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Dining · 19 Jun 2026

Micro Bakery & Kitchen Endures as a Bukit Timah Neighbourhood Anchor

Seven years on from its hole-in-the-wall beginnings, the Serene Centre sourdough cafe has grown into a fixture for residents along the Botanic Gardens fringe.

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Dining · 19 Jun 2026

Chef Kang's Toa Payoh Wonton Mee and Singapore's Hawker Pilgrimage

A Bib Gourmand wonton mee stall tucked inside a Toa Payoh industrial estate has become one of Singapore's most queued-for hawker tables, and a useful lens on where the city's food culture is heading.

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Dining · 18 Jun 2026

Sentosa GrillFest Returns to Siloso Beach Across Four Summer Weekends

Singapore's beachside live-fire festival expands to 42 vendors and debuts an eight-course chef's omakase pavilion, running selected dates from 23 July to 16 August 2026.

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Dining · 18 Jun 2026

Kim Choo Kueh Chang and the Peranakan Heritage of Joo Chiat

Eighty years on, the third generation of a Katong dumpling family is turning a wartime survival trade into a living archive of Peranakan culinary culture.

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Dining · 17 Jun 2026

Crocodile Ribs Arrive On A Clementi Claypot Menu

A former fine-dining chef takes over an unassuming Sunset Way coffee shop and puts locally farmed crocodile into a nourishing claypot soup, signalling Singapore's appetite for heritage cooking with unusual proteins.

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Dining · 16 Jun 2026

Space 23 Brings Quiet Brunch Confidence to Jalan Besar

A low-key cafe inside a Jalan Besar shophouse is winning regulars with consistent coffee, fluffy blueberry hotcakes and a salmon mentaiko donburi that punches well above its price.

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Dining · 16 Jun 2026

Laifaba Brings Wood-Fired Char Siew Wonton Mee to Bukit Batok

A hidden industrial-estate restaurant in western Singapore is drawing serious crowds for its premium bu jian tian char siew, hand-pulled noodles and twelve-hour scallop broth.

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Dining · 16 Jun 2026

Singapore Credit Card Dining Deals Worth Knowing in 2026

From one-for-one omakase in Bukit Timah to half-price contemporary Chinese in Duxton, the city's card-linked dining programmes remain a quiet advantage for foreign residents who eat out often.

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Dining · 16 Jun 2026

Kott-Don 360 Brings Hanwoo Beef and Hanok Design to VivoCity

The Korean BBQ brand behind Tanjong Pagar's Flower Pig 360 opens a third Singapore outlet at HarbourFront, introducing Hanwoo beef sets and a 360-hour wet-ageing process.

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Dining · 14 Jun 2026

Hjh Maimunah Revisited: Kampong Gelam's Nasi Padang Institution

The Jalan Pisang stalwart remains a fixture of Singapore's Malay dining scene, though a recent visit suggests the legend may be coasting on reputation.

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Dining · 14 Jun 2026

Singapore Sports Bars Gear Up For World Cup 2026 Season

From rooftop screenings in Orchard to Irish pubs and a hawker centre installation, Singapore's bar scene is positioning itself for the tournament's late-night global audience.

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Dining · 13 Jun 2026

Jing Studio Brings Single-Origin Tea Culture To Tan Yeok Nee Mansion

A new teahouse inside one of Singapore's last surviving grand Teochew mansions offers a quieter counterpoint to the city's coffee-led cafe scene, just minutes from Dhoby Ghaut.

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Dining · 13 Jun 2026

Takashimaya Food Fiesta 2026 Brings Regional Flavours to Orchard

The annual Orchard Road food fair returns with 57 vendors from Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, offering a compact survey of Asian street food without leaving the city.

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Dining · 12 Jun 2026

A Local's 48-Hour Hawker Itinerary for First-Time Singapore Visitors

From Joo Chiat prata at dawn to Jalan Besar bak chor mee after dark, a working map of the hawker classics that still justify the queues.

Dining · 12 Jun 2026

Seoul's Geumdwaeji Sikdang Brings Its Michelin-listed Pork to Singapore

The Sindang-dong institution famed for premium YBD pork and tableside grilling is preparing its first Singapore outpost, joining a growing roster of high-end Korean imports.