting restaurant is located at...

Travel Guides

Technology and Gadgets

Galaxy Ai 2024 new Fold 6 and Flip 6

Let’s take a hands-on of Samsung’s new foldable phones and wearables at this year’s Galaxy AI Unpacked 2024 event in Singapore. The global event...

Events

Lights by the lake 2024 Jurong lake gardens

Let’s take a visit and explore the Mid-Autumn Lights by the Lake 2024 at the Jurong Lake Gardens. The event offers a Singaporean celebration...

Singapore Night Festival 2024

Singapore Garden Festival 2024

Food Reviews

Kapitan Slavic Ukrainian restaurant

Let’s take a dine-in today visiting the Kapitan Slavic Ukrainian/Russian restaurant at Tanjong Pagar. The restaurant offers a curated offering of Eastern Europe. The...

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