Ah yes. With a picture like that, don’t you think this place could pass off easily as somewhere in London? Or Australia? Too bad you can’t feel the Singaporean heat, but no, friends, a new artisan cafe is in town! Soho Coffee is the latest player on the increasingly popular indie coffee market in Singapore.… [Read more…]
May 29, 2011
For thinking that you had just entered a lab when you walk into this new place, you would be forgiven. Scales, beakers, thermometers, spatulas, vials, bunsen burners and more beakers. Scientific precision indeed. What’s this new place, I hear you ask. Well, take a look. It is a MOVEMENT, no less. The guys at Papa Palheta’s… [Read more…]
April 1, 2011
After what seemed like a surge of openings of exciting new indie cafes in the 2nd half of last year, I haven’t really heard of any new places that have opened recently. Was a little bit tired of the same old places, and so I decided to try out a place that had just opened… [Read more…]
March 3, 2011
There are many pragmatic skeptics in this world who would not hesitate to tell you that one cannot live on passion alone. Well, perhaps that is not untrue, but when one steps into Food for Thought and takes a look at what FFT’s predecessor companies School of Thought, Thinkscape and Think Tank Publishing does (known… [Read more…]
February 23, 2011
It’s the thing with Singapore. No place stays undiscovered for too long, really. Haji Lane, which until not too long ago was the hunting ground I would go to for a good dose of shisha and Arabic and Mediterranean food, has been totally transformed in the past couple of years. From one or two shops… [Read more…]
February 5, 2011
All photos in this post are taken with my iPhone. In fact, I am kinda stunned how good the photos turned out; with a little bit of editing here and there. The amazing people at Papa Palheta have done it. Again. Okay, I know this is really their 2nd venture; but I think it is… [Read more…]
December 12, 2010
Photos courtesy of Wan Xuan and Liren-operating-Wan Xuan’s camera. It’s always cool to walk into a cafe and see your name inscribed on a little card on the table reserved for you. It makes you feel important, ya know. Like WOAH, that table is MINE. No need to ask which table, just walk straight there.… [Read more…]
November 14, 2010
There’s been quite a rage about Kopi Luwak in the papers recently. It’s that coffee that the civet cat famously digests and passes out in its crap. Farmers find the crap, and wash the crap off the semi-digested beans. Somehow, they manage to wash it really clean (I hope) and then roast the beans. Nobody… [Read more…]
October 30, 2010
‘Where did you come from?’ asked Vincent. ‘Huh?’ ‘Oh, I meant how did you get to know about us?’ And that was the beginning and end of a short conversation while paying for my meal. My barista friends had recently introduced The Plain to me, exciting me by describing the smooth silky milk steamed by… [Read more…]
October 10, 2010
This is FRIGGIN’ EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!! I am always nudged into excitement hearing of new specialty coffee places coming up. Specialty coffee is somehow not the same as gourmet coffee. They tend to be less disappointing. And so early in the week I got really excited when I saw a congratulatory message on Facebook mentioning the official… [Read more…]
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