Looking for a new spot to bring your Muslim amigos for dinner? The Great Mischief is a new Halal Catalan-inspired Tapas concept in Little India that you need to know about it!
Look no further for this new concept by The Black Hole Group offers a menu of savoury Spanish cuisine and house blend coffee. An overdue catch up with your compañero is calling! READ ON
The Glasshouse Specialty Coffee & Toast Bar is a new standalone cafe in CHIJMES that, as its name suggests, serves up a range of speciality coffees from your humble latte to some pretty neat hand-dripped brews to a myriad of hearty toasts.
The cafe opened not too long ago and has been a hit among those in search of some respite from the bustling city. Filled with plants, lots of natural sunlight and good vibes, there is no way anyone would doubt this spot as a haven to retreat to for a nice coffee on a lazy afternoon.
Start your day right, or end it on a (caffeine) high—it’s up to you. But take it from us, there is probably nowhere in the city that boasts a better ambience than that of The Glasshouse at CHIJMES.
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The most popular cake brand in Taiwan—Original Cake—is opening its second outlet in Singapore!
Original Cake first opened in Westgate Singapore with much fanfare in September 2017 and steady queues were seen every day. Their Original Cakes are so popular and we are fans too!
Come 16 December 2017, Original Cake is unveiling its second outlet at SingPost Centre. You wouldn’t believe it, but the first 500 shoppers will be entitled to a free Original Cake! No strings attached; just a complimentary piece of fresh cake if you are the first 500 shoppers in line.
And for the 501st to the 800th shoppers, you get to purchase an Original Cake at only S$2! Here’s everything you need to know about Original Cake.
If you missed Tmall’s crazy 11.11 sale, you are still in for another treat. The 12.12 sale is a huge thing too and if you need more reasons to shop on Taobao, special discounts and many Christmas items await. Buying directly on Taobao is not that hard!
Just type what you’d like to look for in the search bar and you will be greeted with hundreds if not thousands of options. The entire website is in Mandarin, so if you are not proficient in the language, simply right-click on your browser screen (for Google Chrome users) and select “Translate to English” and the entire page will be in English for ease of browsing.
Taobao has all sorts of products you can ever imagine—fashion, gadgets, electronics, furniture, homeware… and the list goes on. And of course, everything comes with a super friendly price tag. But that’s not the best part. On 12.12, the prices will be slashed further with one-day-only discounts and special promotions, giving you every reason to shop on Taobao!
The Wired Monkey is a new speciality coffee shop nestled just off Little India along Dunlop Street. Besides serving up amazing coffee, they also have some interesting food offerings that delve away from your typical cafe fare.
Their Falafel Burger comes highly recommended and their banana cake is the perfect accompaniment for your freshly brewed coffee. The Wired Monkey uses a blend of coffee from Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee, a veteran in Singapore’s coffee scene.
If you’re tired, The Wired Monkey is, without a doubt, an excellent place to get wired.
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Photo Credit: The Maple Mania SG
The Maple Mania—Tokyo’s famous Maple Butter Cookie—is now in Singapore!
Established in 2013, The Maple Mania is well-known for its Maple Butter Cookie that is ranked as the number one best-selling product in Tokyo Station for three consecutive years from 2015 to 2017.
A sister company of famous cheese cookie chain, Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory, The Maple Mania focuses on using pure maple syrup directly sourced from Quebec, Canada in its pastries.
What makes their maple syrup unique is the mixture of toffee, spice, herbs and floral flavours in it. Packed with this sweet syrup, The Maple Mania’s buttery cookies are perfect for those with a sweet tooth.
Here’s what you can expect from The Maple Mania’s flagship store at ION Orchard.
If you have a soft spot for Japanese pastries, you’re in for a treat. Japan’s number one cheese cookie confectionery, Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory, has made its way to our sunny island and opened its very first outlet at Raffles City Shopping Centre.
Hailing all the way from Tokyo, Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory is widely known for their luxurious Salt & Camembert Cookies made from the finest ingredients—Hokkaido milk and rare French Guérande salt. The combination of sweet and savoury tones in this melt-in-your-mouth cookie would get you hooked in no time.
Here’s what you can expect from this popular Japanese confectionery’s first outlet in Singapore.
Sitting along the old-fashioned shophouses that line North Bridge Road is The Dim Sum Place. You won’t be able to miss it because it has this eye-catching bright orange awning.
This place doles out good Cantonese dim sum with a creative local twist that will allow you to sample a unique mix of flavours in a single meal setting.
The best part? It is halal-certified so our Muslim friends can enjoy the dim sum, too!